The Isle of Wight Council is encouraging all residents to get it right at the kerbside with recycling and waste habits this Recycling Week.
On this year’s Recycle Week, from 14th – 21st September, the Council is asking everyone to take a few minutes to check how they present their waste each week.
Natasha Dix, service director for waste, environment and planning, said:
“I’d like to thank residents for their support with recycling and our dedicated crew, who are out in weathers.
“Whether you’re new to the area, or just need a refresher, by going back to basics and following the waste guidelines on our website, we can all help keep our streets cleaner and reduce contamination in recycling. This campaign is about working together. By getting the basics right, we can make a big difference.”
Timing is everything
- Put out your food waste, recycling, or general waste on the kerbside by 07:00 on collection day. Check online at www.iow.gov.uk/waste or your annual waste and recycling booklet for which collection week you are on.
- You can place it outside after 19:00 the night before. Waste put out after 07:00 will not be collected.
- Crews can work until 22:00 on the day of collection. If your waste hasn’t been collected by 22:00, you can report it online at www.iow.gov.uk/waste
- If you report a missed bin, the collection lorry CCTV will check if your waste was out on time. If it was genuinely missed, the crew will return.
Keep bins safe and tidy
- On collection day, place your bin or sack at the kerbside in front of your home (or at agreed collection point if you are an Assisted or Collection Plus resident) using the containers provided.
- After collection, take your bins or sacks back inside by 19:00 the next day.
- Leaving bins and sacks on the pavement between collection days is a hazard to people using the pavement and is considered fly-tipping.
- Add your house number or name to bins to help crews return them correctly and stop neighbours accidently taking yours.
What goes where and how
Recycling and waste are collected on alternate weeks. Food waste is collected weekly. Please do not store any valuables in your bin or sack to avoid it being emptied accidently.
Need a food waste caddy? You can get one for FREE by visiting www.iow.gov.uk/waste
We will take extra recycling on recycling weeks if:
- it’s in clear or white bags;
- the bags contain recyclables only.
On recycling day:
- Green bin/gull sack: Glass, plastic, and metal. Mixed recycling can go loose in your green bin.
- If you have a green gull sack, place your recycling in a clear/white bag inside your gull sack.
- Black insert or blue gull sack: Paper, card, and cardboard.
- Textiles: Put clean unwanted textiles in a separate bag (not black) and place it next to your bin/gull proof sack.
On general waste day:
- Black bin/gull sack: Waste that can’t be recycled.
- Household batteries: Put in a small clear bag and place on top of your closed black bin/sack, never inside, as they may catch fire. They have a separate section on the bin lorry where they are deposited safely.
Make sure all bin lids/sacks are closed and avoid overfilling to prevent spillage.
Contamination and extra waste
- If your bin/sack wasn’t collected because of the wrong items inside, you’ll get a sticker or tag explaining why. You will need to take your bin or sack back onto your property and take out the contaminated items before the next collection.
Extra waste on general waste day won’t be taken. Keep it until the next general waste collection day or book a slot at the Household Recycling Centres.
Need help?
You can:
- order the right waste receptacles to be able to present your waste or recycling in;
- order new or different receptacles such as a food waste caddy to place your food waste in;
- get assistance with your waste management;
- find out your collection day by visiting www.iow.gov.uk/waste and complete the above tasks online or call 01983 823777.
I’d like to urge the Council to get their waste contractors to get the bin basics right every week so I don’t have to ask them to come back to get the stuff they failed to collect first time.
How are they going to know if I put my bins out at 7.05am, have they got a crew that goes out pre-collection and writes a list of who hasn’t put their bins out before 7am?? They don’t come until the afternoon anyway. Where is my waste calendar that I was told was being sorted out??
From someone that has first hand knowledge of the Waste Recycling Plant at Forest Rd I find these instructions laughable at best……and insulting at worse!
The plant rarely works, certainly not up to the level it us claimed to. Nowhere near in fact! The “separated” refuse is more often than not lumped in together to be taken away to dumps off island. In several instances the dumps it has been taken to are often full so it is then brought back.
All at costs to the taxpayers!!
As is usual the front line staff do the best they can whilst the mistruths about the islands recycling are an affront to our intelligence!
You mean to tell me it is no better than the one they built 20 years ago?
It’s the same one! And it still doesn’t work!
I heard years ago recycling on the island was a myth,
sounds like it still is.
Shame the council don’t talk to them selves and stop wasting thousands of tax payers money every year
It’s ok for them to preach to us but they can’t get simple maths right and think nothing of it
Council urged to justify the council tax rise for less services in council tax direct debit payment week. AGAIN
Council tax is a joke, time to abolish Council tax.
poll tax was much fairer for everyone.
To be told what to do by the Waste Dept is ironic considering they didn’t collect my recycling for 8 – 9 months. I lost count of the calls & emails I sent so I put in a complaint which they didn’t respond to. Because I have assisted collection I couldn’t even get my bin to the pavement. To say they didn’t care was an understatement, it was only when the Echo & my MP got involved that something was done. 2 lovely guys from the black bin route were so kind when they saw my recycling & offered to take it. I had to explain i had bags & bags of bottles & crushed boxes in my spare room & they came in & took it all. In a statement the council of course took credit for it saying they rectify the issue but actually it was the kindness of 2 people that helped. It was getting so stressful & really I have them, the Echo & my MP to thank for getting the problem sorted. I have lost faith in the Waste Dept & for them to tell is how to recycling is rather condescending they need to get their own department sorted first!
Local councils – the only organisations that can still get away with blaming the customer. Why? Because they get paid by law so have no incentive to actually improve. A case of he who pays the piper has to lump it.
It would be nice if:-
They didn’t strew food waste across the road and leave it there.
They returned the bin to where they got it.
They didn’t put other peoples waste in my bin .
They managed to get the black insert back in the bin, in one piece, I have had 6 inserts in less than two years.