General Recycling Information

Garden Waste Kerbside Collections

This kerbside collection service offers a convenient alternative to trips to the tip

For an annual fee we offer collection of garden waste using reusable sacks, but from June 2010 we will be introducing wheelie bins as an alternative, the wheelie bins will come as either a 140 or 240 litre bin. For more information see our Garden Waste Collection web page.

What happens to our recyclable materials?

As you may know your recycling is currently taken to Alton MRF to be sorted and recycled, but have ever wondered what happens to the materials you recycle?.  

Veolia Environmental Services have produced educational videos and a virtual tour of one of the many MRF's in England which will help explain in detail, how these materials are dealt with.

Click here to see how a MRF works.

Acceptance of Aerosols in Kerbside Recycling Collections

Veolia Environmental Services Hampshire has recently confirmed that, following changes in the markets which process Hampshire’s aluminium, empty aerosols can now be sorted for recycling along with food tins and drink cans.

Most empty aerosol cans such as
deodorants, hair sprays air fresheners
and furniture polish can be accepted in kerbside recycling collections as well as in can banks.

Aerosols for products such as insecticides, oven cleaners, paints and automotive sprays – often marked with a skull and cross bones or a black cross on an orange background – are not accepted in your kerbside recycling collection and should be placed in normal household waste bins for disposal.

Aerosols for recycling must be empty with the loose plastic lid removed and should not be pierced or squashed.

Battery Recycling Points have been set up in Hart

Recycling collection boxes have been set up in the Civic Offices and each of the Leisure Centres in Hart, you can dispose of your portable dry cell batteries at any of these locations, for more information see our A - Z on recycling

The Council is a partner in Project Integra; the first integrated waste management strategy, in England. In short, this is a project which has all the district and unitary councils in Hampshire, including the County Council and its waste management contractor, working together to tackle waste generated in Hampshire.

Project Integra was awarded Beacon Council status by the Government in 2000 in recognition of the pioneering work of all its partners in waste management.