Recycling & Rubbish Collections for the holiday period

Christmas and New Year collections

Recycling and rubbish collection days will change following the bank holidays over Christmas. Check your collection calendar for full details.

Be careful when throwing away face masks and disposable gloves

Disposable face masks and gloves should be put inside a carrier bag which is tied up and placed in your black wheeled rubbish bin.

If you are wearing a face mask and gloves when you are outside, please don’t drop them on the ground or put them in public bins. Not only is it littering and bad for the environment, but you may put someone at risk of catching the virus, even if you are not showing any symptoms.

Eight ways yule find it easy to go green this Christmas

Even though we’re under national restrictions, you can still do some of your Christmas shopping. Why not give a gift to the planet as well as your loved ones?

Here’s eight easy ways to go green and watch your waste this festive season:

1. Avoid buying wrapping paper and cards which are glittery, lined with foil or plastic, or have batteries as these can’t be recycled.
2. Try making your own wrapping paper. Watch this short film for tips and ideas.
3. Make your own crackers and fill them with non-plastic toys so they can be recycled easily. 
4. Choose a real Christmas tree. They can be taken to your local community recycling centre, or if you’re a Green Waste Club member, cut it up and put it in your brown wheeled bin for collection. . 
5. Repair or re-wear festive jumpers rather than buying new.
6. Upcycle items you might otherwise throw away and give as gifts.
7. Buy presents and decorations from zero waste shops.
8. Select energy-saving LED fairy lights and put any broken fairy lights in a tied carrier bag and leave it next to your green food caddy for collection.

For more information and festive tips visit surreyep.org.uk and the Tandridge winter magazine.