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.
Magazines
You should put them in your beige bin / clear sack. Click here for further information on what you can put in your beige bin / clear sack. To order a beige bin click here. If you do not have a clear sack put your papers in a carrier bag and put out with your burgundy bin / green box. We will take your carrier bag and leave you a clear sack. Or you can take them to one of the Bring Sites and place in the paper bank. Or donate magazines to Doctors and Dentists surgeries.
Medicines
Return all unwanted medicines, bottles, tablets and out of date medicines to a pharmacy for safe disposal. Any medicines that have not been opened and are at least 6 months in date, please send to: Jacobs Well Appeal, 2 Ladygate, Beverley, East Yorkshire.
Metals
You should put your cans into your burgundy bin / green box or take to a Bring Site. Take all other metal to a scrap dealer (see Yellow Pages or Thompson's Local directory).
Mobile Phones
Vodafone, Orange and T-Mobile now recycle unwanted phones, chargers, batteries and handsets, so take them to your nearest store or Charity Shop. If your Mobile is not on contract and uses a SIM card, you can post your unwanted phones to the following: - Oxfam Bring Scheme FREEPOST LON 16281 London W5 5BR - CRUMP (The campaign to recycle unwanted mobile phones) The campaign helps children in hospitals worldwide - Please contact CRUMP on www.childadvocacyinternational.co.uk or tel. 0800 0832103. You can also recycle mobile phones at Bolton Steps, Knowlsley Street, Bolton BL1 2AP. Bolton Steps is a mental health charity.