The council’s refuse collectors will be leaving empty bags on GREEN RESIDUAL WASTE BINS from Monday, January 30th.  All households which leave their bin out for the two-week period from that day will receive a bag.

Once you’ve filled your bags with batteries – they can be any size of household battery (no car batteries, please) – simply leave your filled bag on top of your GREEN RESIDUAL WASTE BIN where our collection teams can clearly see it and we will take it away. Bags left inside the bins won’t be recycled.

So remember - the next time the batteries run out in your television remote control, or that clock on the wall, don’t just throw them in the bin, recycle them by putting them in your battery bag!

The scheme will help the country to meet recycling targets and to increase our battery recycling to over 25% by this year, and to 45% by 2016. This scheme is not costing the council anything to implement.

As a local authority, we have no legal requirement to collect batteries or provide a service. However, we would like to help residents to collect batteries for recycling so we can all do our bit for the environment and reduce waste going to landfill.

Most large shops and supermarkets which stock batteries provide recycling bins in store which can be used should you not wish to store used batteries at home.


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