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+ | == Recycling == | ||
+ | We have a 660L bin from Tower Hamlets, pickup is 7am ish on Tuesday mornings, we can recycle: | ||
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+ | * Glass bottles and jars | ||
+ | * food and drink cans | ||
+ | * plastic containers | ||
+ | * mixed card | ||
+ | * mixed paper | ||
+ | * food and drink cartons | ||
+ | * aerosol cans | ||
+ | * telephone directories (!) | ||
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+ | *Do Not* use black bin bags for recycling! | ||
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+ | === todo === | ||
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+ | * distribute the blue recycling bins | ||
+ | * CLEARLY label them | ||
+ | * mount the can crusher | ||
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+ | Please use the blue recycling bins. | ||
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+ | == General Waste == | ||
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+ | * tbd | ||
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+ | == notes == | ||
* http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/501-550/517_recycling_and_waste_at_wor.aspx | * http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/501-550/517_recycling_and_waste_at_wor.aspx |
Revision as of 13:38, 16 April 2013
Recycling
We have a 660L bin from Tower Hamlets, pickup is 7am ish on Tuesday mornings, we can recycle:
- Glass bottles and jars
- food and drink cans
- plastic containers
- mixed card
- mixed paper
- food and drink cartons
- aerosol cans
- telephone directories (!)
- Do Not* use black bin bags for recycling!
todo
- distribute the blue recycling bins
- CLEARLY label them
- mount the can crusher
Please use the blue recycling bins.
General Waste
- tbd
notes
- http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/501-550/517_recycling_and_waste_at_wor.aspx
- http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/501-550/517_recycling_and_waste_at_wor/tips_on_business_waste.aspx
- http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/501-550/517_recycling_and_waste_at_wor/recycling_information__quotes.aspx
All of the following materials can be recycled:
- Glass bottles and jars (all colours)
- Food and drink cans
- Plastic tubs, pots and bottles (e.g. drink bottles, shampoo bottles, yoghurt pots and fruit punnets)
- Cardboard (e.g. brown boxes, greeting cards and cereal boxes)
- Paper (e.g. newspapers and magazines, printer paper, envelopes, and telephone directories)
- Cartons (e.g. fruit juice, dairy and soup cartons)
- Empty aerosol canisters
The materials can all be mixed together as they are sorted out after collection at a materials recovery facility.
Pic of existing bin.