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No Changes To Bin Collections Over Platinum Jubilee Weekend

The Isle of Wight Council, in partnership with its waste provider Amey - Waste Treatment, has said there will be no changes to bin collections over the Platinum Jubilee Weekend.

Despite plans for a strike for two weeks from June 13, the council has said that collections will be normal over the next few days.

Over the long bank holiday weekend there will be:

  • No changes to the waste collection service for Thursday June 2 and Friday June 3
  • No change to all waste and recycling collections due the week beginning June 6
  • No change to Recycling Centre opening hours over the Jubilee weekend

The counciul said that road closures for Jubilee parties will not affect collection services, but are asking residents place waste or recycling out early by 7am on Thursday June 2 and Friday June 3.

The local authority said:

"No matter how you choose to celebrate, please remember to have fun, be safe and keep celebrations green."

Here’s the council's top tips for a sustainable reduce, reuse and recycle Jubilee weekend:

  • Recyclable plates/cups and cutlery: Consider using recyclable cups, paper plates and wooden cutlery that can be reused or recycled easily instead of single use plastic.
  • Bottles and cans: Wash and squash any plastic or cans and put them in your recycling bin. Squashing plastic bottles and cans helps free up space making it easier to collect and recycle more.
  • Cardboard: Make sure any cardboard placed out for collection is collapsed to fit more in your bin. Our recycling centres will also accept larger boxes of cardboard. You can also bundle excess cardboard to one side of your recycling bin or sack.
  • Left over food waste: Use your food caddie to dispose of any leftover burgers, sausages, and food waste from your celebrations or visit Love Food Hate Waste’s website for simple recipes to use up your leftovers.
  • Fireworks: Be safe and dispose fireworks safely by fully extinguishing in a bucket of water, leaving them overnight and then take to one of our recycling centres for safe disposal.
  • Disposable barbeques: Like fireworks please, safely submerge the disposable barbeque in water overnight to make sure it has cooled off. Once completely cold, including the ash and embers put this in the general waste bin. Do not put disposable barbeques in recycling bin (even though they are made of foil).

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