RECYCLING

While Ards successfully met its first big recycling target - to recycle 25% of household waste by the end of 2005 - with ever tougher targets to meet and rising landfill costs, the introduction and development of recycling schemes and increasing the accessibility of recycling options for local people are becoming increasingly important aspects of the Council's work.

As a result, the Council has introduced Kerbside Recycling Schemes for both dry recyclables (blue bins) and 'green' kitchen and garden waste (brown bins), continues to provide extensive facilities at its Waste Recycling Centres for recycling a range of materials.

And in 2007 Ards has added more than 20 additional recycling banks - or 'bring sites' - for glass.

The additional facilities have been placed at convenient spots in towns and villages, helping to make glass recycling more accessible right across the Borough.

The bottle banks are in:

o Ballygowan - car park at the rear of the Roundabout Bar

o Ballywalter - Harbour car park

o Ballyhalbert - Centra car park, High Street

o Comber - Park Way, beside pavilion

o Donaghadee - car parks at the Rugby Club and Crommelin Park

o Killinchy - beside the community centre

o Kircubbin - community centre and Saltwater Brig car park

o Loughries - Ards Evangelical Church car park (Bowtown Road)

o Newtownards - West Winds Community Centre, Ards Rugby Club Car Park and the Spar, Donaghadee Road

o Portavogie - Anchor car park and car park at the community centre

o Portaferry - car park at Cloughey Road sports fields

o Sandy Cove Caravan Parks

o Whiterock - picnic site car park.

Contact Information: Clive Catterson, Waste Awareness Officer,Tel: 028 9182 4024, E: clive.catterson@ards-council.gov.uk

STEM Project - help available for local businesses to implement environmental management systems
Local businesses can take advantage of free technical advice and guidance through the STEM (Sustainable Together Through Environmental Management) Project, of which Ards is part, to help them improve their environmental performance and to implement an environmental management system.

To find out more, contact the STEM Project on 00 44 28 37 515810 or visit the website www.stemproject.com

Related Pages:

• Alternate Weekly Bin Collections
• A-Z of Recycling
• Assisted Bin Collections
• Bins
• Blue Recycling Bins
• 'Bring' Sites
• Brown Recycling Bins
• Bulky Waste Collection Service
• Commercial Collections
• Holiday Collection Arrangements
• Household Waste Recycling Centres
• Replacement Bins
• STEM Project

Corrections to 2008 Blue and Brown Bin Collection Timetable & Recycling Information

Unfortunately the 2008 recycling timetable was printed while containing a number of errors. This was not discovered until the timetable had been printed and distributed to the residents of the Borough.

Ards Borough Council apologises for this and for any inconvenience caused.

A list of the corrections can be found below, along with a correct copy of the 2008 timetable.