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.
Glass is collected every month along with paper, cans and plastic bottles. You should put your glass into a separate glass bin, which should be left outside your house for collection. There are no additional recycling points for glass in Trinity.
Household recycling collection
Trinity runs a household recycling collection scheme which collects the following materials on a monthly basis.
Download Trinity household recycling collection information 2020 (size 1513kb)
Type of
recyclable
material | Items that can be included | Items that can't be included |
|---|
| Metal packaging | Aerosol cans (lids removed)
Aluminium drinks 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 |
Recycling collection dates 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 2020:
- 23 and 24 January
- 27 and 28 February
- 26 and 27 March
- 23 and 24 April
- 28 and 29 May
- 25 and 26 June
- 23 and 24 July
- 27 and 28 August
- 24 and 25 September
- 22 and 23 October
- 26 and 27 November
- 30 and 31 December
Other recycling points in Trinity
All items which are collected from your house or 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 |
|---|
| Acorn, La Rue Asplet, Trinity, JE3 5JF | Batteries | Household batteries (AA and AAA)
Button cells (eg watch batteries)
Mobile phone batteries
Rechargeable batteries | Car batteries |
| Cardboard | Empty and flattened boxes, such as:
Cereal boxes
Egg boxes
Food boxes and sleeves
Larger boxes (break these into smaller pieces to fit into the cardboard bank) | Milk cartons
Liquid cartons (ie juice and soup) |
| 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 |
| Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust car park | Cans | Aluminium drinks cans | Aerosol cans
Steel food tins
Foil / foil trays
Metal lids |
| JFTU retail outlet car park | Textiles | Clothes
Towels
Bedding
Shoes (in pairs) | |
| Trinity parish hall | Textiles | Clothes
Towels
Bedding
Shoes (in pairs) | |
Trinity primary school ( no public access) | Batteries | Household batteries (ie AA and AAA)
Button cell/watch batteries
Mobile phone batteries | Car batteries |
| Cans | Aluminium drinks cans | Aerosol cans
Steel food tins
Foil / foil trays
Metal lids |
| Paper (located in field parking area, opposite the school) | Newspapers
Magazines
Catalogues
Envelopes
Sheet paper
Greeting cards (not musical)
Wrapping paper (sticky tape removed) | Telephone directories
Plastic wrapping
Cardboard
Milk / juice cartons |
| Trinity youth club | Cans | Aluminium drinks cans | Aerosol cans
Steel food tins
Foil / foil trays
Metal lids |
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