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Your Everyday Heroes

waste and recycling
collection calendar 2015

www.woking.gov.uk

Heroes assemble!
Last year more than half of the materials placed into Wokings black refuse
bins could have been recycled using the blue-lidded bins and food caddies.
Disposing of these valuable resources cost residents 500,000 more than it
would have cost to recycle them!
Everyone has the power to recycle. So join the fight against wasteful and
expensive disposal and become an 'Everyday Recycling Hero' for Woking.
A list of what can be recycled using your blue recycling bin or sack, food caddy,
textile and small electrical collections is included in this calendar.

Do you know what happens to your recyclable waste once it has been
collected from the kerbside?
Check out our superhero comics and newsletters which show you what happens
behind the scenes' at www.woking.gov.uk/everydayheroescomic or discover
fascinating facts, hints and tips about recycling in Woking at
www.woking.gov.uk/recyclenewsletter

Extra festive waste

Over the festival holidays we create around 30% more waste.
Extra recycling is always collected
when presented in securely tied
carrier bags (to keep paper and
card dry) by the side of your
recycling bin. So please do not be
tempted to put recyclables into the
black bin!
If you regularly have extra recycling
or food, we can provide you with
another recycling bin or food caddy
free of charge.
Woking Borough Council and Biffa would like to wish all our Everyday
Recycling Heroes a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Festive waste and recycling collections

Dont forget that household waste and recycling collections change during the
festive season. Your collection arrangements are listed in the table below:
Normal collection day (recycling)

Revised collection day (recycling)

Monday 22 December

Monday 22 December (no change)

Tuesday 23 December

Tuesday 23 December (no change)

Wednesday 24 December

Wednesday 24 December
(no change)

Thursday 25 December
(Christmas Day)

Saturday 27 December

Friday 26 December

Monday 29 December

Normal collection day (black bin)

Revised collection day (black bin)

Monday 29 December

Tuesday 30 December

Tuesday 30 December

Wednesday 31 December

Wednesday 31 December

Friday 2 January

Thursday 1 January
(New Years Day)

Saturday 3 January

Friday 2 January

Monday 5 January

Normal collection day (recycling)

Revised collection day (recycling)

Monday 5 January

Tuesday 6 January

Tuesday 6 January

Wednesday 7 January

Wednesday 7 January

Thursday 8 January

Thursday 8 January

Friday 9 January

Friday 9 January

Saturday 10 January

Clinical waste collections

Collections scheduled for Thursday
25 December will take place on
Saturday 27 December.
Collections scheduled for Thursday
1 January will take place on
Saturday 3 January.

Garden waste collections

There will be no collections of
garden waste weeks commencing
22 December and 29 December.
Collections will restart on Tuesday
6 January in accordance with the
revised schedule above.

For Christmas hints and tips, please visit www.woking.gov.uk/christmastips

What can you recycle?

Blue-lidded recycling bin

Paper and card
Newspaper and
magazines

Plastics
Drinks bottles
Milk bottles

Tins, cans and foil

Food tins and
drinks cans

Toiletry bottles

Junk mail, leaflets

and brochures

Steel/aluminium
cans

Plastic meat/fish
trays

Kitchen foil

Letters and
envelopes
(including windows)

Yogurt pots

Ready meal and

pie foil trays

Shopping
catalogues

Takeaway
containers

Telephone
directories

Margarine/ice
cream tubs

Toilet roll tubes

Cake/pastry trays

Greetings cards

Soup/sauce
containers

Shredded paper

Wrapping paper
Paperback books
Cardboard boxes
Ready meal sleeves
Paper bags

Fruit punnets

Cleaning product
bottles

Foil takeaway
containers
Metal jar lids
Sweet/biscuit tins
Glass
Drinks bottles
Jam jars
Broken bottles
and jars

You can recycle 80% of your household waste

from the comfort of your own home.

Food waste
Silver kitchen caddy
Bread and pastries
Fish (including shellfish)
Fruit and vegetable peelings
Tea and coffee grounds
Eggs (including shells)
Dairy (except milk)
Meat (including bones)

Textiles

Small electricals (WEEE)

Carrier bag next to blue-lidded

recycling bin

Carrier bag next to black refuse bin

All clothing (worn or torn)

Kettles, toasters and other small

kitchen appliances

Shoes and slippers (paired)

Towels and bed sheets
Curtains

Video players, laptops, DVD

players and remote controls
Household and mobile phone
batteries
Cameras and all
types of charger
Hair dryers, hair
straighteners
and hair clippers
Small electronic
toys
Radios, alarms
and speakers

REMOTE

Looking for
Christmas
recycling tips?
Visit
www.woking.gov.uk
/christmastips
Tear test! If
wrapping paper
tears easily,
put it in your
recycling bin.

