Refuse & Recycling Collections 2016-17 (North) Please refer to both calendars: REFUSE (black and green bins) and RECYCLING (burgundy bin) and note changed collection dates due to Bank Holidays and suspension of green bin collections THERE WILL BE NO GREEN BIN COLLECTIONS BETWEEN 5 DECEMBER 2016 AND 3 MARCH 2017 COLLECTIONS WILL RESUME WEEK COMMENCING 6 MARCH 2017 Please keep this leaflet for future reference This constitutes notice under section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 notifying residents of requirements to present their waste for collection. Please ensure when you employ a waste collection company they are a registered waste carrier so you comply with the Household Waste Duty of Care Regulations 2005. Key to calendars: Green Dates Green Bin Collection Black Dates Black Bin Collection Grey Dates Bank Holidays - collections one day later than normal (NB. See below for Christmas collections). White Dates NO REFUSE COLLECTION Burgundy Dates Burgundy Bin Collection December 2016 Su M T W Th F S 27 Nov 28 Nov 29 Nov 30 Nov 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Please note: Burgundy Bin Collections falling on 26th December 2016 will be collected Saturday 24th December 2016 . Collections after Bank Holiday (27th December) will be 1 day later than normal. Christmas & New Year collections Normal collection day Christmas collections Monday 26 December 2016 Bank Holiday, No Collections Tuesday 27 December 2016 Bank Holiday, No Collections Wednesday 28 December 2016 No Black/Green Collections Thursday 29 December 2016 No Black/Green Collections Friday 30 December 2016 No Black/Green Collections 1 January 2017 Su M T W Th F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 February 2017 Su M T W Th F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 March 2017 Green bin collections re-start this mon th Su M T W Th F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 April April 2017 Su M T W Th F S 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Collections on Good Friday 14 April will not be affected. Collections after the Bank Holiday (17 April) will be one day later than normal. May 2017 Su M T W Th F S 30 April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Collections after the Bank Holidays (1 & 29 May) will be a day later than normal. June 2017 Su M T W Th F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 July July 2017 Su M T W Th F S 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 August 2017 Su M T W Th F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Collections after the Bank Holiday (28 August) will be a day later than normal. September 2017 Su M T W Th F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2 October 2017 Su M T W Th F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 November 2017 Su M T W Th F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 Dec 2 Dec Refuse Collection Please help us to help you • Ensure wheelie bins are presented at the kerbside or an agreed collection point on the day of collection by no later than 6.30am. • Please ensure the lid is closed (Flat Lid) • SIDE WASTE IS NOT TAKEN AT ANY TIME with your black or green bins. • Please don’t overload your bin. • Large card packaging may be presented with burgundy bins. • Recycle as much of your waste as possible, using your burgundy bin . • Household bulky waste can be disposed of free of charge at the Household Waste Recycling Centres at Stonegravels, Sheffield Road, Chesterfield and also at Buttermilk Lane (between Long Duckmanton & Bolsover). • The Council provides a bulk collection service. A small charge is made. Please contact Connect North East on the number below. What can I put in my green bin? Yes please: 3 Grass cuttings, flowers and 3 Cooked food left overs – weeds bread, pastries, pasta, 3 Leaves, hedge and plant meat fish (raw and cooked clippings, prunings – including bones) plate 3 Left over fruit, salad, scrapings, tea bags and vegetable waste, egg shells coffee grounds 3 Pet bedding from small (Food can be placed in PAPER animals such as rabbits, bags manufactured to the British guinea pigs and hamsters standard EN13432 ONLY, NOT plastic bags.) During green bin suspension weeks, please place food waste in your bla3ck bin. No thanks: 7Cardboard boxes and card 7Plastic of any sort these go packaging - these go in your in your burgundy Bin burgundy bin (see overleaf) 7All TYPES of bin liners, carrier 7Wallpaper and wrapping paper bags, packaging, foil or 7Waxed packaging – such as polystyrene juice cartons. These go in 7Bottles, cans & papers - these your burgundy bin go in your burgundy bin 7Stone, rubble, soil or turf 7Timber or plywood 7Dog and cat waste 7Ashes 7Disposable nappies7 Please do not contaminate your green bin with unsuitable waste as we will be unable to collect it. For further Green Bin information please contact: CONNECT NORTH EAST on 01246 217610 or visit: www.ne-derbyshire.gov.uk 3 Your Burgundy bin collections Over the Christmas/Winter period the burgundy bins will continue to be emptied fortnightly but you may receive a collection on a black bin week or suspended green bin week. Collections will be made: W/C: 12 December 2016 (Burgundy bin only ) W/C: 26 December 2016 (Burgundy bin only ). Burgundy Bin Collections falling on 26th December 2016 will be collected on Saturday 24th December 2016. Christmas & New Year Collections: Normal collection day Amended collection day Monday 26 December 2016 Saturday 24th December 2016 Tuesday 27 December 2016 Wednesday 28th December 2016 Wednesday 28 December 2016 Thursday 29th December2016 Thursday 29 December 2016 Friday 30th December 2016 Friday 30 December 2016 Saturday 31st December 2016 Week commencing: 9 January 2017 ( Burgundy /Black bin) Week commencing: 23 January 2017 (Burgundy bin only) Collections will then continue every fortnight the same week as your green bin/suspended green bin collections. Bank Holiday collections: If your burgundy bin collection is on a Bank Holiday week, it will be collected a day later than normal. Except for 26th December 2016 which will be collected on Saturday 24th December 2016. Please note : Burgundy bin collections on Good Friday (14 April) will not be affected. What goes in the burgundy bin? 3 Mixed plastics (i.e. Inner box: bottles, food trays, 3 yogurt & margarine tubs) Newspapers 3 3 Empty food tins and Magazines drink cans 3 Paper 3 Glass bottles and jars 3 Telephone directories 3 Flattened cardboard 3 Catalogues 3 Empty aerosols 3 Junk mail 3 Textiles & Shoes 3 Glossy pamphlets (in a clear plastic bag) 3 White envelopes 3 Brown paper envelopes 3 Shredded paper (weighted 3 Foil & foil food trays down in bottom by other (washed & squashed) papers) 3 Waxed food packaging 3 Small household batteries (i.e. milk, fruit juice (in a clear plastic bag containers) 3placed on top of the caddy) Extra recycling that won’t fit in your burgundy bin, can be presented in a box/clear bag at the side of the burgundy bin on collection day. Large cardboard packaging may also be put at the side of your burgundy bin. No thanks: 7 Plastic/Carrier bags, unless used to contain textiles or batteries 7 Windowpanes, cookware, pyrex, windscreens 7 Plastic films, polystyrene 7 Household waste – such as nappies, food waste, dog waste 7 Wrapping paper & 7greetings cards For further Burgundy Bin information please contact: CONNECT NORTH EAST on 01246 217610 or visit: www.ne-derbyshire.gov.uk 7722 Designed by North East Derbyshire District Council Printed on recycled silk 4.