Your a-z guide to waste disposal
This guide has been designed to help you to dispose of your waste in the safest and most environmentally-friendly way. If there is anything you wish to dispose of that has not been included in this guide, please contact us on 01204 336633.
Jars
You can reuse your bottles and jars for storage such as pasta or DIY nails. Those you can't re-use should be put into your burgundy bin / green box for collection, or you can take them to your local Bring Site. Click here to see your nearest Bring Site.
Jewellery
You can take it to a Charity shop, or sell it to your local jeweller.
Junk Mail
To stop Junk Mail:
- Contact the Mailing Preference Service.
Write to: Mailing Preference Service Freepost 22 London W1E 7EZ
Visit the Website at www.mpsonline.org.uk - Place a note on the door stating no unsolicited mail
- Tick boxes in surveys stating no requirement for further unsolicited mailshot material
- Send unopened, unsolicited mail back unstamped, marked Unsolicited mail please return to sender.
- Tell your bank or building society that when sending statements that you do not want any leaflets put in.
- Tell your bank or building society that you do not want to be on their mail shot.
- You should put any junk mail in your beige bin / clear sack. To order a beige bin click here or you can take it to one of our Bring Sites and place in the paper bank. Click here for your nearest Bring Site.