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.
Telephone Directories
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.
Telephones
BT will recycle all BT phones. You can return your BT phone to their shops or telephone: 0800 800 150 to order a Freepost jiffy bag to send your phone back or take to your local O2 Phone Shop.
Textiles
Why not take your unwanted textiles such as curtains, sheets and wool to local charity shops or a local jumble sale. Alternatively, take them to a Bring Site and place in Clothing Bank. Click here to see your nearest Bring Site.
Thompson Directories
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.
Tins
See Cans
Toners
See Printer Cartridges
Tools
Why not offer them to friends and neighbours or give to jumble sale or car boot. You can also offer them to a charity.
Toys
See Games
Trees
Take trees to your local Household Waste Recycling Centre where they will be sent for composting. (See under C for Christmas Trees).
Tyres
Please return these to a Garage or take to your local Household Waste Recycling Centre.