Recycling

Many residents find that if they only have a small recycling bin, when this is full, excess recycling has to be placed in their rubbish bin. With a bigger recycling bin, residents can recycle more. To exchange your small recycling bin for a larger one, free of charge, visit www.basingstoke.gov.uk/greenbin or call 01256 844844. The average weight of recycling collected from each household in the village is 6.73 kg. The average for the borough is 6.03 kg. This is per collection for paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, tins and cans.

What can you put in your green bins

Clean paper and cardboard - but only put in loose to be sorted for quality at the depot. We are frequently reminded to shred confidential waste to protect ourselves from fraud and this poses a problem for recycling. Don’t put shredded paper in your green wheely bins as the small bits just get lost at the sorting facility. You can however dispose of shredded paper at the paper banks in Wade Road, Basingstoke and Pinchington Lane, Newbury
Plastic Bottles – all types including water, fizzy drink, milk, shampoo and cleaning products (e.g. Bleach). Please remove lids. No other plastic containers can be collected even if they carry an EU recycling icon.
Aluminium and steel cans - do not squash them - they need to roll on the sorting table.
Plastics - All plastics are potentially recyclable but there is not always a facility for them. If you are keen to recycle more of your plastic waste then you can take mixed plastics including bottles, tubs, pots, film (cling film and film from food trays) and carrier bags to Pinchington Lane, Newbury.
Now you can recycle your household batteries and light bulbs (not energy saving) at Pinchington Lane, Newbury. Flourescent tubes, if you can fit it in your bin you can recycle one tube a collection. If it won’t fit then you will have to take it to the recycling centre in Wade Road, Basingstoke.
Used Engine Oil, this and any other old oil such as from a deep fat fryer is collected at Wade Road, Basingstoke
Brita Water Filters - All components of the Brita cartridge are recyclable, send them to Brita at the freepost address:- BRITA RECYCLING, FREEPOST NAT17876, Bicester, OX26 4BR.
Recycling CDs is a complicated business however if you want to help keep landfills free of CDs and DVDs you can send your discs to Polymer Reprocessors Limited, Reeds Lane, Moreton, Wirral CH46 1DW. Mark your envelope ‘For Recycling’. Non-shredded discs are preferred.
The Community Furniture Project a registered charity, accepts donations of surplus furniture, household goods, baby equipment or electrical items. These are then resold at low cost to people living on a low income in Newbury, Basingstoke and the surrounding towns and villages. Items must be in good condition and meet the relevant trading standards. Larger items can be collected. Telephone 01256 320700.
St Michael’s Hospice (North Hampshire) have a scheme to recycle mobile phones, which can be dropped off at any of their charity shops to be sent away for component recycling. Our nearest shops are at Overton and Tadley but there are others, visit www.stmichaelshospice.org.uk/shops/.

Recycling at home Composting is a simple and natural process that quite literally recycles your organic waste. The greenest way to start composting is to do it yourself. Compost bins and a kitchen caddy are available to buy at reduced prices through a special government-funded scheme. To order your compost bin call 0845 077 0757 or visit www.recyclenow.com/compost.
What to add to your compost bin: Kitchen scraps for example, potato peelings and other vegetable peelings, apple cores, coffee grounds, tea bags, crushed eggshells, stale bread and cakes. Contents of a vacuum cleaner, hair (human, dog or cat) Grass cuttings Most young weeds but avoid bindweed, couch grass and weeds that have gone to seed. Old plant remains, soft prunings, comfrey, nettles, dead leaves, feathers and straw. Animal manure in small amounts (poultry, horse or cattle) Newspaper, paper and cardboard
Do not compost: Meat, bones and fatty food wastes, dairy products Diseased plants, Chemically-treated wood, Coal or charcoal ash Cat, dog or human faeces