Nappies
Around 4 per cent of household waste is disposable nappies! Thats literally thousands of tonnes each year in Shropshire. The best way to reduce this is to use 'real' nappies which can be washed and re-used. For information about using real nappies, follow the link below.
Newspapers, magazines, and other paper
Over 30 per cent of household waste is paper and card, most of which can be recycled. All Shropshire's Household Recycling Centres (HRCs) provide facilities for paper recycling along with your local paper banks, or through your kerbside collection scheme.
Oil
Never pour engine or fuel oil down the drain – it can pollute water courses. HRC's have oil banks for waste engine and fuel oil. It is re-processed into a heating fuel.
Plastic bottles
The average Shropshire household uses 500 plastic bottles a year! You can add plastic bottles to your kerbside recycling collection in most areas now. If its bottle shape and plastic we can recycle it - if its not bottle shaped we cannot. We wont accept other type of plastic e.g. food trays, yoghurt pots, carrier bags as our reprocessor can’t recycle these.
Shoes
All HRCs and most bring banks accept shoes for recycling/re-use. Tie your shoes together, or bag them. Charity shops also accept shoes, for reuse.
Soil and rubble
Soil and rubble is collected for re-use/recycling at HRCs. Quantities of more than a tonne are not accepted and there are no facilities for tipping this waste on the ground. You should hire a skip if for any waste produced by works other than normal day to day living, such as house alterations, driveway reconstruction, garden makeovers etc.
Televisions
Televisions and computer monitor screens are regarded as hazardous waste and should not be disposed of in the general household waste. If your old TV isn’t suitable for re-use, take it to a HRC for recycling.
Textile recycling
All HRCs have facilities to recycle your old textiles, as do most bring banks. You can put old clothes, towels, linen, leathers, bags and shoes into the banks.
Timber
The UK uses three times the world average of wood, per head. Timber is often suitable for re-use, if not you can take it to any of the HRCs. The good quality wood gets chipped and it is then made into fibreboard, the remainder is used to make 'green' energy.
Tyres
Most tyre dealers accept waste tyres on payment of a small fee. Tyres cannot be disposed of in landfill sites and must be recycled. Individual car tyres can be accepted at HRCs. Commercial vehicle, lorry and tractor tyres will not be accepted.
Water filter cartridges
You can recycle water filter cartridges like those made by BRITA and other companies, by taking them back to certain shops around the county. There is a list of participating shops on the BRITA website.