What should i do with my household rubbish?

Mortain District Authority

 What household waste items should be recycled and where?

Non-glass packaging In the yellow or blue containers located within

PAPIERS and paper → EMBALLAGES your commune

In the containers

Glass VERRE marked ‘verre’ located → within your commune

On your compost heap or in a composting or worm-composting bin

Organic waste Composting bins are available from → your local authority : 400 litres (20 €), 600 litres (30 €) and 800 litres (40 €).

 What household waste items cannot be recycled?

Leave the bag in front of your home or at the end of your road after 18h00 Other household on the evening before collection day.

waste items not Bags are supplied by the local mentioned above → authority and are available from your Use the transparent local Mairie or the Mortain District waste bag Centre (‘Pôle’)*

 Where do I take any other waste? Take any other waste to your local tip Mortain St-Cyr du Bailleul ZA de la Corbière ZA de l’Yeurseult La rivière CD - 36 axe de route de - Monday 14h-18h 9h-12h 14h-18h Tuesday Closed Closed Wednesday Closed 14h-18h 14h-18h Thursday 9h-12h Friday Closed 14h-18h 9h-12h Saturday 9h-12h & 13h-16h 14h-17h

* Please take proof of residence with you (eg. electricity /water bill) Packaging and paper

PAPIERS to be RECYCLED EMBALLAGES

→ Plastic items:‘sturdy’ bottles, containers, flasks and pots: see examples below

Food packaging Beauty and hygiene Cleaning product product packaging packaging → Metal: tins, cans, boxes.... Large cardboard boxes = to be taken to your local tip

→ Card packaging and cartons

→ Paper

Newspapers, leaflets, Letters, envelopes, Paper, writing pads, Paper catalogues books notebooks bags

Glass bottles, pots & jars

 VERRE Tops, stoppers and lids to be removed All these waste items CANNOT BE RECYCLED = Household rubbish → NON RECYCLABLE plastic items

‘Lightweight’ plastic boxes, Plastic containers Plastic plates, Polystyrene pots & containers & plant-pots cups, cutlery & trays straws

Plastic sachets, Plastic Plastic bowls CD’s, DVD’s, Toothbrushes Bubble- bags and clingfilm toys and similar cassettes and toothpaste wrap → NON-RECYCLABLE paper and card

Kitchen-roll Paper hand- Small pieces of paper Nappies kerchiefs (under 10cm) and napkins

arious items to take to the tip Unused medicines should be V returned to the chemist’s

Printer Tableware Lightbulbs Batteries cartridges

Composting

Think ‘composting’ to recycle your kitchen and garden waste For more information, ask for the Guide to Composting  COLLECTION DAYS FOR NON RECYCLABLE HOUSEHOLD RUBBISH

WITH EFFECT FROM 1ST JANUARY 2018 VAL DE SÉE GATHEMO MORTAINAIS

VENGEONS ST-HILAIRE- DU-HARCOUËT PERRIERS-EN ST-JAMES BEAUFICIEL MONDAY SOURDEVAL LE-FRESNE- PORET TUESDAY

SAINT- EDNESDAY BARTHÉLÉMY W

SAINT-CLÉMENT- HURSDAY GER T RANCOUDRAY FRIDAY ROMAGNY MORTAIN

FONTENAY BION

TIp AFTER A WEEkDAY BANk HOLIDAY, RUBBISH voie publique sur la jeter CAMSMN - INPS - Ne pas : servicecommunication graphique Création SAINT-JEAN DU-CORAIL SAINT -JAMES COLLECTIONS TAkE pLACE ONE DAY LATER BARENTON SAINT-GEORGES THAN USUAL DURINg THAT WEEk. DE-ROUELLEY Exception in 2018: in the week 7 - 12 May, collections will NOTRE-DAME HUSSON be on the usual day, regardless of Bank Holidays DU-TOUCHET

VILLECHIEN SAINT-CYR SAINTE-MARIE DU-BAILLEUL DU-BOIS For all information: contact the waste disposal service on FERRIÈRES LE TEILLEUL 02 33 68 68 96 or by e-mail: [email protected]

located at the HEUSSÉ Saint James - Pontorson district centre (Pôle Territorial) 1 rue Maxime de Coniac 50240 Saint-James