There will be no changes to bin collections across the Isle of Wight during the forthcoming Platinum Jubilee weekend – which gets underway tomorrow (Thursday).
It will be business as normal across the bank holidays of Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd June, with no changes to waste and recycling collection for the week beginning Monday 6th June either.
Those heading to Lynnbottom or Afton Marsh are advised that there are also no changes to the opening hours and other arrangements at the 2 household waste and recycling centres.
However, a bin strike is planned for 13th June which is likely to bring significant disruption for at least a 2-week period.
Residents where road closures are in place for Jubilee parties are advised to ensure their waste is on the kerbside by 07:00 on Thursday and Friday.
Top tips for a sustainable reduce, reuse and recycle Jubilee weekend:
- Recyclable plates/cups and cutlery: Consider using recyclable cups, paper plates and wooden cutlery that can be reused or recycled easily instead of single use plastic.
- Bottles and cans: Wash and squash any plastic or cans and put them in your recycling bin. Squashing plastic bottles and cans helps free up space making it easier to collect and recycle more.
- Cardboard: Make sure any cardboard placed out for collection is collapsed to fit more in your bin. Our recycling centres will also accept larger boxes of cardboard. You can also bundle excess cardboard to one side of your recycling bin or sack.
- Left over food waste: Use your food caddie to dispose of any leftover burgers, sausages, and food waste from your celebrations or visit Love Food Hate Waste’s website for simple recipes to use up your leftovers.
- Fireworks: Be safe and dispose fireworks safely by fully extinguishing in a bucket of water, leaving them overnight and then take to one of our recycling centres for safe disposal.
- Disposable barbeques: Like fireworks please, safely submerge the disposable barbeque in water overnight to make sure it has cooled off. Once completely cold, including the ash and embers put this in the general waste bin. Do not put disposable barbeques in recycling bin (even though they are made of foil).
