Bin Collections
Putting non-recyclable items in recycling can contaminate a whole truckload, which is then rejected at the recycling facility. This turns neighbours’ recycling into rubbish and ultimately wastes energy and raw materials by removing these items from the recycling process.
Bin crews in South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse districts have stepped up monitoring of recycling bins in recent months as the lockdown has meant an increase in household waste, which has meant an increased risk of people putting the wrong items in recycling bins.
To remind residents about what can (and can’t) be recycled, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils have devised a new recycling quiz available here:
http://survey.southandvale.gov.uk/s/TheGreenRecyclingBinQuiz/
The collection day for Appletonis normally a Wednesday and Eaton will move to a Thursday as of the week of the 10th October. The collection alternates between one week “Grey” collection and the next “Green” collection.
To confirm which date your collection will be, click here and put in your post code:
http://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/collectionchanges
“Grey week collection” is food waste and rubbish for landfill in the black bin.
“Green week collection” is food waste, recycling Green bin and (but only if you have paid for/ contracted) Brown bin garden waste.
Up-to-date alerts about collection days are available from the smartphone app Binzone which can also be accessed on your computer. More information, including how to download Binzone can be found by visting:
or by telephoning 03000 610610.
For the KITCHEN WASTE BINS…biodegradable bin liners for sale in the Appleton Community Shop.
Disposing of dog waste
Dog waste can be put in a dog waste bin, or in a normal litter bin if it is lined with a blue Biffa street arising liner.
If you cannot find a bin, please take the dog waste home with you and put it in your black general waste bin.
Battery Collection
Normal batteries can be collected from the kerbside: please place these separately in a clear “sandwich-type” bag and place on top of your green recycling bin. Household batteries, such as 6v batteries, 9v batteries (transistor batteries), D, C AA, AAA and button batteries (watch batteries) as well as mobile phone batteries, laptop batteries and lithium batteries with tape across the terminals can all be collected.
Batteries with trailing wires, car batteries, or other industrial batteries cannot be collected, but you may be able to take these to a Household Waste Recycling Centre.
Garden Waste
A garden waste service for items such as grass cuttings, leaves, branches, weeds and hedge clippings is available for a yearly fee. (For more details of what you can put in, click here.
Garden Waste Service is a fortnightly collection from a wheeled bin.
Please note – Extra garden waste that is left in rubble sacks or tonnage bags cannot be collected.
Garden waste is collected on the same day as your recycling – to check when this is, see the collections page at: http://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/services-and-advice/recycling-rubbish-and-waste/your-recycling-and-waste-collections/collection-da-0
How to order a garden waste bin
A 240 litre garden waste wheeled bin costs £49 per year. The only way to order your bin is online from the Garden Waste Terms and Conditions page on this website (there’s a link below). Payment for this service is by paperless direct debit only. It is an annual subscription and payment will be taken once a year. You will receive a yearly invoice to notify you when and how much will be collected from your account.
For more information, click here.
Other information
The following can be collected and put in a tied carrier bag next to your grey bin on your normal collection day:
Broken toasters, kettles, irons, hairdryers, drills, radios, small electronic toys, telephones, power tools, straighteners, shavers, clocks and alarms.
Large electrical items such as televisions, microwaves, ovens, fridges, washing machines, etc. cannot be accepted.
You can get rid of large items with our bulky waste service. To find out more, click here.
The following can be collected and put in a tied carrier bag next to your green bin on your normal collection day:
Worn out clothes, bedsheets, duvet covers, curtains – ripped and stained ones are fine too.
Duvets, good quality or just unwanted clothes cannot be accepted – please give these to charity.
Small electrical items – put them in a tied carrier bag next to your grey bin on your normal collection day.
The following can be accepted:
- Broken toasters, kettles, irons, hairdryers, drills, radios, small electronic toys, telephones, power tools, straighteners, shavers, clocks and alarms.
The following cannot be accepted:
- Large electrical items such as televisions, microwaves, ovens, fridges, washing machines, etc