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22

29

14

21

28

Mon

30

23

16

Tue

Please note the change in collection arrangements between

Monday 22 December to Saturday 10 January. Remember to
place extra recycling in tied bags next to your recycling bin.

Sun

31

24

17

10

Wed

Boxing Day

Recycling, food & textiles

26
Christmas Day

19

12

Fri

25

18

11

Thu

December 2014

Refuse, food & WEEE

27

20

13

Sat

Visit
www.woking.gov.uk
for collection
updates during
severe weather.

Did you know

7,000 tonnes
of recyclables
were thrown
into the black
bin last year?
Recycling costs
less per tonne
than disposing
of waste via
the black bin.

Mon

19

26

18

25

21

28

27

14

20

13

Tue

Please note the change in collection arrangements between

Monday 22 December to Saturday 10 January. Remember to
place extra recycling in tied bags next to your recycling bin

12

Twelfth night of
Christmas - put your
real tree into your
garden waste bin
(subscription required)

11

Sun

Wed

Thu

30

23

16

Recycling, food & textiles

29

22

15

New Years Day

January 2015
Fri

Refuse, food & WEEE

31

24

17

10

Sat

Find out what

happens to your
food waste,
www.woking.gov.uk
/everydayheroes
comic

Please line your

food caddy with
compostable liners
or newspaper!

16

23

15

22

Sun

Mon

24

Pancake Day
Please use your
food waste caddy

17

10

Tue

25

18

11

Wed

27

20

13

Recycling, food & textiles

26

19

12

Thu

February 2015
Fri

Refuse, food & WEEE

28

21

Valentines Day
Love your planet and
recycle all your cards!

14

Sat

During 2013,
residents
composted over
5,000 tonnes of
garden waste
using the kerbside
collection service.

Subscribe to the
garden waste
service online at
www.woking.gov.uk
/gardenwasteonline
or call
01483 755855.

30

29

Clocks go forward

23

22

Mothers Day
Look after Mother
Earth and recycle
your cards

15

16

Surrey Half
Marathon

Sun

Mon

31

24

17

10

Tue

25

18

11

Wed

Thu

27

20

13

Recycling, food & textiles

26

19

12

March 2015
Fri

Refuse, food & WEEE

28

21

14

Sat

Did you know

it takes just
eight plastic
bottles to
make one
football shirt?

See how your bottles,

pots, tubs and trays
are recycled
www.woking.gov.uk
/everydayheroescomic

Bank Holiday
Easter Monday

13

20

27

12

19

26

28

21

14

Tue

Nominate your Everyday Hero in the Recycle For Woking

Awards at www.woking.gov.uk/recycleforwokingawards

Easter Sunday
All egg packaging
can be recycled

Mon

Sun

29

22

15

Wed

Thu

Fri

24

25

18

11

Sat

Refuse, food & WEEE

Recycle for Woking

Award nominations
open

17

10

Good Friday

Recycling, food & textiles

30

23

16

April 2015

Please put
batteries in a
separate bag
from the rest
of your
electricals.

We collect
electrical items
up to 30cm x
40cm in size.

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31

25

24

26

19

12

Tue

27

20

13

Wed

Nominate your Everyday Hero in the Recycle

For Woking Awards at
www.woking.gov.uk/recycleforwokingawards

Bank Holiday

18

17

Woking Bikeathon

10

Mon

Bank Holiday

Sun

28

21

14

Thu

29

22

15

Recycling, food & textiles

May 2015
Fri

Refuse, food & WEEE

30

23

16

Sat

Since introducing
textile collections,
residents have
halved the
amount going in
their black bin!

Donate quality
reusable items
to your local
charity shop!

22

21

29

30

23

Beat the deadline

and make your
Recycle for Woking
Award nomination
now!

16

Tue

Nominate your Everyday Hero in the Recycle For Woking

Awards at www.woking.gov.uk/recycleforwokingawards

28

Fathers Day
Recycle your card
and wrapping paper

15

14

Mon

Beat the deadline

and make your
Recycle for Woking
Award nomination
now!

