What can you not take to the dump?
Here are the top 10 most common materials banned from landfills:
- Car batteries.
- Motor oil.
- Tires.
- Liquid waste (e.g., non-dried paint, household cleaners)
- Untreated medical waste.
- Cathode ray tube (CRT) screens (tube monitors and TVs)
- Products containing mercury.
- Yard waste.
What can I recycle in Bexley?
We’ll collect:
- glass bottles and jars (metal lids can go in, but separately)
- plastic food containers like yoghurt pots, spread tubs and meat, fruit or ready meal trays.
- food and drink cartons and cans.
- plastic tubs or metal tins from sweets and cakes.
- foil.
What is the most thrown away item?
Here’s our list of the top five most wasted foods and how to use them up.
- #1 Bread. Over 240 million slices of bread are chucked away every year.
- #2 Milk. Around 5.9 million glasses of milk are poured down the sink every year, but it’s so easy to use it up.
- #3 Potatoes.
- #4 Cheese.
- #5 Apples.
Which recycling bin does polystyrene go in?
Polystyrene is a type of plastic which is not commonly recycled. Most people readily recognise expanded polystyrene which is sometimes used for take-away food containers and to package white goods like microwaves. Expanded polystyrene should be placed in the waste bin.
What goes in the white recycling bag?
Plastic and tins: white bag You can recycle tins, cans, empty aerosols, clean foil, plastic bottles, tubs, punnets, cartons (Tetra Pak), pots and trays using your white bag.
How does Thamesmead recycle their own internal waste?
Thamesmead Business Services Ltd has now set up a scheme for recycling our own internal waste and now successfully recycles 75% of our own rubbish. Shrink wrap and cardboard are now collected in our warehouse and are compressed and made into bales using a compacting machine.
Where can I recycle food waste in London?
Grays Waste Services – Based in Thamesmead, London – provide food waste and cooking oil waste recycling. Recycling, Recycling center Recycling center Waste management and recycling services from WasteCare.
Can you take trade waste to reuse and recycling centre?
The Re-use and Recycling Centre is for the disposal of household waste only – we will not accept any trade/commercial waste. If we suspect you of carrying trade waste, we will ask you to fill out a Declaration of Household waste form each time you enter the site. We will deny you entry if you refuse to complete the form.
Is the Royal Greenwich re-use and recycling centre open?
The Re-use and Recycling Centre is open and is operating as normal. You do not need an appointment to attend. To help maintain the safety of the site, it will close to be sanitised for one hour every day from 11.30am to 12.30pm. Please do not attend at this time as there will be no access permitted and queuing is not allowed.