Changes to recycling services due to coronavirus
The Household Reuse and Recycling Centre, Household Green Waste Reception and the Island wide network of bring banks (mini recycling centres) are open. Visit the site information pages for more details, including reduced opening times.
Household recycling collection
Glass should be put it into a separate glass bin and left outside your house for collection every month at the same time as paper, cans and plastic bottles. There are no additional recycling points for glass in St John.
St John runs a household recycling collection scheme which collects the following materials on a monthly basis.
St John household recycling collection information 2020
Type of
recyclable
material | Items that can be included | Items that can't be included |
|---|
| Metal packaging | Aerosol cans (lids removed)
Aluminium drink cans
Steel food tins
Foil / foil trays
Metal lids | |
| Paper and cardboard (mixed) | Newspapers
Magazines
Catalogues
Envelopes
Sheet paper
Greeting cards (not musical)
Wrapping paper (sticky tape removed) Card food packaging and boxes
Larger cardboard boxes, cut into pieces
| Telephone directories
Plastic wrapping
Cardboard
Milk / juice cartons |
| Plastic bottles | Drink bottles
Detergent bottles
Cosmetic bottles | Plastic bottle tops
Plastic pots, tubs and trays
Other plastic packaging
|
Recycling collection dates for paper and cardboard, metal packaging, plastic bottles and glass
Your recycling will be collected on the same day as your existing glass collections. Collections will be on one of the following dates:
- 2 and 3 January 2020
- 6 and 7 February
- 5 and 6 March
- 2 and 3 April
- 7 and 8 May
- 4 and 5 June
- 2 and 3 July
- 6 and 7 August
- 3 and 4 September
- 1 and 2 October
- 5 and 6 November
- 3 and 4 December
Other recycling points in St John
All items which are delivered to the recycling points should be:
- clean (cans, plastic bottles, textiles)
- empty (cans, plastic bottles)
Do not leave items that do we not collect for recycling at the bring banks such as glass and cardboard.
| Location of recycling point | Type of
recyclable
material | Items that can be taken there | Items that can't be taken there |
|---|
St John's primary school
(no public access) | Batteries | Household batteries (ie AA and AAA)
Watch/button cells
Mobile phone batteries | Car batteries |
| Cans | Aluminium drinks cans | Aerosol cans
Steel food tins
Foil / foil trays
Metal lids |
| St John's primary school (opposite the car park) | Textiles | Clothes
Towels
Bedding
Shoes (in pairs) | |
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