NEW recycling and waste

collection service

for Leeds

Important information on changes to your waste collection service.

Scheme starts

22nd February 2010

From week commencing 22nd February 2010 we are changing the way we collect your waste making it much easier for you to recycle.This new service aims to make it easier for you to recycle your waste and vastly reduce the amount of rubbish going to landfill. The trial will start on22nd February 2010 and continue for six months.

Your household will continue to receive a weekly collection of waste, we will just be collecting different types of waste on different weeks and in separate containers.

This leaflet constitutes a formal notification of a change to your refuse collection service as required by the Environmental Protection Act 1990, section 46.

Why are we making these changes?By changing the way we collect your waste we will be able to deal with it in a more efficient way. By using your recycling, garden and food waste bins, you will greatly reduce the amount of waste you put in your black bin for disposal in a landfill site. In addition National and European legislation requires every council to decrease the amount of waste sent to landfill and increase the amount of material recycled or composted.

The benefits • Reducingtheamountofwastethatgoestolandfill

• Makingitmoreconvenientforhouseholdstorecycle

• Allowingyourfoodwastetobetakenawayandcomposted

• ReducingCO2andharmfulgaseswhichcontributetoglobalwarming

• Protectingtheenvironmentbyensuringmorematerialsarerecycled

• Byreducingtheamountofwastegoingtolandfill,thenew schemewillhelpusreachourrecyclingandcomposting

targetof50%.

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How the scheme will work.

We have provided you with:

• agreenbin/bagforpaper,card,plasticandcans

• abrownbinforgardenwaste–ifyouhaveagarden

• ablackbinforgeneralwaste

• ablackfoodwastebinforoutsideandasmallersilverkitchencaddyforinside.

One week we will empty your food waste bin and your general waste bin. The following week we will empty your food waste bin, green recycling bin/bag and brown garden waste bin.

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Week 1

Week 1Food waste bin and your Black general waste bin/bag

Week 2Week 2Food waste bin, Green Recycling bin/bag and your Brown Garden waste bin

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New Food Waste collection serviceYou will have a black food waste bin for outside, a smaller silver kitchen caddy for inside and a supply of compostable cornstarch liners.

The kitchen caddy should be used to put food waste in each day. The contents of your kitchen caddy including the liner needs to be transferred to your outside food waste bin for collection. The outside bin should be put out for collection every week on your collection day, at your collection point by 7am with your other bins.

What happens to your food waste?Your food waste is taken to a special processing plant where it is turned into compost. The compost is used by agricultural, horticultural and land-based industries, for example as a soil improver in agriculture and as a topsoil in land restoration.

Black food waste bin for outside

Silver kitchen caddy for inside

Compostable cornstarch liners

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How to use the kitchen caddy?

Remember to:• alwayskeepthelidclosedonboththeoutsidefoodwastebin

andsmallerkitchencaddytohelpavoidpests.

• putyouroutsidefoodwastebin(notyourkitchencaddy)outforcollectioneveryweekonyourcollectionday

• Tieyourcompostablecornstarchlinertokeepyouroutsidefoodwastebinclean

• Keepyourkitchencaddycleanbyrinsingorwipingwithkitchentowel

Line your caddy with a compostable corn starch liner and fill it with food waste.Do not use plastic bags

When it is full, tie the liner and place in your food waste bin

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What can I put in my kitchen caddy? You can put any cooked or uncooked food in your caddy. You can even scrape uneaten food straight into your caddy.

Yes please• Alldairyproductssuchascheese

andeggs(includingshells)

• Breads,pastriesandcakes

• Cookedanduncookedfood

• Meat,fish&poultry(includingbones)

• Outofdatefood

• Pasta,rice&beans

• Teabagsandcoffeegrounds

• Uneatenleftoversfromdishesandplatesincludinguneatentakeawayfood

• Vegetablesandfruit(includingpeelings)

No Thanks• Packagingofanysort

• Plasticbagsorwrapping

• Petwaste

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How to use your Green bin/bag

The green recycling bin is for your recycling which will be collected fortnightly.

Yes please• Mixed paper-computerpaper,newspapers,telephone

directories,catalogues,glossymagazines,envelopes,junkmail.

• Cardboard -cerealboxes,eggboxes,soappowderboxes,browncardboardboxes,andglossycard.

• Food and drink cans-foodcans,drinkscansandpetfoodcans.

• Plastic bottles and bags-Plasticsnumbered1,2and4cangointothegreenrecyclebin.Theseincludeplasticbottles,plasticmilkcontainersandplasticcarrierbags.Checkfortherecyclingtriangleonpackagingtoseewhichplastictypeyouhave.

No Thanks• Glassofanykind

• Mirrors

• Lightbulbs

• Chinaware

• Childrenstoys

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• Textiles

• Polystyrene

• Foodwaste

• Gardenwaste

• ClingFilm9

Please see your

calendar for collection

dates...

How to use the Brown bin

If your property is suitable you should have a been given a brown garden waste bin which will be collected fortnightly March to November and monthly December, January and February.

Yes please• Flowersandplants

• Grasscuttings

• Hedgeclippings

• Leaves

• Twigs/smallbranches

• Windfallfruit

• Weeds

No Thanks• Foodwaste

• Metal

• Paper/Card

• Petwasteandcatlitter

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• Planksofwoodandtimber

• Plasticincludingbags

• Soil/turforcompost

• Stonesandrubble

Please see your

calendar for collection

dates...

How to use the Black general waste bin

The black general waste bin is for the rest of your household waste that cannot go in your green recycling bin, brown garden waste bin and black food waste bin and will be collected fortnightly.

Please remember to put your bins out at your collection point by 7am on your collection day and put it away again after it has been emptied.

For more information about the new recycling collection service please read the Frequently Asked Questions booklet included in your pack.

No Thanks• Electricals

• Gardenwaste

Remember:If you use all recycling bins provided you will have enough room in your black general waste bin for a fortnightly collection of non-recyclable waste.

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Please see your

calendar for

collection dates...

Please help us by:• Keepingthelidclosedonyourfoodwastebinstohelpavoidpests.

• Tyingyourcompostablecornstarchlinertokeepyourfoodwastebinclean.

• Puttingyouroutsidefoodwastebin(notyourkitchencaddy)outforcollectioneveryweekonyourcollectionday

• Rinsingoutyourplasticbottlesandcansbeforeputtingtheminthegreenrecyclingbin/bag.

• Squashingcontainerswhereyoucansafelydosobeforeputtingtheminthegreenrecyclingbin/bag.

• Foldandflattencardandpaperbeforeputtingitinthegreenrecyclingbin/bag.

• Puttingyourbinsoutby7amonyourcollectiondayandputthemawayagainaftertheyhavebeenemptied

For practical advice on how to reduce food waste, and save up to £50 per month on your food bill visit www.lovefoodhatewaste.com

If you do not have all recycling bins or are experiencing problems with the new service please let us know.

ContactFor help and information contact the environmental contact centre at: refusecollection@leeds.gov.uk or log onto: www.leeds.gov.uk/recycleforleeds You can also call us on (0113) 222 4406

If you would like a copy of this leaflet in large print, Braille, audio or another language please contact us on (0113) 222 4406.

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