In this e-zine we've provided you with the information you'll need to start using your new improved recycling service: 

If after reading this ezine, and visiting the website, you are still unclear about how the changes will affect you please contact us. Also, look out for your handy guide to Calderdale's new improved recycling service coming through your door soon; and the 4 page feature in the current Calderdale Call.

Thank you very much for your patience and co-operation as we introduce the new service and make it a success.

Are you on a Week A or Week B collection? While you will still have your waste collected weekly, we have split the materials that we collect over a rolling two week period, but both now collected on the same day of the week. This may be changed for your household. On Week A we will collect food waste, plastic bottles, cans and glass bottles; and on Week B we will collect food and plastic bottles again, plus paper, textiles and non-recyclable waste. To find out your weekly collection day and whether you are on a Week A or B collection, use the postcode search, or look on your calendar tag delivered with your brown food caddies. It'll make sure you put out the right containers on the right day.

Have you got all the containers that you need? Almost every home in Calderdale should now have all the new containers that they need to start using the new recycling service. Here’s a quick check list for you to make sure that you are ready to start: Large brown caddy - for putting your food waste in ready for collection; kept outside the house Small brown caddy - for collecting your food waste in the kitchen prior to transferring it to your large brown caddy Compostable bin liners - for use in the small brown caddy White sack - for plastic bottles Green Sack - for paper Recycling box - for cans, glass bottles and jars Grey wheelie bin - for non-recycable waste (or 5 black sacks if you have not been allocated a wheelie bin) If you are still missing any of these boxes, bags or bins please email info@recycleforcalderdale.org

Do you know what can and cannot be recycled and which containers to use? Your new improved recycling service now allows you to recycle many more items than before; like food, plastic and textiles, but there are certain items that we cannot accept for recycling. To ensure you are using the new service correctly, and recycling as much as you can it is important that you understand what you can and cannot put in each of your recycling containers. Click here for a full list of each of your recycling containers, and an explanation of what you can put in each.  To download the handy householder guide to the new service click on the image to the right.

Do you need help with your wheelie bin and/or recycling containers? If you are 65 years or over, in receipt of disability benefits or are registered blind or partially sighted you may be eligible for assistance. Please call 0845 245 7000 for an application. To see if you will be receiving a wheelie bin as part of the new service use the postcode finder.

Pass it on....! Naturally we’re keen that everyone uses the new service properly. Separating our waste into bags, boxes and bins will enable us to maximise our recycling and achieve our target of 40%. It will also help us provide quality materials to the recycling processors and manufacturers, which in turn means they can provide quality recycled products. If you think this ezine would be useful to someone you know, why not send it to a friend?