Recycling in Basingstoke and Deane is something everyone can do. The Council provides a kerbside collection for all residents using a green wheelie bin. If you live in a flat you will have a larger, shared recycling bin.
The easiest way to recycle is to sort out the different items which can be recycled from those that can't. Many people have two bins in their kitchen - one for recycling and one for rubbish!
After you have sorted your recycling, all you need to do is place the clean and dry material loose into your recycling bin and put it out for collection by 7am on your collection day.
When is my recycling collected?
If you are unsure when your collection day is, you can find out by entering your postcode. Click here to find out when your bins are collected. You may also find out by calling our Contact Centre on 01256 844844.
Recycling is collected fortnightly, with every household either being on a purple or a green week. The 2009 Collection Calendar is now available for you to download at the bottom of the page. Why not print it out and stick it on your fridge so you don't forget which week you are?
What can I recycle in my green recycling bin?
It is very important that only the items which can be recycled are put into your recycling bin.
Dealing with the wrong material is expensive and can sometimes lead to good material being sent for incineration.
Your recycling should be placed loose into your container and not wrapped in a plastic carrier bag or black sack. This makes it easier to sort.
What can't I recycle in my green recycling bin?
Some items are not collected from the kerbside, but can still be recycled. You can take your glass bottles and jars, clothes, shoes, books, aluminium foil and other items to one of over 75 recycling sites throughout the Borough. There is also the Household Waste Recycling Centre on Wade Road which accepts an even greater range of recyclable material, including batteries, fluorescent lamps, wood and green garden waste.
Click here to find out more about our Recycling Site Network
What Happens Next?
After collection, all the materials are taken to a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) near Alton. Here mechanical shovels load the material onto conveyor belts for sorting. This is done using hand-sorting, revolving cylindrical sieves, magnets, sophisticated optical identification and air jets! Due to the range of machinery involved it is very important that all the recyclables are placed in your bin loose and not wrapped up in plastic carrier bags or black sacks.
Once the materials are separated, they are baled and
loaded up, ready to be sent off to be recycled into new
materials.
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Papers are pulped
and turned into
new newspapers
and magazines
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Aluminium cans
are melted down
and turned into
new drinks cans
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Tin cans are
melted down
and made into
new food cans
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Plastic bottles
are shredded
and made into
many new things
including
new fleeces
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For further information please telephone our Customer Contact Centre on (01256) 844844 or email: recycling@basingstoke.gov.uk