Major Recycling Expansion Starts

A major expansion of the recycling service from Dover District Council started today (Monday 3 November) - with the expansion of kerbside collections for households across the district to now include cardboard and plastic bottles.

Cllr Nicholas Kenton, Cabinet Member for Environment, Waste and Planning said: "We are delighted to see these exciting new collections starting today. This represents a major expansion in the service from DDC - and makes the service the most comprehensive in East Kent. Residents have been consistently telling us they want to see plastic and cardboard collections, and we are very pleased to introduce this.

"We have been working hard to keep residents informed of these important changes, including changes to collection days, and we hope householders will work with us during this bedding in period, as we continue to work together to recycle more and protect the environment for the future."

Blue bags and full details of the new service have been distributed across the district. The blue bag is now used for the collection of paper, cardboard boxes and packaging, allowing the black box to be used for plastic bottles, cans, glass bottles and jars.

To enable collections to operate as efficiently as possible, there have been some changes to waste collection days for refuse, black box and green waste. DDC asks that all residents read through important information, which has been delivered with the new blue bags, as your collection days may have changed.

This is an expansion of existing collections to households across the district. Household refuse collections remain on a weekly basis and recycling collections remain fortnightly. The green waste scheme for the collection of garden waste is also being extended to include another 13,000 homes across the area.

For more information on the new service, or on your collections days, visit www.dover.gov.uk or call DDC customer services on 01304 872428.