Newtown residents and traders are being reminded that recycling and refuse collections will take place as normal over the Easter period, including Good Friday (25 March) and Easter Monday (28 March).
Powys County Council has reviewed working arrangements so that recycling and refuse collections will take place on bank holidays to minimise disruption to residents and traders.
The only exception will be over the Christmas and New Year period when residents and traders will be notified of the alternative arrangements, according to the county council.
Councillor John Powell, Cabinet Member for Environment and Sustainability, said: “Recycling the extra packaging produced at Easter is important and will help towards achieving the strict recycling targets set by Welsh Government. Cardboard packaging, envelopes and cards can be recycled in your blue paper and card box and hard plastic items and silver foil packaging usually found around Easter eggs can be recycled in your red plastic and cans box.
“Unfortunately we cannot accept plastic film (items such as carrier bags, bubble wrap, food bags, cling film) as it is very difficult to separate from the other material and very costly to recycle so please put this material in with your general refuse. Plastic film items put out for recycling will be left in the box with a card explaining why.”
Not sure when your next refuse collection will be? Try the new refuse and recycling collection search facility on the website which enables residents to enter their postcode, select their address and then be provided with a list of future refuse and recycling collection dates.
This new search facility can be found on the ‘Bin Collection’ page on the council’s website http://www.powys.gov.uk/recycle. If you do not have access to the internet, contact Customer Services on 0845 602 7035 who will do the search and provide this information for you.
For further information on items that can and can’t be recycled at the kerbside, visit www.powys.gov.uk/recycle, our Facebook page: RecycleforPowys or call 0845 602 7035.
