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Improved Recycling & Refuse Collection ServiceSwale Borough Council
Alison Sollis
Behavioural Change Officer – Mid Kent Waste Partnership
Why Improve?
Swale - current recycling rate 32% - The top recycling councils achieve over 50%, introducing the same system will help swale achieve a minimum of 43% quickly and a much higher rate in the long term
Increasing Population – over 29 million tonnes of domestic waste thrown away every year in UK - In Swale during 2012 -13 32,000 tonnes was disposed - this equates to an average of 560kgs per household per year
Lifestyle Change - more convenience foods and increased food waste – an average household throws away over £400 of food each year and on average 30% of all waste thrown away is food waste.
Increased affluence and busier lifestyles has resulted in a move away from the ‘waste not want not’ attitude
The continued drain on valuable natural resources is unsustainable
Increased land fill charges risk increasing the cost to the taxpayer. The proposed improvements will save around £500k each year
Improvement Timetable
New 10 year waste partnership with, Ashford, Maidstone, Swale Borough Councils & Biffa Municipal Ltd
New service commenced in Ashford on 1July 2013
New service commenced in Maidstone on 5 August 2013
New service 16 December 2013 – Increased types of recyclable materials, plastics, Tetra-Packs
and textiles
New weekly food waste collections from Summer 2014
Key Improvements – 16 December 2013
Fully commingled recycling collections in your blue bin Glass bottles and jars can be placed directly into your blue bin, no further need for the black
box Please continue to use your black box until 16 December 2013 The box can be kept for excess recyclables on blue bin day.
Increased number of materials that can be recycled via the blue bin Plastic containers such as margarine tubs, plastic meat trays, ice cream tubs and yoghurt pots Long life milk and juice cartons (Tetra-Pack)
Introduction of a kerbside textile collection This will run on an alternate weekly basis with the already established small electrical item
collections.
Mixed Dry Recycling – Blue Wheeled Bin
NEW Food & drink cartons (Tetra-Packs) Plastics: yoghurt pots, margarine and ice
cream tubs, meat trays, fruit punnets
EXISTING Cardboard Plastic Bottles Paper Tins and Cans Aerosols Kitchen foil & foil food trays Glass – bottles and jars – No need for glass
Insert All materials in bin loose –no plastic bags
240L Blue Wheeled Bin
Collected Fortnightly
Reduce Reuse Recycle
Recycling saves energy/natural resources
Percentage of energy saved compared to using virgin materials:
Paper: Energy saving - 70%
Aluminium: Energy saving - 95%
Steel: Energy saving - 75%
Glass: Energy saving - 33%
Plastics: Energy saving - 80%
Textile & small Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Collections – From 16 December 2013
Small items such as toasters Collected alongside green bin Maximum one carrier bag per collection
Old clothing (no pillows or duvets) Collected alongside blue bin Maximum one carrier bag per collection Please continue to support Charity
Collections
Collected on alternate weeks
Used Household Batteries
Place on top of your green refuse bin in a clear plastic bag on collection day
Food Waste Recycling – From Summer 2014
All cooked and uncooked food wasteIncludes meat, fish & bonesEggs, cheese & dairy productsTea bags & coffee groundsBread, cakes & pastriesFruit & vegetablesRice, pasta and beansTakeaway leftovers
Compostable bags, kitchen roll or newspaper only should be used to line the caddyNo plastic bags, biodegradable bags or food packaging
5L Kitchen Caddy – indoor use only
Collected Weekly
Food Waste Recycling
All cooked and uncooked food wasteIncludes meat, fish & bonesEggs, cheese & dairy productsTea bags & coffee groundsBread, cakes & pastriesFruit & vegetablesRice, pasta and beansTakeaway leftovers
Compostable bags, kitchen roll or newspaper only should be used to line the caddyNo plastic bags, biodegradable bags or food packaging
23L Food Bin
Collected Weekly
Recycling food waste into compost
Non recyclable rubbish – Green Wheeled Bin
Plastic film/wrappingPlastic bags/crisp packetsPolystyrene Nappies/sanitary itemsCat Litter
No garden waste, soil rubble household fixtures an fittings
180L Green Wheeled Bin
Collected Fortnightly
Garden Recycling – Brown Wheeled Bin (Optional)
Grass cuttingsFlowers and plantsHedge trimmingsLeavesWeeds
No plastic bags or sacks
240L Brown Wheeled Bin
Collected Fortnightly – Annual Subscription Applies
No space to store wheeled Bins?
Will be reviewed during Summer 2014 Consultation with residents Weekly food waste collections Fortnightly Recycling in clear sacks
including glass bottles and jars Fortnightly black sacks for refuse Alternating weekly –Textiles & WEEE
Communal Collections
• Reviewed from Summer 2014• Consultation with residents• Introduction of communal food waste
bins
Working together...we can make a difference
