St Lawrence recycling facilities

Household recycling collection

You should put your glass into a separate glass bin which should be left outside your house for monthly collection along with paper, cardboard, cans and plastic bottles. There are no additional recycling points for glass in St Lawrence.

St Lawrence runs a household recycling collection scheme which collects the following materials on a monthly basis.

Type of recyclable material	Items that can be taken there	Items that can't be taken there
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 Polystyrene
Plastic bottles	Drink bottles Detergent bottles Cosmetic bottles	Plastic bottle tops Plastic pots, tubs and trays Other plastic packaging

Type of
recyclable
material

Items that can be taken there

Items that can't be taken there

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

Polystyrene

Plastic bottles

Drink bottles
Detergent bottles
Cosmetic bottles

Plastic bottle tops
Plastic pots, tubs and trays
Other plastic packaging

Download household recycling collection information leaflet (size 122kb)

Recycling collection dates 2018 for paper and cardboard, plastic bottles, metal packaging 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:

Month	Dates
January	8 and 9
February	12 and 13
March	12 and 13
April	9 and 10
May	14 and 15
June	11 and 12
July	9 and 10
August	13 and 14
September	10 and 11
October	8 and 9
November	12 and 13
December	10 and 11

Other recycling points in St Lawrence

All items which are delivered to the recycling points should be:

clean (cans, plastic bottles, glass, 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
Carrefour Selous	Cans	Aluminium drinks cans	Aerosol cans Clean steel food tins Foil / foil trays Metal lids
Community centre car park	Batteries	Household batteries (ie AA and AAA) Button cell/watch batteries Mobile phone batteries	Car batteries
	Metal packaging	Aerosol cans (lids removed) Aluminium drinks cans Steel food tins Foil / foil trays Metal lids
	Paper	Newspapers Magazines Catalogues Envelopes Sheet paper Greeting cards (not musical) Wrapping paper (sticky tape removed)	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
	Textiles	Clothes Towels Bedding Shoes (in pairs)
Gunsite Cafe	Cans	Aluminium drinks cans	Aerosol cans Steel food tins Foil / foil trays Metal lids
Millbrook Park	Cans	Aluminium drinks cans	Aerosol cans Steel food tins Foil / foil trays Metal lids
St Lawrence primary school (no public access)	Batteries	Household batteries (ie AA and AAA) Button cell/watch batteries Mobile phone batteries	Car batteries
St Lawrence primary school (no public access)	Cans	Aluminium drinks cans	Aerosol cans Steel food tins Foil / foil trays Metal lids
St Peter's Valley (opposite the Victoria in the Valley)	Batteries	Household batteries (ie AA and AAA) Button cell/watch batteries Mobile phone batteries	Car batteries
	Metal packaging	Aerosol cans (lids removed) Aluminium drinks cans Steel food tins Foil / foil trays Metal lids
	Paper	Newspapers Magazines Catalogues Envelopes Sheet paper Greeting cards (not musical) Wrapping paper (sticky tape removed)	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
	Textiles	Clothes Towels Bedding Shoes (in pairs)
	Cardboard	Empty boxes Food boxes and sleeves	Milk/liquid cartons Polystyrene and other plastic packaging
Organic Kids Nursery car park	Paper	Newspapers Magazines Catalogues Envelopes Sheet paper Greeting cards (not musical) Wrapping paper (sticky tape removed)	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
	Metal packaging	Aerosol cans (lids removed) Aluminium drinks cans Steel food tins Foil / foil trays Metal lids