Recycling, waste and garden subscription collections are changing for 2 weeks over Christmas – and Island Echo has all the details.
Between Monday 23rd December and Saturday 4th January, many households will have their bins collected on a different day than normal. Most people will have collections on different days for a 2-week period, although those collected on a Monday or Tuesday will only have 1 week of change.
In addition, no bulky waste collections will be made between 23rd December and 5th January.
Collections will be back to normal from Monday 6th January 2020.
Many households generate extra waste over Christmas including things like cardboard and cards, tins, glass bottles and clothing. Most can easily be recycled and do not need to end up in the general waste bin or gull sack.
Natasha Dix, the Isle of Wight Council’s waste and environment manager said:
“The Christmas period can mean more waste – but like the rest of the year we can still recycle most of it if we all put it in the right bins. You might not be sure where to put some of the seasonal things – maybe wrapping paper or bubble wrap – so check the council website for the definitive list. Get your waste sorted and we can maintain the Island’s position as one of the leading counties for recycling across England – even at Christmas.”
Bubble wrap goes in the black bin or sack. Wrapping paper – if it is made of paper and not plastic – goes in the paper/card insert or sack. Find the full A-Z of which bin to put it in at https://www.iow.gov.uk/Residents/Environment-Planning-and-Waste/Waste-and-Recycling/Household-Waste-and-Recycling-Collection/Which-Bin-to-put-it-in-A-Z.
| Waste/recycling or garden waste subscription collections due to be collected on | Will be collected on |
| Monday 23rd December | Saturday 21st December |
| Tuesday 24th December | Monday 23th December |
| Wednesday 25th December | Tuesday 24th December |
| Thursday 26th December | Friday 27th December |
| Friday 27th December | Saturday 28th December |
| Monday 30th December | Unchanged |
| Tuesday 31st December | Unchanged |
| Wednesday 1st January | Thursday 2nd January |
| Thursday 2nd January | Friday 3rd January |
| Friday 3rd January | Saturday 4rd January |
I am pleased that the IoW Councils ‘waste and environmental manager’ has proffered some advice. At this time of year it is quite usual for waste/recycling date to be changed, but IT DOES make a change to be given direction to the ‘official’ (local at least) details of what should be recycled and what should be regarded as rubbish. The biggest problem we have in this country regarding recycling is that different local authorities accept different things for recycling. Come on Green Party, surely this should be at the top of your agenda…ALL local authorities should be using the SAME guidelines…
Every little helps, but it is of no help whatsoever when One local authority will accept yoghurt pots when another will not!