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Your Waste

We produce around 225,000 tonnes of household rubbish every year in Wiltshire.Recycle logo

That's the equivalent of each household throwing away over a tonne of waste every year - around the weight of a small car.

Wiltshire currently recycles over 40% of household waste


 

 

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 You can now recycle all your household batteries at your nearest recycling centre.

 

 

Newspaper is recycled back into newsprint: yesterday's newspapers become tomorrow's front pages more...

IconYou can recycle all of your cardboard at your nearest Recycling centre more...
IconAluminium cans and foil are recycled over and over again, without loss of quality more...
IconGood quality clothes may go to charity shops in this country, or are sent over to Africa to be used again more...
iconYou can recycle glass at your nearest Recycling Centre or in your kerbside black box more...
iconIn 2005/06 Wiltshire recycled over 600 tonnes of plastic such as milk, fizzy drinks and shampoo bottles, margarine containers and ice cream tubs more...
iconYou can take your garden waste to your nearest Household Recycling Centre or sign up for a garden waste collection more...
iconAny wood, glass, soil and rubble can be taken to your nearest Household Recycling Centre more...
iconUnder new WEEE legislation, all electrical waste must be disposed of in a safe manner more...
iconEvery year, the average dustbin contains enough unrealised energy for 500 baths, 3500 showers or 5,000 hours of television more...


Other Recyclable Materials - For information on other waste materials that are produced, and how we deal with these materials - click here