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Last revised: 18 September 2008

Annual Recycling Group August Recycling Rate: 47.48%
July Recycling rate: 44.11%
June Recycling Rate: 50.11%
May Recycling Rate: 48.23%
Annual Recycling Rate: 40.34%


Kennet District Council is continuing to out-perform everyone else in Wiltshire by being the only authority to recycle over 40% in 2007/08.

Over the last five years, recycling rates in the district have soared from 11.48% to over 40% as improvements to services have been delivered by the Council's highly trained in-house workforce.

This is an excellent achievement and residents should be justifiably proud of diverting all this valuable material from landfill.


RECYCLING

Why should I recycle?

Black box recycling service
Kennet District Council offers a kerbside service of paper, cans, glass, textiles and silver foil across the district.

Request a recycling box
If you have recently moved into the Kennet district and require a black recycling box, please let us know. The Council can also provide reusable Hessian sacks for the collection of paper.

What happens to the materials we recycle?
All the material collected via Kennet’s kerbside service is sent to Compton Bassett where it is baled and then transported to various reprocessors across the UK.

What about plastics and cardboard?
More information about what you can do with your plastic bottles and cardboard.

How to Reduce and Reuse your waste
Top tips on how you can reduce and reuse the waste you produce.

Reusable Nappies
The UK sends nearly 8 million nappies to landfill every day! Using real nappies can not only reduce the amount of waste going in your wheeled bin, it can also save you money in the long run.

Frequently Asked Questions - Recycling

GREEN GARDEN WASTE

Garden Waste Collection Service
The Council offers a fortnightly collection service of garden waste from a green wheeled bin for an annual charge. Currently 25% of residents subscribe to this service.

Home Composting
Composting at home will not only reduce the amount of waste going into your black wheeled bin but will also produce a free soil conditioner for your garden.

Frequently Asked Questions - Garden Waste


REFUSE

Refuse Collection
Kennet District Council operates an Alternate Weekly Collection service throughout the district using black wheeled bins and black recycling boxes.  Collections are made on the same day but alternate weeks.

Special Collection Service
Kennet District Council will collect bulky household items by arrangement for a small charge.

Clinical Waste
The Council offers a collection of clinical waste from domestic households.

Practical advice for keeping your bin clean
Top tips on how to reduce odours in your wheeled bin


WHERE CAN I RECYCLE

Recycling, refuse and garden waste collection days
For more information as to when your black box or wheeled bins are collected, please follow the above link.

Neighbourhood Recycling Centres
In addition to your black box, extra recycling can be taken to any one of the bring sites across the Kennet district.

Household Recycling Centres
The Household Recycling Centres in Kennet are based in Devizes and Everleigh and are a free disposal method of household waste and recyclables for Kennet residents.

WEEE Directive
Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive aims to minimise the impact of electrical and electronic goods on the environment by increasing reuse and recycling and reducing the amount of WEEE going to landfill.


RECYCLING PROMOTION

Yellow Woods Challenge
 Kennet District Council is working with Yellow Pages and the Woodland Trust to encourage school children to recycle their old directories and win cash prizes.

 Recycle Week
Kennet District Council will be celebrating Recycle Week by running several activities across the district and promoting the importance of recycling and waste reduction.

 Christmas Arrangements
Information concerning how to recycle your tree and old cards this Christmas as well as any changes in your refuse and recycling collection days.

Bank Holiday Arrangements
Refuse and recycling collections are made as normal over Bank Holiday weekends. There are alternative arrangements for Christmas collections.

Residents in Kennet generate the equivalent of six double decker buses of waste every day.
Please help us to reduce this by using all the services available.
Everyone making a small change can make a big difference.


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