NEWS RELEASES
Refuse and recycling collections in the New Year
1 January 2009
BECAUSE of the holiday period, slightly different household refuse and recycling collections take place in the Horsham District over the New Year, as set out below.
An individual calendar for Waste Collection Dates is available online for all district residents. By entering the property postcode, the calendar will show personal collection dates complete with any relevant changes.
29 December 2008 - 3 January 2009:
Household collections start again on Friday 2 January.
Collections delayed from Thursday 25 and Friday 26 will take place on Friday 2 January and Saturday 3 January respectively. Up to three extra bags of refuse will be taken.
Recycling will be newspapers with magazines.
No green waste collections this week.
From Monday 5 January 2009:
All collections will be on their normal day.
Recycling will be cans with plastic bottles and aerosols.
No green waste collections this week.
Up to three extra bags of refuse will be taken during this week.
From Monday 12 January 2009:
Normal refuse collections and a recycling collection of newspapers with magazines.
Zone B green garden waste with non-corrugated card collection will start.
From Monday 19 January 2009:
Normal refuse collections and a recycling collection of cans with plastic bottles and aerosols.
Zone A green garden waste with non-corrugated card collection will start.
Disposing of Christmas cards:
Around 1.7 billion Christmas cards are sent each year in Britain, which is the equivalent of 200,000 trees! Look out for charity cards that are made from recycled paper or send e-cards via the internet instead. Don’t forget to recycle Christmas cards in your brown lidded green waste bins.
Disposing of Christmas trees:
Modern artificial Christmas trees are very realistic these days, extremely low maintenance (no need to water) and some even come with fairy lights attached. Using it year on year will save money in the long run too.
If buying a real tree, the advice is to choose a tree with roots that has been grown in the UK specifically for this purpose. It can then be either re-planted in a garden or chopped up and placed in the brown lidded green waste bin for composting.
For further information, including a definition of Acorn zones, please call 01403 733144 or email hop.oast@horsham.gov.uk
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CONTACT: Richard Morris, Communications Manager
Email: richard.morris@horsham.gov.uk