8 Maidstone Borough Council


Time to improve our recycling efforts in Maidstone


Do you know what you can and cannot put in your green bin?


We are concentrating our efforts to help improve recycling across the borough.


Recycling the right things is really important. Putting the wrong items in your recycling containers can cause problems at the recycling facility. It may even result in a whole recycling lorry being rejected. Rejected loads must be sent for disposal, which spoils the efforts you have made to recycle.


Recently we have been focused on reminding all residents to think about what they can and can’t put in their green bin.


Your green bin likes…


All plastic bottles Plastic food containers Glass bottles and jars Cardboard Paper Cartons


Foil and metal tins/cans


Empty Aerosols


Did you know?


Your green bin doesn’t like…


Carrier bags Textiles Food


Nappies Black Sacks Plastic film and cling film


Between April 2015 and March 2016 we recycled and composted over 50% of the waste collected from residents homes. This is a fantastic amount however we are keen to recycle and compost even more and know that still a lot of recyclable material is ending up in resident’s rubbish bins.


The national target for re-use, recycling and composting is 50% by 2020. Maidstone Borough Council


has set its own target to exceed this and are aiming for 55%.


Of all of the waste collected in Maidstone last year, 65% remained in Kent, 83% in the UK and only 17% being sent outside of the UK to other countries. The recyclable materials which were sent abroad for reprocessing were used to make new products.


For more information about the recycling services visit www.maidstone.gov.uk


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