A-Z Recycling

Empty aerosols can be placed in your red box and the can recycling banks

 

Baby Clothing/Accessories

 

Car batteries can be placed in your red box or taken to Judkins Household Waste Site, Nuneaton where you can also recycle household batteries. Use rechargeable batteries whenever possible

 

Take books to charity shops or use book recycling banks

 

Both aluminium and steel cans and tins can be placed in your red box and in the can recycling banks around the Borough, provided they have been cleaned/rinsed out of food

 

Judkins Household Waste Site, Nuneaton has a separate skip for the recycling of cardboard

 

Cards can be taken to children's playgroups or can be recycled in the cardboard skip at Judkins Household Waste Site

 

See 'contacts' under Furniture. If your carpets are old or worn out, you can use them to stop weeds growing in-between plants or you can use them to keep heat in on compost heaps

 

You can recycle your plastic carrier bags in the door entrance to Sainsbury's, Nuneaton, or Tesco, Bedworth. You can re-use carrier bags as bin liners or as bags for when you next go shopping

 

Place clothing and textiles in your 'red box' or take to a textile recycling bank. You can also take clothing and textiles to charity shops

 

Take coins to Oxfam

 

Can be taken to Judkin's Household Waste Site

 

See charity organisations under 'Furniture'

 

You can place egg cardboard boxes in the cardboard recycling skip at 'Judkins Household Waste Site'. They can also be taken to children's playgroups and some retailers will refill the boxes if you return them.  If the boxes are made of cardboard, they can be composted in your home composter.

 

Second Chance Re-use scheme tel  024 7632 6189

 

Children's playgroups, nurseries & schools can use many materials for play & handicrafts. If you have anything non-toxic & non-flammable that may be of use, try contacting a local primary school, playgroup or nursery

 

You can place foil and foil trays in your red box. A foil bank is also located in the Asda car park, Nuneaton

 

Vegetable waste can be composted in your home composter. The Council provides compost capsules free of charge available from Council receptions.  Composters are available at a subsidised price and can be purchased by calling 0845 077 0757, or call 024 7637 6170 for more details

 

Second Chance Re-use scheme tel 024 7632 6189

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council offers a Bulky Waste Service - 5 items can be collected for £17.50.  Contact the council's reception areas to arrange a collection.

 

Place clean/rinsed glass jars and bottles in your red box or take them to a glass recycling bank

 

Take to Cartridge World for recycling and refilling.  23d Abbey Street, Nuneaton, CV11 5BT. 024 7634 2000 or www.cartridgeworld.co.uk for more information

 

Register with the 'Mailing Preference Service' to stop unsolicited 'junk mail'. Write to: Mailing Preference Service, Freepost 22, London W1E 7EZ. Tel: 020 7291 3310. Website: www.mpsonline.org.uk (link will open in a new window)

 

See 'Furniture'

 

Place your magazines in the red box or take them to local surgeries, dentists or hospital waiting rooms

 

Empty medicine bottles can be placed in your red box or taken to a glass recycling bank

 

Take metal to scrap metal dealers or to Judkins Household Waste Site

 

Wash out & return to your milkman 

 

Tesco provides envelopes for mobile phones to be posted for recycling. You can also take mobile phones to most phone outlets for recycling, or to Judkins Household Waste Site

 

Cotton nappies will help reduce your household rubbish, can save you money and are kind to your baby's skin. For more information on 'Washed and Delivered' - a real nappy laundry based in Bedworth go to www.continyou.org.uk/content.php?CategoryID=576

or for more information on a £25 nappy cash back scheme from Warwickshire County Council call 01926 412458

 

It is illegal to pour waste engine oil down the drain. You can place engine oil in a sealed container in your red box or you can take it to the Judkins Household Waste Site.

 

Paper and newspapers can be placed in your red box. They can also be placed in paper banks located around the Borough

 

Take to Cartridge World, Nuneaton for recycling and refilling.  23d Abbey Street Nuneaton, CV11 5AR. 024 7634 2000 or www.cartridgeworld.co.uk for more information

 

Plastic bottles can be taken to Judkins Household Waste Site for recycling

 

Rags can be placed in the textile banks

 

Take music to charity shops or place in the music banks situated around the Borough

 

Recycling Hotline Tel: 024 7637 6170

 

Place paired and tied together shoes inside a bag, inside your red box or in the recycling banks around the Borough. You can also take shoes to charity shops

 

Take stamps to Oxfam

 

Take spectacles to Oxfam or Help the Aged

 

White telephone directories can be placed in your red box and in paper recycling banks. Yellow Pages can be taken to paper recycling banks or added to your composter to add carbon, dry out the heap and create air pockets

 

Televisions can be taken to Judkin's Household Waste Site

 

Place textiles in the textile banks around the Borough, or put in a bag and put in your red box

 

Both aluminium and steel tins/cans can be placed in your red box and in the can recycling banks

 

Take to Cartridge World for recycling and refilling.  23d Abbey Street, Nuneaton CV11 5AR 024 7634 2000 or www.cartridgeworld.co.uk for more information 

 

Take hand tools to charity shops

 

Take towels and blankets to charity shops

 

Take toys and games to charity shops and play groups. Hospitals will accept toys and games with the CE mark

 

Take wood to Judkins Household Waste Site

 

Take wool to homes for the elderly and to charity shops