Rubbish is a growing problem and one that needs to be
tackled now if we value our environment and the money in our pocket. For every
bit of rubbish we throw away that isn’t recycled it costs your council and
ultimately you! money to get rid of it. And with much of it ending up in
landfill sites, the cost to the environment is even worse.
More than 60% of the waste produced by households can be
recycled, by taking part in recycling you can help to reduce the amount of
waste going to landfill. The materials you recycle could be passed on to
reprocesses so they can turn them in to new products. Using recycled materials
to manufacture new items can be cheaper than using raw materials and could
mean less energy used. By recycling you will be helping to preserve natural
resources and to protect the environment for you and for future generations.
Recycling facilities are provided by Sunderland City Council for the deposit
of various commodities at several locations throughout the City. Kerb-it
is a kerbside recycling service for the residents of Sunderland which will
make it easier for you to recycle your household and garden waste.
What to put in your Kerb-it Box
Yes Please! Paper Junk Mail, White Telephone
Directories, Newspapers, Magazines, Catalogues and all other white and
coloured paper.
Yes Please! Glass Glass bottles and jars
Glass should be rinsed if possible Tops should be removed.
Yes Please! Cans Steel and Aluminium food and
drinks cans
Empty metal aerosols
They should be rinsed and flattened if possible
No Thanks! Plastic windows from envelopes,
Gift wrapping paper, Greetings cards, Cereal boxes, Washing powder boxes or
any other Cardboard
No Thanks! No window panes, windscreens,
broken glass, pyrex or cookware, light bulbs or spectacles
No plastic or metal caps, lids or bottle tops,
No crockery or other ceramics
No Thanks! No tin foil or paint tins
Garden Waste
The Green Garden Waste Collection Service introduced in
2005 to households with gardens. Households with gardens have been supplied
with a brown wheeled bin. The brown wheeled bin is collected every fortnight
on the same day as your ordinary rubbish collection but the opposite fortnight
to kerb-it collections.
Collections will be less frequent between 1st December and 1st March each
year when the green material generated reduces significantly. Large items of
garden waste and timber can be disposed of in the separate containers provided
at Sunderland Council Household Waste and Recycling Centres. Your garden waste will be made
into soil conditioner and timber waste into chipboard.
What to put in your Brown Wheeled Bin
Yes Please! Grass cuttings,
Shrub prunings,
Twigs and small branches,
Hedge clippings,
Cut flowers,
Windfalls,
Leaves and Vegetable waste from the garden.
No Thanks! Kitchen waste including, Meat,
cooking oil, Fruit, salad, vegetable peelings,
Tea bags, coffee grinds,
Eggshells, bread, Cooked food and any packaging.
