The Recycle for Cornwall campaign has been developed to raise public awareness of recycling and to provide consumers with a compelling reason to recycle.
Recycling in Carrick is collected from households fortnightly through a red bag and Bumper Box scheme. Bumper Boxes are made from recycled car bumpers demonstrating just one of the many useful products that can be made from recycled materials.
Your kerbside collection
In the BUMPER BOX place:
ALUMINIUM FOIL - Please wash off the worst of the food residue.
CANS - FOOD, DRINKS AND AEROSOL CANS - Please rinse food and drinks cans, and remove the lids and squirt buttons from the aerosol cans.
GLASS BOTTLES AND JARS- Please do not include lids
PLASTIC BOTTLES - eg from toiletries, household cleaning, drinks (please remove tops, wash and squash)
TEXTILES - including unwanted pairs of shoes & clothes, old bed linen and towels (keep dry in a plastic bag).
In the RED BAG place:
PAPER - newspapers, magazines, shopping catalogues telephone directories (not Yellow Pages), White envelopes (including white windowed envelopes), letters, computer printouts, junk mail, brochures, leaflets, flyers, old computer manuals.
The following materials can be bundled together and put under your recycling bag and bumper box:
CARD - Card, cardboard, colour paper, brown envelopes and your yellow pages.
To find out when you can put your recycling out for collection Email: Recycling@carrick.gov.uk or ring 01872 224400
"It's amazing to think that over 45% of the waste in your kitchen bin can be composted saving valuable landfill space and helping your garden prosper."