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== Recycling ==
  
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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
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* food and drink cans
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* plastic containers
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* mixed card
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* mixed paper
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* food and drink cartons
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* aerosol cans
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* 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
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* CLEARLY label them
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* 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

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.