Bin bosses are reminding people across West Norfolk they can double-check the date of their waste and recycling collections during January by clicking here
Cllr Paul Kunes, the borough councillor responsible for the environment, said: “Please remember that you can put additional recycling in any clear bag and put it out with your green recycling bin for collection.
“Additional black bin waste can be put out for collection with your black bin but must be in a bin bag secured with an official red tag. These can be purchased at west-norfolk.gov.uk/redtag for £1.95 each plus £2.00 postage per order.
“I appreciate the support that our collection crews get from west Norfolk residents.”
The council says you can also put food waste into plastic bags before putting them into food caddies or line the caddies with newspaper.
Cllr Kunes continued: “Using the food waste caddies is easier and more hygienic than before. I hope this will encourage more people to make use of them instead of putting food waste into the black bins.”
Food waste from caddies is sent to an anaerobic digestor where the bags are stripped out, and the rotting waste then produces methane which is then burnt to produce clean electricity. The remaining food waste is pasteurised before being used as fertiliser by farmers, reducing the need to put chemicals on the land.
Cllr Kunes added: “I’m also pleased to say that, for the first time ever, brown bin collections continued through the festive period this year. Please check on the borough council website to see when your collection will take place.”
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