‘TIS the season for family and presents – and plenty of extra household waste.

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is urging residents to recycle more and try to waste less during this festive season.

With people expected to use more wrapping paper and accumulate more cardboard, the borough council is reminding residents there is no limit to how much you can recycle.

Any extra recycling can be put in cardboard boxes or clear sacks which are available from larger supermarkets and homeware stores.

Leave the cardboard box or clear sacks filled with recycling and large, flattened cardboard boxes next to your recycling bin. Please remove the polystyrene and plastic packaging before leaving cardboard out.

There are lots of items that can be recycled including cardboard packaging, paper, newspapers and magazines, food tins, drinks cans, aerosols and plastic bottles.

Remember that Christmas wrapping paper cannot be recycled and needs to go into your black waste bin. Try wrapping presents with brown paper instead, it’s recyclable and can look beautiful when decorated. Christmas cards can be recycled but only if they do not contain glitter, ribbons or bows.

Cabinet member for environment and enforcement at the borough council, Councillor Hayley Eachus said: “It’s inevitable that extra rubbish will be created over the festive period. I would ask residents to make sure they’re disposing of their waste and recycling correctly so we can enjoy a more sustainable start to 2020.”

If you’re unsure about what can and can’t be recycled visit www.basingstoke.gov.uk/recycle or call the council on 01256 844844.

Christmas can mean extra rubbish which can’t be recycled, so extra sacks will be collected for the first collection after Christmas only.

See below for a full list on festive collection dates:

Normal collection date                          
Monday 23 December                              
Tuesday 24 December                               
Wednesday 25 December                  
Thursday 26 December                              
Friday 27 December                                
Monday 30 December                             
Tuesday 31 December                               
Wednesday 1 January                                 
Thursday 2 January                                    
Friday 3 January                                      
Monday 6 January                                      
Tuesday 7 January                                       
Wednesday 8 January                                
Thursday 9 January                                     
Friday 10 January 

 

Festive collection date

Monday 23 December 
Tuesday 24 December 
Friday 27 December 
Saturday 28 December 
Monday 30 December 
Tuesday 31 December 
Thursday 2 January 
Friday 3 January 
Saturday 4 January 
Monday 6 January 
Tuesday 7 January 
Wednesday 8 January 
Thursday 9 January

Friday 10 January 
Saturday 11 January