WASTE DISPOSAL GUIDELINES FOR VILLAGERS.

In addition to our weekly/fortnightly collections, there are Household Waste Recycling Centres which can be used, and the following gives some guidelines on Home, Garden and DIY Waste.

FOOD AND DRINK CANS - ALUMINIUM OR STEEL.

AEROSOLS.

PLASTIC BOTTLES ONLY.

CARD/CARDBOARD AND PAPER.

NO JUICE CARTONS—all waxed or foiled cardboard to be in GREY RUBBISH BIN.

NO BUTTER TUBS/YOGHURT POTS/MEAT TRAYS—all these in GREY RUBBISH BIN. Only PLASTIC BOTTLES (Please remove tops) AND CANS IN GREEN BIN. ENSURE CANS ARE RINSED OUT, AND NO FULL CANS.

All recyclables collected in your green bin are taken to NEWS at Costessey for automated sorting.

WHAT CAN YOU PUT IN YOUR GREY BIN (RUBBISH).

GENERAL RUBBISH - PLASTICS (NOT BOTTLES), WAXED/FOILED CARTONS, WRAPPERS/PACKETS, POLYSTYRENE, FRUIT/MEAT TRAYS.

KITCHEN/FOOD WASTE - WRAP THIS TIGHTLY IN A PLASTIC BAG OR NEWSPAPER

YOU MAY WISH TO CONTINUE USING A REFUSE SACK IN YOUR GREY BIN.

Currently, the only types of plastic we can find a suitable market for are plastic bottles. Until we are able to find a market for other plastics we will not be able to accept items such as yoghurt pots, margarine tubs and meat/fruit trays.

Our current system for collecting bags of garden waste and sending all of that material to landfill has become unsustainable. New European legislation requires us to compost all of the material we can. There is a trial only in Hethersett for six months at the moment using Brown Bins.

You can still purchase a reduced price composter, Council garden waste labels or take your garden clippings to the local tip (01603222917).

Eventually we hope that it will. We have to wait for technology to catch up with us. We hope to gradually increase the types of materials we can recycle in the green bin as time goes on.

This should not be necessary, but if you have the standard size bins waste is accepted in a black bag next to the grey bin, and recyclables in a box next to the green bin. If you want to swap to a larger size bin phone 01508533916—the council will swap only once free of charge.

HWRCs will accept no more than one 80 litre sack or item of DIY waste each week from your home or garden and your District Council will not collect this type of waste.

This means if you have a large amount of DIY waste you will need to return to a HWRC each week with small amounts of make alternative disposal arrangements such as hiring a skip or using one of the waste bag services available at DIY stores. Alternatively:

Take your DIY waste to one of the participating disposal points (COSTESSEY LONGWATER BUSINESS PARK IS NEAREST FOR US open Monday-Friday 8 am-4 pm; Saturday 8 am—12 pm).  There is no an extra service at the main centres for people wanting to dispose of more than the one sack in one go.

Pay a fee.

Leave your waste where the site operator tells you to.

Note that the number of vehicles allowed on site at any one time will be limited for health and safety reasons—this may result in waiting time on site.

Brick, Rubble, Concrete, fitted kitchens and wardrobes, bathroom suites, central heating system components, garden sheds and fencing, garden soil and turf (grass cuttings and prunings will be accepted at HWRCs), pond and other excavations, doors, windows, roofing materials, plasterboard, structural wood, other building materials.

All prices include VAT.

If disposing of waste from more than one of the categories (eg from a car and a trailer) both prices will be charged

Loads in excess of 1 tonne will be charged a minimum of £50 per tonne (or part thereof).

The site operator reserves the right to refuse entry at the specified rates for large quantities from a single source.

The scheme is a trial and runs until March 2005.

are available to any Norfolk resident to dispose of household waste from the dwelling that they are living in.  These main recycling centres now also accept liquid paint.

Opening Hours: The sites are open 7 days a week throughout the year, only closing on Christmas Day. Opening 8 a.m. throughout the year.  Summer opening hours 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (April to August) and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. September to March..

Waste will not be accepted from an employee of the householder or from anyone who is being paid to provide any sort of service to the householder.

Charities and the organisers of charity events such as jumble sales cannot use these sites.

District Councils should be able to provide a collection service for waste from a charity.

Businesses cannot use the sites to dispose of waste or recyclable materials arising in the course of business even if this is carried out at domestic premises.

What you can take there: Waste from your own home. Containers are marked for cans and other metals, glass, textiles, paper magazines and cardboard, green waste and motor oil and vehicle batteries.

What you cannot take there: DIY Waste (specified left).

Re-use it at home.

Use a waste bag service from a DIY store.

Hire a skip .

Take it to a commercial waste disposal site.

REMEMBER YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL WILL PROVIDE A COLLECTION SERVICE FOR BULKY HOUSEHOLD WASTE, HAZARDOUS HOUSEHOLD WASTE AND COMMERICAL WASTE. CONTACT SOUTH NORFOLK ON 01508-533707.

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