Beech Hill - Refuse Collection

West Berkshire Council aims, with your help, to recycle as much household waste as possible.
Apart from your black wheelie bin, used for general (non-recyclable) rubbish you should have two green boxes, one for paper, the other for glass; and a green sack for cans and plastic bottles.
You should also have a green wheelie bin for recycleable garden waste.
Below is a list of items which you can and can't put in these containers.
The normal collection day is TUESDAY, but this may be modified on or around bank holidays. Normal (non-recycleable) refuse will continue to be collected weekly, and recycleable rubbish will be collected every two weeks.

The following information has been extracted from the 'Think Green' leaflets published by West Berkshire Council, a copy of which can be downloaded by clicking on the appropriate link for Green Garden waste or Paper,glass, cans and plastic These leaflets also include a calendar of collection days up to the end of November

What Can I Recycle?
Green Box: Paper and Cardboard	Newspapers and Magazines Catalogues/Directories Yellow Pages Envelopes (including windows) Junk mail Writing/computer paper Cereal/food boxes Toilet and kitchen roll centres Greeting cards Cardboard egg boxes	Wallpaper Tetra paks, juice cartons Tissues Padded envelopes Wrapping paper Shredded paper Large cardboard boxes
Green Box: Glass (Please wash)	Glass bottles Glass jars	Broken glass Pyrex and drinking glasses Window glass Light bulbs
Green Sack: Plastic Bottles and Cans (please remove bottle tops and put with general rubbish, rinse and squash)	Shampoo bottles Detergent bottles Drinks bottles Plastic milk Bottles Steel and Aluminium cans Sweet or biscuit tins See the note below for information on types of plastic that can be recycled.	Polystyrene (trays, egg boxes or packaging) Margarine tubs Ice cream containers Yoghurt pots Other plastic packaging Carrier bags Cling film and foil Aerosol cans Foil lined plastic (crisp packets/food pouches)
Green Wheelie Bin: Green garden waste	Grass Cuttings Hedge Trimmings Plants and weeds Small branches under 100mm (4 inches) diameter Leaves Prunings Cut flowers Twigs	Wood or branches over 100mm (4 inches) diameter Soil, rubble or concrete Vegetable peelings Food scraps Coal ash Animal waste Flower pots, trays, plastic bags Commercial waste General household waste Shredded paper and cardboard
Plus: Please put textiles(clothing, bed linen) out in a carrier bag on top of your green boxes
Plastics Note: On most plastic packaging there is a small triangle with a plastic type number, from 1-7, stamped into it. Currently West Berks refuse collections can only recycle types 1 & 2.

Refuse Collection

The next collection day for general rubbish is on Tuesday (7 September) . The next Recycling day (including Green Garden Waste) is next Tuesday (14 September)

What Can I Recycle?

The next collection day for general rubbish is on Tuesday (7 September) .
The next Recycling day (including Green Garden Waste) is next Tuesday (14 September)