RECYCLING
Banned: The usual suspects ✘
These items SHOULD NOT be thrown into the blue recycling bin but are the most typical ‘contaminants’
chucked in mistakenly.
Nappies
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Polystyrene
The new collection system
means the way recycling is sorted
after collection has also had to
change because everything is
mixed-in together.
Once the recycling truck has
swallowed up the contents of your
blue wheelie bin, it will be whisked
away to south London, to a huge
sorting facility for recycling.
Councillor Bassam Mahfouz,
cabinet member for transport,
environment and leisure, said:
“We want people to recycle as
much as they can; it’s good for the
environment and for our finances.
That is why we are changing the
system to make it easier.
“The new system of mixed
recycling is thoroughly tried and
tested elsewhere and it makes it
Crisp packets
and sweet
wrappers
Food waste
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Crockery, pyrex, drinking
glasses
easier for residents, because they
don’t have to sort different types
of materials themselves. Instead,
amazing technology does all the
work for us.
“Some people see all of the
recycling going into one bin and
assume that it’s all getting thrown
away with the rubbish. But it is simply
not the case. Recycling has actually
increased wherever this system has
been introduced in London.
“The council is financially penalised
every time it throws rubbish away so it
just wouldn’t make any sense anyway,
especially given the current financial
pressures that we are facing.”
For more information visit
www.ealing.gov.uk/recycling
or facebook.com/ealingrecycling
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Carrier bags and
cling film
WASH AND SQUASH
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Please rinse out containers
(food residue causes problems)
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Please take off any lids (but still
recycle them if they are plastic)
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Please squash down any boxes
or plastic bottles.
TEXTILES AND BATTERIES
The council will still collect these
for recycling but they must not
be placed in the blue wheelie
bin. Instead, put them in a
separate carrier bag on top
of your recycling bin and
they will be taken.
around ealing
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