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Do bin men collect on Christmas Day?

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Do bin men collect on Christmas Day?

Many councils won’t be collecting bins on Christmas Day or New Year’s Day. Others may have their collection a day earlier instead, on 24 December.

What do you do when you have too much rubbish?

Six solutions for when you have too much rubbish for your bin

  1. Recycle all you can.
  2. Donate your waste.
  3. Compost your waste.
  4. Check with your local council or waste management company.
  5. Take your waste to the recycling centre.
  6. Reduce your waste.

Where does black bag waste go?

Black bag rubbish gets unloaded, compressed, and transported down the Thames to the Energy from Waste (EfW) Facility at Belvedere. Transporting rubbish by river rather than road saves over 100,000 lorry trips per year.

What goes in the green recycling box?

What can I put in my green recycling box?

  • thick and thin card.
  • cardboard packaging.
  • cereal boxes.
  • egg boxes.
  • ready meal sleeves.
  • brown paper wrapping or brown envelopes.
  • toilet roll tubes.
  • greetings cards (without foil or glitter)

How do you recycle 2021 Christmas cards?

According to Recycle Now, most Christmas cards are paper-based and can be recycled, along with their envelopes, either in your household collections or at local recycling points. “Any embellishments such as ribbons or glitter cannot be recycled so should be removed first by simply tearing off that section,” it adds.

How do I dispose of the Christmas tree in Hammersmith?

Designated Christmas tree drop-off points

  1. Bishops Park (next to cafe, Bishops Park Road/Stevenage Road entrance)
  2. Cathnor Park (next to the play area, Greenside Road)
  3. Fulham Palace Road Cemetery (opposite Queensmill Road)
  4. Loris Road Community Gardens (Batoum Gardens)
  5. New King’s Road (on edge of Eel Brook Common)

What is the cheapest way to get rid of rubbish?

  1. Can it be reused?
  2. Use a House Clearance company, not a rubbish removal company.
  3. Take it to your nearest civic amenity site.
  4. Use your council’s bulky household waste collection service.
  5. Break down the waste before it’s collected.
  6. Get your kitchen fitter to remove the waste for free.
  7. Share the problem with a neighbour or two.

Can you put carpet in general waste?

How to dispose of carpets. We cannot take carpets and carpet tiles for recycling as they are general waste. Small rolls of carpet (<1.50 metre) and small volumes of carpet tiles (<10) can be presented for the general waste collection provided they are tied up securely and have a cardboard sticker attached to each item.

What happens to the rubbish we throw away?

It could be made into energy, mixed into cement, recycled into new products, incinerated, or sent to a specialist landfill site as a final disposal method.

What recycling bin does cardboard go in?

blue recycling bin
You should only use your blue recycling bin for: cardboard. cartons (fruit juice cartons, milk cartons, Tetra Pak) food tins and drinks cans.

What is the black bin used for?

non-recyclable rubbish
Black bin – non-recyclable rubbish. Your black bin is for waste which cannot be recycled (red lid bin) or composted (green lid bin) in your other bins.