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 North Cornwall is collected from households fortnightly in special recycling sacks provided to North Cornwall residents free of charge.
Your kerbside collection
In the CLEAR BAG place:
ALUMINIUM FOIL - Washed and placed in a carrier bag.
CANS - FOOD, DRINKS AND AEROSOL CANS - Please wash cans and ensure aerosols are empty.
PLASTIC BOTTLES - Please removed tops then washed and squash.
In the BLUE BAG place:
PAPER - newspapers, magazines, catalogues, brochures, leaflets, greeting cards & junk mail (please remove plastic sleeves), BT phone books (but not yellow pages, please put these in the green mixed paper banks).
In the RED BAG place:
TEXTILES - clean clothing, shoes, hats & bags.
In a SEPARATE CARRIER BAG place:
GLASS BOTTLES AND JARS
FLAT PACK AND BUNDLE
CARDBOARD AND BROWN ENVELOPES
To find out when you can put out your recycling for collection ring 01208 269010
"...I visit Cornwall as often as I can, and I love its beautiful countryside and coastline. Through recycling we can all do something worthwhile to safeguard its future. As much as 60% of the rubbish in our bins could be recycled and transformed into something useful. Recycling is easy to do and really does help to protect the county we love..."
Alex Kirby - BBC News website environment correspondent
"...I visit Cornwall as often as I can, and I love its beautiful countryside and coastline. Through recycling we can all do something worthwhile to safeguard its future. As much as 60% of the rubbish in our bins could be recycled and transformed into something useful. Recycling is easy to do and really does help to protect the county we love..."