Paper and Cardboard

We have household collections of paper, in your blue bag, and cardboard, in your yellow bag. We have recycling sites around the district where you can recycle your paper. Paper and cardboard are great things to recycle as there is a huge market in this country for recycle paper and cardboard. Most newspapers and magazines are made from recycled paper, think of the millions of newspapers sold every week, they all rely on residents recycling as much as possible.

Where Does it Go?

Paper collected at the kerbside is baled at the bulking facility at Linden Way in Coalville. We keep the waste separate at the depot, as they are more useful when they are separate, as each material is good for making different things. The paper and cardboard are collected by Severnside who are a UK based paper and cardboard reprocessor. The paper taken to a paper mill in the UK and is recycled into newsprint. The card is reprocessed into new card packaging such as cereal boxes and corrugated cardboard.

Can I Recycle My Envelopes?

Yes, provided that any plastic window is removed as well as any glue edges. These oil based glues cause the machinery at the reprocessing mill to clog up. Paper reprocessors and envelope manufacturers are working together towards a new type of water based glue that won't cause this problem. Please recycle your envelopes in your blue bag for paper.

What Can I Do With My Yellow Pages?

You can recycle your yellow pages in your blue bag as part of the kerbside collection service. The paper we collect is recycled into newsprint. You can also recycle your yellow pages at any of our paper banks.

What Can I Do With Shredded Paper?

This can be taken in our blue bags but should be weighted down with whole papers asit can blow everywhere during emptying. If you have large quantities it is better to put this in the paper banks around the district. These measures are to prevent the paper from blowing from the recycling vehicle and littering the area. Shredded paper can also be composted in a home compost bin or heap.
To reduce the amount of shredded paper why not just tear out the part of the paper with the sensitive details on and just shred that. For example, a gas bill may contain sensitive information in the top quarter only. So just tear out and shred that part.

Junk Mail

If recycling your junk mail please remember to remove all plastic wrapping.

More on Paper Recycling

For more on paper recycling please see Waste Watch Information Sheet .