Sun

24

Beat the deadline

and make your
Recycle for Woking
Award nomination
now!

17

10

Wed

Thu

Fri

26

27

20

13

Sat

Refuse, food & WEEE

Recycle for Woking

Awards
nominations close

19

12

Recycling, food & textiles

25

Beat the deadline

and make your
Recycle for Woking
Award nomination
now!

18

11

June 2015

Glass will never

decompose when
buried in landfill
sites.

Glass recycling is
a smashing
success in Woking.
www.woking.gov.uk
/everydayheroes
comic
Metal jam jar
lids can be
recycled too!

27

26

28

21

For more information on all of the Recycle for Woking Week

activities visit www.woking.gov.uk/recycleforwokingweek

20

Recycle for Woking

Week

Recycle for Woking

Week

19

14

13

12

Tue

Mon

Sun

29

22

Recycle for Woking

Week

15

Wed

Thu

Fri

31

24

25

18

Party in the Park

11

Sat

Refuse, food & WEEE

Recycle for Woking

Awards

17

10

Recycling, food & textiles

30

23

Recycle for Woking

Week

16

July 2015

Find out more

about your
weekly food
waste service at
www.woking.gov.uk
/foodwaste

All cooked and

uncooked food
(including dinosaur
bones) can be
recycled using your
weekly kerbside
collection service.

17

24

31

16

23

30

Mon

Bank Holiday

10

Prudential
RideLondon and
Celebrate Pyrford

Sun

25

18

11

Tue

26

19

12

Wed

Thu

28

21

14

Recycling, food & textiles

27

20

13

August 2015
Fri

Refuse, food & WEEE

29

22

15

Sat

Make sure paper

and card items
are kept dry
and in your blue
bin or sacks.

Follow the paper

trail:
www.woking.gov.uk
/everydayheroes
comic

Large cardboard
boxes should be
torn into smaller
pieces to fit
inside the
recycling bin.

14

21

28

20

27

13

Woking Food and

Drink Festival

Sun

Mon

29

22

15

Tue

30

23

16

Wed

25

18

Refuse, food & WEEE

26

19

12

Woking Food and

Drink Festival

11

Sat

Woking Food and

Drink Festival

Fri
4

Recycling, food & textiles

24

17

10

Thu

September 2015

Struggling for
gift ideas? Give
someone a years
subscription to
our garden waste
collection service!

Dont produce
much garden
waste? Share a
subscription with
a neighbour.

12

19

26

11

18

25

Clocks go back

Sun

Mon

27

20

13

Tue

28

21

14

Wed

Thu

30

23

16

Recycling, food & textiles

29

22

15

October 2015
Fri

Refuse, food & WEEE

Halloween

31

24

17

10

Sat

Every tin can

be recycled. See
how at
www.woking.gov.uk
/everydayheroes
comic

Scrunch kitchen
foil into a ball.
This makes it
easier to pick out
when separating
the materials.

16

23

30

22

29

15

Remembrance
Sunday

Pumpkins from
Halloween can be
recycled using
your food caddy

Sun

Mon

24

17

10

Tue

25

18

11

Wed

27

20

13

Recycling, food & textiles

26

19

12

Thu

November 2015
Fri

Refuse, food & WEEE

28

21

14

Sat

Compost your
real Christmas
tree and cut it
up and put in
the garden
waste bin!

We create
around 30%
more waste over
the Christmas
period. Please
recycle!

Chocolate and
sweet tins can
be recycled in
the blue-lidded
bin too!

Place your
unwanted leftover
Christmas dinner
in your food
waste caddy.

14

21

28

13

20

27

Mon

29

22

15

Tue

Please look out for the next Christmas collections leaflet for
details of your waste collection arrangements.

Bank Holiday

Sun

30

23

16

Wed

Boxing Day

Refuse, food & WEEE

26

19

12

Sat

Christmas Day

Fri

25

18

11

Recycling, food & textiles

New Years Eve

31

24

17

10

Thu

December 2015

Dont forget you can

recycle on the go!

Civic Offices
Gloucester Square
Woking, Surrey
GU21 6YL
01483 755855
www.woking.gov.uk
@wokingcouncil
Printed on 100% recycled paper.