REFUSE AND RECYCLING COLLECTIONS OVER CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR

BECAUSE of the holiday period, slightly different household refuse and recycling collections take place in the Horsham District over Christmas and New Year, as set out below.

A personalised calendar for Waste Collection Dates is available online for all district residents. Just put in the property postcode and the calendar will be available - complete with any relevant changes.

15-19 December 2008:

  • All homes will receive a refuse collection and a recycling collection of cans with plastic bottles and aerosols. For those in Zone A, green garden waste with non-corrugated card will be collected.

22-26 December 2008:

  • Normal refuse collections and a recycling collection of cans with plastic bottles and aerosols will take place on 22, 23 and 24 December.
  • There will be no household collections on Thursday 25 and Friday 26; these will start again from Friday 2 January 2009 (see below for details).
  • No green waste collections this week.

29 December 2008 - 2 January 2009:

  • 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 collections on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

From Monday 12 January 2009:

  • Zone B green garden waste with non-corrugated card collection cycle will start.
  • Recycling will be cans with newspapers with magazines.

From Monday 19 January 2009:

  • Zone A green garden waste with non-corrugated card collection cycle will start.
  • Recycling will be plastic bottles and aerosols.


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 you 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.

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