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Bulky waste, recycling and composting

Each household in South Northamptonshire produces about one tonne of rubbish every year.

We recycle nearly half of that rubbish, the rest is dumped in landfill sites where it causes pollution and can take hundreds of years to rot down. Over 60% of all household rubbish can be recycled. This cuts pollution and energy use - and the need for more landfill sites.

For more info contact us:

Environmental Services
South Northamptonshire Council
Springfields
Towcester

NN12 6AE

Telephone: 01327 322344

Email: mailto:customerservice@southnorthants.gov.uk

Click on the links for facts and tips on how we can all recycle more.

Recycle Week

Recycle Week in South Northants was a busy period for our recycling events calendar. Roadshows were held throughout the week at various locations around the District, and 2 competitions gave the winners some great prizes.  

Mrs Planas from Brackley won an energy saving Eco-Kettle in our recycling pledge prize draw, and Isabel and Amelia Ellis (4 and 8 years old) won the bike decorating competition on Saturday. The competition was to decorate a bike with what would normally go into your recycling boxes, and the girls were proud to win an iPod dock for their efforts. They made a great effort to make their bike look pretty, and for extra marks in judging, the bike had originally come from the recycling centre at Farthinghoe. Hannah Barnes (2012 Olympian cyclist) was there to present them with their prize, kindly donated by RecycleNow.com.

 

Composting - the better way

Home Composting

There are loads of reasons why you should think about getting into composting.

Homemade compost improves the quality of your garden soil, helping it to retain moisture and support healthy plant growth.

Composting at home is an ideal way to recycle your garden and kitchen waste, cutting the amount of waste collected by the Council.

Up to a third of what is in your black bin is compostable.

Home-made compost can be used instead of shop-bought peat-based compost, and you can get a great sense of achievement from using your own home-grown compost. 

For more information on how to compost successfully and to buy a composter, please visit www.recyclenow.com/compost or phone 0844 571 4444. 

How to Manage Your Rubbish

Click here for tips on how to reduce the amount of rubbish in your bin(.pdf). 

Recycle your rubbish at one of the 28 Neighbourhood Recycling Centres in the district. Most accept glass, paper and cans for recycling. To find your nearest site check the Recycling centres in the district.

The Door to Door Recycling Scheme now covers the whole district, apart from some flats.You have boxes for glass and paper (green box), cans, plastic bottles, foil and aerosols (black box).

The Twin Bin Scheme gives you a green, wheeled bin for compostable garden waste and cardboard and a black bin for other household waste.

Villagers in Cosgrove can use the Carts and Crafts Horse-drawn recycling service which operates every other Wednesday collecting glass, paper, cans and plastic bottles.

Compost your kitchen peelings and garden waste at home in a discounted home composter. Go to Composting - the better way – for more information and how to order. 

Getting rid of your bulky waste

We can collect items of free standing furniture and domestic white goods from households for a charge of £25 per collection. You can have up to 6 items of waste collected on each collection. 

To book a bulky waste collection call 01327 322 344 payment can be made over the phone by credit or debit card, or download the Bulky Waste Request form (.pdf) and return to us by post with a cheque.  Collections are made on a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday depending on where you live, please see the list below for your collection day.

 

Wednesday Thursday Friday
Aston le Walls Abthorpe Alderton
Aynho Adstone Ashton
Brackley Astcote Blisworth
Chacombe Blakesley Brafield
Charlton Bradden Castle Ashby
Chipping Warden Bugbrooke Chadstone
Croughton Caldecote Cogenhoe
Crowfield Cold Higham Cosgrove
Culworth Dalscote Courteenhall
Edgcote Duncote Deanshanger
Evenley Eastcote Denton
Eydon Fosters Booth Grafton Regis
Farthinghoe Gayton Grange Park
Falcutt Greens Norton Hackleton
Greatworth Grimscote Hartwell
Halse Harpole Heathencote
Helmdon Hulcote Horton
Hinton Kislingbury Little Houghton
Kings Sutton Litchborough Milton Malsor
Lower Boddington Maidford Old Stratford
Marston St Lawrence Nether Heyford Passenham
Middleton Cheney Pattishall Paulerspury
Moreton Pinkney Rothersthorpe Piddington
Newbottle Slapton Plumpton
Overthorpe Syresham Potterspury
Radstone Tiffield Preston Deanery
Silverstone Towcester Pury End
Steane Upper Heyford Puxley
Sulgrave Wappenham Quinton
Thenford Weedon Lois Roade
Thorpe Mandeville Weston Shutlanger
Upper Boddington Wood Burcote Stoke Bruerne
Warkworth Woodend Whiston
Whitfield   Whittlebury
    Wicken
    Yardley Gobion
    Yardley Hastings

All items collected apart from fridges and freezers are thrown in a landfill site. To avoid this why not :