Herefordshire Council operate a household collection of recyclable materials using a wheeled bin.
The bin is collected fortnightly on the same day as black refuse sacks (currently Wednesday), see box on the right for the next collection date.
More information about the Council's recycling and waste collection is available on the Council website.
You can recycle:
| You can recycle… | Please remember… |
|---|---|
| food tins drink cans aerosol cans sweet / biscuit tins metal jar lids | ! Rinse tins and cans ! Push sharp lids inside tins Tip - Labels can be left on Tip - No need to squash |
| glass bottles - New glass jars | ! Rinse bottles and jars ! No lids, corks or caps Tip - Labels can be left on Tip - All colours accepted |
| All plastic bottles e.g. drinks bottles milk / juice bottles detergent / fabric conditioner bottles cleaning / bleach bottles toiletry bottles Plastic containers e.g. - New yogurt pots margarine / ice cream tubs fruit / vegetable punnets plastic meat / fish trays cream / custard pots cake / pastry trays soup / sauce pots egg boxes | ! Rinse bottles and containers ! No black plastic ! No tops, lids, pumps, film, foil etc Tip - Labels can be left on Tip - No need to squash |
| newspapers / magazines phone directories catalogues / brochures junk mail / leaflets letters greetings cards envelopes | ! Keep paper flat ! Remove plastic wrappers Tip - You can compost your shredded paper at home |
| All cartons e.g. - New milk / juice / smoothie cartons fabric conditioner cartons soup / chopped tomatoes cartons custard cartons | ! Rinse cartons Tip - No need to squash Tip - Plastic spouts can be left on |
| thin cardboard boxes e.g. cereal boxes, ready meal boxes corrugated / thick cardboard boxes egg boxes kitchen / toilet roll tubes | ! Flatten cardboard boxes and tubes ! Remove inner packaging |
Please ensure items for recycling are clean, dry and loose
Please do not squash bottles or tins
Please keep any paper or card flat
All recycling items can be collected mixed together
Other methods of reducing waste are:
Composting kitchen and garden waste (The Council will provide subsidised Compost Bins, see here.)
Composting your green waste
Buying returnable/refillable bottles
Giving items to charity shops
Repairing broken items
Buying recycled products, such as paper and tissues
Avoiding over packaged goods
If you don't have your own bag to use e.g.: cotton bag, reuse your plastic bags or buy the ‘bags for life’ at your supermarkets.
Buying reusable products such as rechargeable batteries
Passing usable items onto others by using the Herefordshire freecycle group.
Household Waste Sites
Leominster
Bridge Street
HR6 8EA
(01568) 614271
Mon-Sun 08:00 - 18:00 (Inc. Bank Holidays except Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Years Day)
For other Herefordshire Household Waste Sites site see here.
Other useful websites:
Information on how to minimise waste is available on the Herefordshire and Worcestershire mission impossible site.
Waste & Resources Action Programme www.wrap.org.uk
Love Food Hate Waste www.lovefoodhatewaste.com