Latest news and future plans
Beverage cartons - July 2007
In May we were approached by a company called Tetra Pak and their partners ACE uk and invited to take part in a 2 year beverage carton recycling trial. This means that as from July we can now accept beverage cartons at four of our neighbourhood recycling points (Croft Road car park in Crowborough, Mill Road car park in Heathfield, Luxford Field car park in Uckfield and Victoria Road car park in Hailsham). These include cartons for milk, fruit juice, some ice lollies and ice cream cartons. Please remember to wash and squash your beverage cartons to allow the recycling bins to be filled to their maximum capacity.
Plastic bottle tops - July 2007
Due to a change in the plastic bottle reprocessor that Wealden uses, there is no longer any need to remove the tops from your plastic bottles. However, we do still require them to be washed and squashed before being placed in the recycling bins.
New Legislation on Waste Electrical and Electronic items - June 2007
New European legislation called the WEEE Directive (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment), came into force in June 2007. It aims to increase the re-use and recycling of electrical and electronic waste so that the amount being landfilled and incinerated is dramatically reduced. The new law states that retailers and manufacturers are responsible for dealing with electrical goods once they become waste. They are encouraged to make more durable, repairable and recyclable electrical goods, as well as pay for more recycling sites for consumers.
Electrical and electronic items should therefore no longer be placed in your landfill bin and should be taken to the Household Waste Recycling Sites where they can be recycled in accordance to the new directive. Alternatively, some stores will accept the items back for recycling providing you are buying the same item from them at the time.
No thank you to plastic bags - December 2003
Wealden has recently purchased new vehicles in which the recyclables are compacted. For this reason we are trying to reduce the number of plastic bags being used.
To assist our sorting staff at the Materials Reclamation Facility in Uckfield and the recycling reprocessors, we are asking residents to comply with the following;
- not to place their cans, papers, plastic bottles or glass in plastic bags
- separate any aluminium foil using plastic bags
- Rinse all cans, plastic bottles and glass before placing them in the recycling bins
- Squash all plastic bottles before placing them in the recycling bins
New plastic bottle recycling facilities - July 2003
Wealden are pleased to announce that we are now able to collect plastic bottles from the following neighbourhood recycling points:
- Croft Road car park, Crowborough
- Jarvis Brook car park, Crowborough
- Vicarage Field car park, Hailsham
- Victoria Road car park. Hailsham
- Mill Road car park, Heathfield
- Station Road car park, Heathfield
- North Road car park, Pevensey Bay
- Windsor Way car park, Polegate
- Luxford Field car park, Uckfield
Please remember to wash, squash and remove the lids before placing them in the recycling bins. Please do not place any other types of plastic in the recycling bins as we are only able to collect plastic bottles at present.
Aerosols can now be recycled - December 2002
We are please to announce that we are now able to accept aerosols in the can recycling bins. Please remember to follow the following rules before placing them in the can recycling bins
- Do not squash or pierce the aerosol
- Only put empty aerosols in the blue box
- remove all plastic lids
