Birmingham City Council
Birmingham City Council have introduced three kerbside collection schemes.
- Paper & Card Recycling (Blue Bag/Box). Introduced 2003. Container emptied every 2 weeks.
- Plastic Bottles (PET & HDPE), Glass, Aluminium & Tins Recycling (Green Box). Introduced 2005. Container emptied every 2 weeks.
- Garden Waste Recycling (Green Sacks). Introduced 2005. Sacks collected every 2 weeks.
These three schemes are now available to most of Birmingham's houses/flats depending on houses/flats with or without gardens. The Paper & Garden Waste recycling facility is available to all houses in Birmingham. The Green Box scheme is going to be available to all houses later this year. recycled every year : paper - 3500 tonnes wood - 8900 tonnes There are five household recycling centres and over 400 recycling banks across the whole of Birmingham. Recycling banks normally include:
- Paper & Card Recycling
- Glass Recycling
- Clothes Recycling
- Shoes Recycling
- Textiles Recycling
- Aluminium Cans Recycling
Read more about this topic: Recycling In The United Kingdom
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