Recycling

Every household in Thanet generates over one tonne of waste each year, how much of yours is recycled?

Thanet District Council has trebled recycling over the past two years. This huge increase has been achieved by introducing extra collections.  We now offer a door to door collection service in most of the district, collecting paper/card waste, if you are not already part of the wheelie bin scheme.

All collections for recycling or composting is expensive, the more that you take part the less these services will cost - every gram counts, please don't 'waste' your waste, take part if you can and encourage your neighbours to do the same.

See Waste Minimisation for tips on how to trim you bin

• Thanet District Council offers a chargeable garden waste collection and the waste is recycled.

Recycling sites

As a householder you may use the Household Waste and Recycling Centres. The sites situated in Manston Road, Margate and Sandwich Road, near Richborough, are open from

• 8.00 am to 4.30 pm Monday to Saturday
• Wed late opening until 7.00pm until end of September
• 9.00 am to 4.00 pm on Sunday and Bank Holidays
  (Only Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day).
• KCC Recycling Centres (external site).

Or any of the static collection sites around Thanet, generally located in major store and other car parks. These provide facilities for the collection of glass, paper, cans and textiles.

• Find the location of your nearest  recycling site
  

Please use all sites with respect for other users and nearby residents - please follow the bank-it code

Paper / card

Is collected every other week from designated areas, in an average year we collect about 3000 tonnes, all is recycled via paper or board mills in West Kent.

Please place all types of paper or card (newspapers, magazines, letter paper, directories, card and cardboard) into carrier bags for collection, they must be available at the front of the property from 6.00am on the correct day.

We do not want Tetrapacks (juice or milk cartons), glass, cans or plastics

• Find out if your road is included and when we are collecting in your area (search the refuse collection database) paper collection

Green garden waste

Garden waste is a valuable resource to any gardener.  Home composting is the best way to re-use this material and get the goodness back into your garden for free.

• Compost Bins and Water Butts
• Visit KCC's website for Recycling advice and information 
• The "Thanet Rotters" a local volunteer organisation are able to give residents, free, on the spot advice about home composting. Please contact us for your nearest volunteer contact details.
• Thanet District Council offers a chargeable garden waste collection and the waste is recycled.
   

Think Waste!
Reduce, Re-use and Recycle 

Waste & Recycling

E-mail:

amenities@thanet.gov.uk

Tel: 01843 577115

Fax: 01843 290906