Recycling

Over 300,000 tonnes of our rubbish is buried in Devon every year; by not sorting our rubbish, we are wasting precious resources and throwing away useful materials that could be recycled.

Street Scene manage 21 recycling banks and collect recyclable materials from 62,000 households a fortnight, leading to 1.22 million recycling collections a year. These include:

• Magazines, newspapers, catalogues, directories (including Yellow Pages)
• Clean foil, jars – washed (no lids), glass bottles – washed
• Cans (no sharp edges); tins (washed)
• Old clothes/textiles (which are not good enough for charity)
• Envelopes, junk mail, office paper
• Small amounts of shredded paper (carrier bag per collection)
• Empty aerosol cans
• Household batteries (bags provided on request)

For more information go to the Recycling page under Council Services

Page last updated on 21 January 2008