Recycling and Freecycling in the Allerton area

The Allerton Environmental Group is keen that we recycle as much as possible, based on the reduce, reuse, recycle mantra. This not only preserves scarce resources and reduces waste to landfill but also uses less energy than creating entirely from raw materials.

Sort It Plus

New Sort-It-Plus recycling arrangements commenced in July (those new recycling bins)

Information and pictures in the Waste Collections section of the Local Information menu.

Clothing Recycling Point

In The Wheatsheaf Inn car park
for good quality clothes, shoes and textiles.
(In aid of the Air Ambulance)

Wedmore Recycling Station

At the Recreation Ground
Cardboard.

Plastic Bottles

(look for these symbols – HDPE Type 1, PET(E)Type 2, and PVC Type 3).
(Triangular logo embossed on the base of plastic items with the Type number and letters.)
No margarine and yoghurt pots, green plastic bottles or any plastic bottle tops. 
Tetra-Pak type cartons such as juice and milk cardboard cartons
Recycling Tip: Yogurt pots are useful for seedlings and for putting on top of bamboo canes in gardens to prevent accidental injuries – a Health and Safety requirement for some allotment holders.

Winscombe Recycling Station

Behind the Woodborough Pub

Fairly comprehensive plastic recycling including:
Type 5 (PP)  - includes margarine tubs and microwaveable trays
Type 6 (PS) includes
yoghurt pots, foam hamburger boxes, plastic egg cartons, plastic cutlery and protective packaging for electronic goods.
Remember: If you can’t see a triangular logo you can’t recycle the item  – yet!

Revised Opening Hours: see centres below

correct as of August 2011 (please see the direct link for confirmation of any further changes.)
Latest opening hours and charges for Sedgemoor

Also, North Somerset (will take aerosols, and most plastic not taken in Sedgemoor)
Winscombe 
Top Car Park
Available 24/7

Cheddar Recycling Centre

Mon: 8am-7pm
Tues-Wed: 8am-4pm
Thur-Fri: Closed
Sat: 8am-4pm
Sun: 8am-1pm

Wood,
metal,
household appliances –
WEEE (Waste Electrical and electronic Equipment)
garden waste

Highbridge Recycling Centre

Mon: 8am-7pm
Tues-Wed: Closed
Thur-Fri: 8am-4pm
Sat: 8am-4pm
Sun: 8am-1pm

Non-recyclable
wood,
metal,
cardboard
newspapers
glass bottles
plastic bottles
Tetra-Pak type cardboard cartons
household appliances –
WEEE(Waste Electrical And Electronic Equipment)
fluorescent tubes
garden waste
batteries
mobile phones
ink cartridges
furniture
hardcore
Old engine oil
Recycling Tip: Old engine oil mixed with sand is very good for cleaning garden tools.  Put the fork or spade into the bucket and agitate it and it will come out clean.

Plastic Bottle Tops

Fill up a large bag with plastic bottle tops -
[The tops must not have any plastic or card inserts in them and they must be washed.]

when full - contact Jacqui.eastcourt@phonecoop.coop

Printer Cartridges (re-use)

Cartridge World www.cartridgeworld.org/
promise to refill ‘almost any brand of inkjet cartridge’.
They also “remanufacture almost any brand of toner cartridge.”
(Unit 3, The Bayliss Centre, High Street, Street, Somerset, BA16 OEX)

Printer Cartridge (recycling)

IT Centre, Wedmore offers envelopes to recycle inkjet cartridges
Hewlett Packard, Lexmark and Dell, as well as certain Canon cartridge in support of Tommy’s Baby Charity. 
The envelopes will take a number of cartridges so it is possible (and obviously better) to fill up the envelope before sending off.
The IT Centre will also continue to provide a box for Epson cartridges which are recycled in bulk at Meare Post Office (while it remains open).  The Post Office holds a recycling box for all brands of inkjet and toner cartridges.  If people have any cartridges other than HP, Lexmark, Dell and Canon which like Epson, cannot be recycled in the charity envelopes, they can put these in the Epson box and Penny will recycle them at the Post Office.

UK Spectacle Recycling

Vision Aid Overseas collects spectacles for their work in the developing world. Opticians practices throughout the UK support them by collecting spectacles and sending them to them free of charge.

You can recycle your spectacles at thousands of practices throughout the UK: the nearest participating practices can be found via Vision Aid's site. We will list them here in the near future.