Spray that again! Did you know you can now recycle your aerosols in Locks Heath / Western Wards?

Yes, the waste contractor for all Councils in Hampshire, Veolia Environmental Services, has recently secured markets for aerosols meaning we can now pop them in our blue topped bins along with newspapers, magazines, mixed paper, cardboard, food tins, drinks cans and plastic bottles.

 

The UK gets through around 600 million aerosols a year, which averages out at 10 per person. Based on this, residents of the Western Wards will get through approximately 430,000 aerosol cans a year. Combined, these would weigh in the region of 21 tonnes and would fill about 1,050 bins!

 

Almost all aerosols can be recycled. The aerosols must be empty and without the loose plastic lid, and should not be pierced or squashed. The exception to this is aerosols with the skull and crossbones symbol or a black cross on an orange background – these are not accepted for recycling and should be placed in normal household waste bins for disposal.

 

Hampshire has some of the best waste infrastructure in the UK with a combined recycling rate of 37%, and has set itself a target of recycling 50% by the year 2010.

 

Executive Member for Streetscene, Councillor Keith Evans, said: "This is a good, positive step forward and an improvement to our recycling service. Allowing empty aerosols to be recycled makes it easier for our residents, which means less waste in our refuse bins and should help to improve our recycling rate."

 

Thanks to the county's recycling efforts and the three Energy Recovery Facilities (ERFs), Hampshire sends just 10% of its household waste to landfill - that's less than any other UK authority. There is now only one landfill site open in Hampshire for disposing of household waste, and this is anticipated to be full within 5-10 years.

 

So – who puts glass in their rubbish bin – or are you good and recycle it? Would you like the kerbside collection of glass? Do you compost?

 

Project Integra is the partnership of local authorities and Veolia Environmental Services that is responsible for waste management and recycling in the Hampshire.

 

To read more about recycling in Hampshire take a look at the Hants.gov website, and for more information on composting have a look at get composting here.