2 Maidstone Borough Council Free bulky rubbish service
Most weekends Maidstone council refuse lorries collect bulky household rubbish from locations in your area. Take your refuse to the Saturday Freighter Service at the times shown:
Saturday October 8
07:45 - 08:30 Frinsted Church 08:40 - 09:20 Wormshill The Street 09:30 - 10:10 Harrietsham Church Lane 10:20 - 11:00 Harrietsham Primary School 12:00 - 12:40 Lenham Douglas Road 12:50 - 13:30 Lenham Ham lane/Cherry Orchard 13:40 - 14:20 Lenham Honeywood Road 14:30 - 15:10 Platts Heath Green lane 15:15 - 15:45 Grafty Green Church lane
Saturday October 15
07:45 - 08:30 Hollingbourne Troys Mead 08:45 - 09:15 Lenham Lenham Heath Road 09:25 - 09:55 Ulcombe Lodge gardens 15:15 - 15:45 Leeds Brogden Crescent
Saturday October 22
07:45 - 08:30 Otham 08:45 - 09:45 Bearsted Village Green
Saturday October 29 07:45 - 08:15 Walderslade Impton Lane/Spendlow Drive 08:25 - 09:00 Walderslade Impton Lane/Olivine Road 09:15 - 10:00 Bredhurst Hurstwood Road 10:15 - 11:00 Stockbury Village Hall 12:00 - 12:45 Detling Village Hall
Saturday November 5
12:00 - 12:55 Vinters Park Snowden Parade 13:05 - 14:05 Vinters Park Hampton Road
Saturday November 19 12:15 - 13:00 Grove Green Provender Way 13:10 - 14:00 Grove Green Shepherds Gate Drive 14:10 - 15:10 Madginford Merton Road 15:15 - 15:45 Bearsted Ashford Road/Rosemary Road
Saturday November 26
09:05 - 09:45 -Senacre Woolley Road 09:50 - 10:20 -Senacre Betsham Road garages
Saturday December 17 07:45 - 08:30 Frinsted church 08:40 - 09:20 Wormshill The Street 09:30 - 10:10 Harrietsham Church Lane 10:20 - 11:00 Harrietsham Primary School 12:00 - 12:40 Lenham Douglas Road 12:50 - 13:30 Lenham Ham Lane/Cherry Orchard 13:40 - 14:20 Lenham Honeywood Road 14:30 - 15:10 Platts Heath Green Lane 15:15 - 15:45 Grafty Green Church Lane
Saturday January 14
07:45 - 08:30 Hollingbourne Troys Mead 08:45 - 09:15 Lenham Warren street 09:25 - 09:55 Ulcombe Lodge Gardens
Saturday January 21
07:45 - 08:30 Otham 08:45 - 09:45 Bearsted Village Green
Saturday January 28 07:45 - 08:15 Walderslade Impton Lane/Spendlow Drive 08:25 - 09:00 Walderslade Impton Lane/Olivine Road 09:15 - 10:00 Bredhurst Hurstwood Road 10:15 - 11:00 Stockbury Village Hall 12:00 - 12:45 Detling Village Hall
thank you Eighty per cent of Maidstone residents are using our food waste collection service, sending more than 100 tonnes of food every week for composting. This has boosted Maidstone’s recycling rate to 45% and reduced the rubbish sent for disposal by 37%. Thanks to everyone who is helping to make it such a success.
Home composting for certain types of kitchen and garden waste is even better. It reduces the amount of lorry movements needed and provides a nutritious fertilizer for the garden.
Food waste facts • A third of the food we buy in the UK is thrown away.
At home you can compost fruit and vegetable peelings, tea bags, coffee grounds and egg shells. You can also reduce the amount of food waste thrown away by measuring portions and using up leftovers. It is important to check dates on food purchased - ‘Best Before’ dates are for quality so there is no need to throw out food on the stated date (eggs being the exception). Food can also be eaten right up to the ‘use-by’ date, or frozen.
• An average family throws away £50 worth of food shopping every month.
For more hints and tips on reducing food waste visit
www.lovefoodhatewaste.com
Compost Bin Offer
Maidstone Borough Council, in partnership with Straights and the Waste Improvement Network, is pleased to offer compost bins
www.maidstone.getcomposting.com from £15 (plus delivery).
Special offer - buy two and get the second half price (Offer applies to 220L & 330L compost converters). To order bins log onto
www.maidstone.getcomposting.com
Borough Update This is your council newsletter, produced up to four times a year in the Downs Mail newspaper. It is written, edited and designed by the council's communications team, Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone, Kent ME15 6JQ. Email:
pr@maidstone.gov.uk. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome. It is typeset by aw design and printed by Newbury News. If you are visually impaired and would like the newsletter text in large print, please call us on 01622 602807, and we will be happy to send you a copy.
We do not accept garden waste, very large bulky items and electrical or hazardous items. You can dispose of these items through our paid for bulky collection service or at the household waste recycling centre at Burial Ground Lane, Tovil, Maidstone. It is open Monday to Saturday, 8am to 4.30pm, and Sunday and Bank Holidays, 9am to 4pm. For more information about our bulky rubbish services, including paid for doorstep collections, visit
maidstone.gov.uk or call the cleansing hotline on 01622 602162.
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