Recycling, composting and waste questions
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- Is it possible to have our black bin emptied during a green bin week?
- Are vegetable peelings, etc, classed as green waste and therefore collected in the green bin? If not, what do we do with this compostable waste?
- What are the opening times of the tip?
- Are there any plans for Harborough to recycle plastics?
- I have a wood burning stove. How can I dispose of the ashes?
- Can I recycle greetings cards in either my green wheeled bin or blue newspaper recycling box ?
- Our bin collections on the blue calendar suggest that our black bin is due to be emptied on Friday, 2nd April, however, this is Good Friday so I would not expect normal collections to take place. Will our black bin be emptied on Friday and if not, when will it be emptied?
- What's wrong with throwing waste food in with the rubbish?
- Can I put food waste in my compost bin?
- What happens to the food waste collected?
- Can cat/dog food and liquids go in to the food waste bin?
- I don't think I will have room for the new food waste bins.
- What about smells, bugs, germs, vermin and flies?
- I don't think my food waste bin will be big enough.
- Our food waste bin was not emptied on our usual collection day. I understood these were to be weekly collections.
- I have an old shed that I want to take down. The roof has sheets of corrugated asbestos cement. What is the best way to dispose of this? Would the council take this way?
- Can we have a larger green wheelie bin, or a second bin?
