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Household waste and recycling

We collect the rubbish for over 35,700 homes in the South Northamptonshire district.

The Council now runs the Twin Bin and Door-to-Door recycling schemes across almost the whole of the District. 

• The Twin Bin scheme gives you two bins - a black one for normal rubbish and a green one for compostable garden waste and cardboard.
• The Door-to-Door recycling scheme provides you with boxes to recycle glass, paper, cans, plastic bottles, foil and aerosols.

They are collected on alternate weeks. 

The bins are collected on the same day each week and you should leave them on the kerbside by 7:00am on the day of collections. If you have got real problems wheeling out the bin, then let us know and we can try and make special arrangements.


Download a copy of the leaflet about the recycling schemes (pdf).  Find a list of tips about how to reduce flies and smells in the black bin (doc).

Flats   

Flats are not included on this scheme. If you live in a flat, you have communal rubbish bins that everyone shares. However, recycling is being gradually rolled out for flats across South Northamptonshire so you will soon be able to recycle at home. A leaflet will be delivered to you when your area has been installed with new recycling facilities.

 


Contact us on:
Environmental Services
South Northamptonshire Council
Springfields
Towcester NN12 6AE
Telephone: 01327 322344 
Email: environmental.services@southnorthants.gov.uk


Click on these links for the infomation you want:

• The Twin Bin scheme
• When your bins will be collected
• Door-to-Door recycling
• Clinical waste
• Bulky waste, recycling and composting

The Twin Bin scheme

The Twin Bin Scheme provides participating households with two wheeled bins; a black one for normal rubbish and a green one for compostable garden waste and cardboard.

Green Bins

• Wrap waste in newspaper if you like. 
• Lining your bin with newspaper will help to stop grass cuttings from sticking to the bottom. 
• Try to keep your bin clean. 
• Don't put any of the waste in plastic bags. 
• Don't put anything in your bin that cannot be composted.

What to put in the green bin:

Cardboard Cardboard packaging – that’s things like cereal boxes, frozen food packets, toilet roll tubes, tissue boxes, washing powder boxes. greetings cards, corrugated card Garden rubbish Grass cuttings, small branches, hedge clippings, weeds, prunings Other rubbish Telephone books, Yellow Pages, pet straw, untreated sawdust and wood shavings, cut flowers, shredded paper, cold ash

Kitchen waste Meat Plastic bags Cooking fat and oil Food leftovers and peelings Garden waste Soil Plant pots Stones Rubble Other waste Anything made from plastic, glass, leather or metal disposable nappies dog or cat waste

Black Bins

• Wrap waste in bags before putting it in your bin (old carrier bags are excellent for this.)
• Try to keep your bin clean.

When your bins will be collected

For details of when we are in your area and to find out which bin to put out when, go to the Collection Calendar page.

 We do not collect bins on bank holiday Mondays. Householders affected by a Bank Holiday will have their bin collected on the Saturday before the break. If you have a collection on the Christmas and New Year days off, we will let you know when your bin will be collected.

If you sometimes have more domestic waste than will fit into your wheeled bin, please store some less offensive waste in a plastic sack until your bin has been emptied, then put it in you bin ready for the next collection. We will only take the contents of the wheeled bin with the lid shut and no extra bags.

Please also remember that the wheeled bins should not be used for:

• hot ashes
• heavy materials such as large amounts of soil, stones, car parts and rubble
• corrosive materials
• liquids such as paints or oils

Door to Door Recycling Scheme

Unless you live in a flat or somewhere difficult to access, you will have:

• one green box for glass and paper
• one black box for cans, plastic bottles, aerosols and foil.

The green box is collected on the same week as the green bin and the black box with the black bin.

Green Box - Paper and glass

Glass bottles  Glass jars Magazines Brochures Junk Mail Computer/photocopy paper Envelopes   Please note - all glass bottles and jars must be in the recycling box.

Shredded paper (this can go in your green wheeled bin) Wax or foil lined containers used for liquids (like fruit juice or some milk cartons - these can now be recycled at Farthinghoe recycling centre) Polystyrene Hard-backed books Pyrex Drinking glasses Sheet glass Broken glass

Black Box - Plastic bottles, cans and foil

Soft drink bottles Plastic milk bottles Shampoo/detergent bottles Yoghurt pots Plastic food trays Ice cream tubs Margarine tubs Plastic bottle lids Food and drink cans (steel and aluminium) Aerosol cans Aluminium foil  and trays

Polystyrene Film Children's toys  Plant pots Foil lined plastic (like crisp packets) Carrier bags Furniture CD cases Tetrapak cartons used for liquids such as fruit juice, wine milk

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Textiles Recycling

We now offer a bi-monthly collection of textiles from all households in the district.  This is in partnership with DB Collections who will donate £50 per tonne of textiles to the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA).  Special collection bags are posted through your letterbox every two months which allow you to recycle:

Good quality adult's and children's clothes - including as new underwear, socks & tights
Linen & curtains
Shoes, handbags and belts
Soft toys

For more information about the collections please contact DB Collections direct on 01536 480007.
More information about the WNAA.

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Clinical waste

We can pick up clinical waste from homes free of charge every week.

Clinical waste includes needles, syringes, incontinence pads, stoma bags and dressings. This type of waste must not be put in the normal rubbish bins. If you produce clinical waste and need to use this service please contact us.

Please note that we do not offer a clinical waste collection service for businesses, including nursing or residential homes.  Please look in the Yellow Pages for a suitably licenced waste management company.

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Waste Strategy Review

The Northamptonshire Waste Partnership consulted the public on its Draft Municipal Waste Management Strategy last year.

What is the Northamptonshire Waste Management Strategy?

It is a plan to show how councils in Northamptonshire will manage the collection and treatment of municipal waste in the future – waste generated by households and some local businesses.

The strategy has been prepared by the Northamptonshire Waste Partnership, made up of Corby Borough Council, Daventry District Council, East Northamptonshire Council, Kettering Borough Council, Northampton Borough Council, Northamptonshire County Council, South Northamptonshire Council and the Borough Council of Wellingborough.

We are planning ahead for the collection and management of waste up to 2020 and beyond. The plans set out what we want to achieve and identify the types of services and technologies we will need to use to reach our goals.

To find out more about the Northamptonshire Waste Strategy click here which will take you to the Northamptonshire County Council Website.

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