Recycling

Local info

Waste collections:You can place all your recycleable material in the green wheelie bin together. Yes! Paper and card, flattened, tins, bottles and all plastic bottles, plastic pots tubs and trays. No black plastic, plastic bags or flexible plastic wrappers please. The contents of the wheelie bins will be sorted in a new state-of-the-art facility. Visit http://www.envirosort.co.uk/ if you want to find out more about how this is done.Check your bin collection day – Herefordshire Council

All homes now have black waste bins and green recycling bins to be emptied on alternate Tuesdays. Any queries, ring Hereford Council 01432 260051 and ask for 'Recycling'.

Recycling
You can now recycle the following at Llangrove CE Academy:

Printer cartridges
Aluminium foil
Textiles (blamkets, clothes and shoes)
Stamps
2L Plastic bottles

Rubbish.... reduce - reuse - recycle if you can...
Garden Refuse should be placed in special green sacks which can be purchased from Herefordshire Council offices.
Batteries: Morrisons in Ross and Waitrose in Monmouth have household battery recycling bins.
Aluminium Foil Clean foil can be recycled in a wheeled bin outside the old weighbridge building to the right of Morrisons.
Recycling using the Academy's Morgie Bee Bin This bin, situated in the school car park, can be used for recycling clothing. The clothes are sent to less economically developed countries where they are put to good use. The school receives a small monetary return for the amount of clothing that is recycled.

Herefordshire Council Services
Home Compost Bin Ring 01432 261769
Bulky Items - Ring 01432 260000 and ask for Waste Collection. There will be a small charge.
Fly tipping - Report to Herefordshire Council on 01432 261769

Nearest Herefordshire Recycling Centre:
Herefordshire Council, Station Approach, Ross-on-Wye 01989 762460. Open Thursday and Saturday 0800-1800 and Sunday 1000-1700 (except Christmas and New Year).

Recycling suggestions
Charity shops
Freecycle - the principle is to give away rather than send items to landfill. Investigate on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecyclehereford/
Furniture, try Full House 01432 342042 www.fullhousefrs.org.uk
Electronics, contact EnviroAbility, Ryefield Centre 01989 760919 who will take computers, mobile phones etc
Bicycles, contact Spokes (Workmatch) who refurbish and sell cycles. Ashburton Trading Estate, Ross-on-Wye 01432 265545
Green Nappies www.greennappies.org.uk 01989 760919
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