Waste and Recycling Collections – Public Information
Members of the Public are being advised as follows:
Green and Burgundy Wheeled bins
If your green bin collection has been affected, your collection will now take place on either Monday 27 or Tuesday 28 January.
If your burgundy bin collection has been affected, your collection will take place on either Wednesday 29, Thursday 30 January.
Food, Glass and AHP Collections
Food collections will not be rescheduled – please present food containers as normal next Friday 31 January.
Glass and AHP and Rural food collections will take place on either Monday 27, Tuesday 28 or Wednesday 29 January.
For all containers, please present your container for collection by 6:30am. To avoid the risk of any windblown spills, please present and remove your container from the kerbside each day until serviced during this catch-up period.
Brown – On Demand Collections
To allow resources to be diverted to provide service catch up, Friday 24 and Monday 27 collections will now occur on Tuesday 28.
Trade Waste Collections
Trade customers are advised that collections will be rescheduled for Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 January tradewaste@falkirk.gov.uk can be accessed as normal for any enquiries.
HWRC Bookings
As the sites are closed on Friday 24, all bookings are cancelled, and residents are advised to rebook. HWRC's are scheduled to re-open on Saturday 25 January.
Bulky Uplifts
Collections will take place on either Monday 27 or Tuesday 28 January.
Bin Deliveries
Any bins scheduled for delivery will now take place in week commencing Monday 27 January.
Your burgundy bin is collected every 4 weeks from the kerbside (or the agreed collection point) and should be presented by 6:30am on the morning of your collection day.
You can recycle the following in your burgundy bin:
Right stuff, right bin!
Don't get caught out by wishcycling. Wishcycling is unintentionally putting the wrong thing in the burgundy bin.
What you can recycle in the burgundy bin
Paper (clean and dry)
- Letters and envelopes (including windows)
- Paper food packaging
- Magazines
- directories
- Newspapers
- Yellow Pages
- Brochures
- Catalogues
- Leaflets
- Wrapping paper
- Office and shredded paper
- Junk mail
- Paperback books (can also be reused via charity shops or recycling centres)
Cardboard (flattened)
- Cereal boxes
- Large and small cardboard boxes (large cardboard boxes can also be taken to one of the recycling centres)
- Cardboard packaging
- Greetings cards
- Brown corrugated boxes
- Toilet and kitchen roll tubes
- Egg boxes
Top tips on using your burgundy bin
- Flatten and tear up cardboard boxes to save space.
- Remove plastic wrapping from junk mail or magazines.
- Materials should be loose, not bagged.
In the interest of health and safety, please ensure that your bins are presented at the kerbside for collection without anything attached, including rope or bungee cords, as this can become entangled with our lifting equipment and is a danger to operatives.
Problems occur when recycling bins include items which they are not supposed to, this is called contamination. Putting the wrong items in the wrong bin causes recyclable material to become contaminated, and can lead to it being rejected by our re-processor.
If your burgundy bin contains the wrong material, we will advise you by placing a tag on the bin. The bin will not be uplifted. Any wrong material must be removed and placed in the correct bin/container. The bin can then be presented again on the next scheduled collection day.
Burgundy bin wishcycling
Wishcycling is unintentionally putting the wrong thing in the burgundy bin.
The following items are often wishcycled and should not be put in the burgundy bin:
Soft plastics and film
Why not?
- Not widely recycled and needs specialist recycling
What to do
- Take to a supermarket or other collection point
Cartons
Why not?
- These are made from mixed materials
What to do
Dirty takeaway containers and drinks cups
Why not?
- Food residue make them unrecyclable
- Polystyrene takeaway trays cannot be recycled
What to do
Wallpaper
Padded envelopes (bubble wrap inside)
Why not?
What to do
- Where possible, remove the bubblewrap (put this part in the green bin) and put the paper part in the burgundy bin
Tissue, kitchen towel and napkins
Why not?
- These are often covered in food residue, making them unrecyclable
What to do
Please DO NOT PUT the following materials in your burgundy bin:
If you are not sure if a material can be placed in your burgundy bin, please contact us: