Your Waste and Recycling Calendar 2018
Your collection day for 2018 is WEDNESDAY
Please use this calendar from the dates shown below and recycle your previous calendar.
Please note recycling bins issued before April 2013 are grey.
December
Wednesday 6thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 13thRubbish Bin
Wednesday 20thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Friday 29thRubbish Bin
January
Friday 5thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Thursday 11thRubbish Bin
Wednesday 17thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 24thRubbish Bin
Wednesday 31stRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
February
Wednesday 7thRubbish Bin
Wednesday 14thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 21stRubbish Bin
Wednesday 28thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
March
Wednesday 7thRubbish Bin
Wednesday 14thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 21stRubbish Bin
Wednesday 28thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
April
Wednesday 4thRubbish Bin
Wednesday 11thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 18thRubbish Bin
Wednesday 25thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
May
Wednesday 2ndRubbish Bin
Wednesday 9th Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 16thRubbish Bin
Wednesday 23rd Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 30thRubbish Bin
June
Wednesday 6thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 13th Rubbish Bin
Wednesday 20thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 27thRubbish Bin
July
Wednesday 4thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 11thRubbish Bin
Wednesday 18thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 25thRubbish Bin
August
Wednesday 1stRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 8th Rubbish Bin
Wednesday 15th Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 22ndRubbish Bin
Wednesday 29thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
September
Wednesday 5th Rubbish Bin
Wednesday 12th Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 19thRubbish Bin
Wednesday 26thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
October
Wednesday 3rd Rubbish Bin
Wednesday 10th Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 17thRubbish Bin
Wednesday 24thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 31stRubbish Bin
November
Wednesday 7th Recycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 14th Rubbish Bin
Wednesday 21stRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 28thRubbish Bin
December
Wednesday 5thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
Wednesday 12th Rubbish Bin
Wednesday 19thRecycling Bin and Box and Batteries
You will be sent a new collection calendar in December 2018.
Bank Holidays
Please note collections will take place as usual on all bank holidays, except for Christmas and New Year, see details below.
Christmas and New Year Collections 2017-2018
If your normal collection day is:Your collection day will be:
Wednesday 27th December 2017Friday 29thDecember 2017
Wednesday 3rd January 2018Friday 5th January 2018
Wednesday 10th January 2018Thursday 11th January 2018
Wednesday 17th January 2018Normal collection
Christmas Recycling
All your festive wrapping paper and cards(except goil/glitter) can be placed in your recycling bin.
Christmas Tree Recycling
If you do not have a garden waste collection service, you can recycle your real tree at your local Household Waste Recycling Site – please look on our website for more details.
What goes into each container?
Recycling Bin
Yes Please
- Cardboard
- Paper
- Shredded paper (in bags)
- Food tins
- Drink cans
- Aluminium foil
- Aerosol cans (empty)
- Food and drinks cartons
- Plastic bottles (remove lids and include for recycling)
- Plastic pots, tubs and trays
- Plastic bags and film
- Blister packs
No Thanks
- Food waste
- Garden waste
- Polystyrene/bubble wrap
- Hard plastics e.g. toys and plant pots
- Foil-lined plastic pouches and bags e.g. crisp packets
- Black plastic bags
- Refuse
Glass Recycling Box
Yes Please
- Glass bottles
- Glass jars
No Thanks
- Pyrex/ovenproof glassware
- Drinking glasses and crockery
- Window panes
- Mirrors
- Lids
- Light bulbs
Batteries
Place in a separate carrier bag next to your recycling bin but not in it. Don’t use black bin liners.
Textiles & small electrical items
These can be recycled at your local Household Waste Recycling Site and at some Neighbourhood Recycling Points
Rubbish Bin
Non-recyclable items: food waste, cat litter, dog waste and disposable nappies. No builder’s rubble, soil, hot ashes or garden waste in this bin please.
Recycling - clean, empty and unbagged
Please help us with our recycling by giving your plastics, cans, foil, glass bottles and jars a quick rinse before placing them loose in your recycling containers.
Please remember to remove plastic film from around magazines/junk mail, liners from cereal boxes.
Collection information
- Please ensure that your containers are put out at the edge of your property by 7am on the day of collection. Please take bins in as soon as possible after collection.
- Please report any missed bin/box collections by 5pm the following working day. Unfortunately, we are unable to return for missed collections reported later than this.
- Please ensure that your rubbish is contained within the rubbish bin. Extra rubbish will not be collected.
- However, extra recycling can be placed out in a suitable box or carrier bags (no black sacks) next to your recycling bin and will be collected.
- If the collection crews are unable to gain access due to road works, parked cars or adverse weather, they will try to return as soon as possible. Please leave your containers out until they are emptied.
During periods of extreme weather, please see our website for updates on your collections.
- Flats/properties with communal bins - Please continue to use your bins as labelled.
Contact Us
Please see our website for further information on recycling or to use our online reporting services.
Website:
Telephone: 01323 443322
Address: Wealden District Council, Waste Management, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 2AX