Weekly collection suspended from 30 March 2020
Due to the Coronavirus we are suspending the clothes, textiles, batteries and small electrical item collection from Monday 30 March 2020 until further notice. Find out more on joint waste solutions website.
When collection service resumes
You can recycle your small electrical items, batteries, clothes and home textiles every week; we will collect them on your normal collection day.
Please separate out the items and put into three different small, tied carrier bags (not black bin liners) next to your bin before 6.30am:
What we can collect
Small electrical items
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kettles, toasters, sandwich makers and irons
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hairdryers and straighteners
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radios
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digibox/freeview box, video players and dvd players
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clocks, alarms and watches
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games consoles and laptops
Clothes and home textiles
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clothes (must be clean and dry)
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pairs of shoes and slippers
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blankets and towels
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curtains and bed sheets
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accessories like belts and bags
We cannot collect these items
Small electrical items
Clothes and home textiles
Find out what can be recycled.
On the day of your collection
Place your bagged items on the edge of your property next to your bins. Make sure your bags are out by 6.30am.
You can report a missed collection online.
Flats and communal properties
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer this recycling service to flats and communal properties at present.
What happens to my recycling?
Clothes and home textiles are either sorted to be worn and used again in the UK or abroad, or recycled into useful products like felt, insulation or stuffing.
The components from batteries and small electrical items are extracted and reused to make other items. For example, zinc can be used in shipbuilding and to make lampposts or railings; gold from consoles for example can be re-used to make jewellery and musical instruments can even be made from the plastic.
