REFUSE AND RECYCLING
offers a variety of
compost bins
for sale on its
website.
Oxford City Council gives advice on composting on its
website.
Further tips on composting
can be found at the
Garden Organic website
By 2010 Oxford City Council has to reduce the amount of refuse it sends to landfill by 60%; after that time, it will incur a penalty of £150 for each tonne over the new limit. Maximising the amount of refuse that goes for recycling is vitally important. Britain faces fines of up to £180 million a year from the European Commission, if it does not reduce the amount of rubbish dumped at landfill sites.
Milton Keynes recycling facility currently takes recyclable material collected by Oxford City Council. To see photos, click here
For Oxford City Council recycling Website, click here
For further information on the waste disposal strategies of Oxford Waste Partnership*, click here
*The OWP consists of Oxford City Council, Vale of White District Council, West Oxfordshire District Council, Cherwell District Council, South Oxfordshire District Council and Oxfordshire County Council.
Those who are really keen to know the details of the recycling processes could visit letsrecycle.com
Your unwanted items could be just what other people are looking for - visit the Oxford branch of Freecycle
BBC News website 22 May 09 - "Here comes the Freecycle bride"
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Coffee grinds - more uses than just compost
Electrical - fluorescent tubes and low-energy light bulbs
Electrical - televisions, DVD players, video recorders, computers, printers
Tetrapaks (fruit juice / soup cartons)
What goes in which bag/wheelie or the green bag
Wheelies - different sizes and how to get a different size
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For opening times for Redbridge Recycling Centre and
a map showing how
to get there, click here
For Oxford County Council's website giving a full list of what can be deposited at their Refuse Recycling Centres (including Redbridge), go to their Waste and Recycling web page and click on the link (under 'Household waste') to 'recycling A-Z'
For Oxford City Council's Recycling website click here
To learn about future plans for recycling, click here
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Spectacles - Specsavers and Dolland & Aitchison both have a bin in their shops in the Westgate Centre where you can deposit old spectacles. They are sent to developing countries.