Winter 2017 Holiday Collections There will be NO box collections on Monday 25th December , Tuesday 26th December or Monday 1st January . Alternative collections will take place for residents with a Monday collection on Saturday 23rd December and Saturday 30th December. Residents with a Tuesday collection should save up their extra material for their next collection. Overflow bags can be used if either box is full. Only put one type of material in each bag. Never put glass in overflow bags. If you need a black or red box please contact us at: 028 9084 8494 [email protected] Black Box Red Box Paper Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays Food and drinks cans Aerosols Cartons Foil Cardboard Glass bottles and jars Textiles Batteries Hand tools Items to recycle in your boxes NOTE: Sorry but we can’t recycle wrapping paper or cards that contain glitter or non- paper parts for recycling. Christmas Recycling Extra 750 million glass bottles and jars used Over the festive period we will consume 45 million bottles of sparkling wine and 6.5 million jars of cranberry sauce. All these items and more can be recycled through our kerbside box service. Make it your New Year’s resolution in 2018 to recycle more. We throw out enough tin foil to cover over 25% of Northern Ireland. 1500 square miles of tin foil used We generate enough cardboard to cover the Giant’s Causeway 1800 times. Extra 300,000 tonnes of cardboard produced 150 million cards are delivered every day over the Christmas period – up to a billion of them will end up in landfill. 1 billion cards thrown away 33 million batteries sold in December We buy 33 million batteries in December to power new toys and devices, this accounts for 40% of all batteries sold annually. 25% more waste is produced during holiday season