How to recycle
Castle Point Borough Council
Households: 36,320
Kerbside collections:
A district wide fortnightly collection of:
Green waste - collected in biodegradable corn starch bags.
Plastic packaging, bottles and tops, yoghurt pots, margarine tubs, food containers and trays, all food and drinks cans, aerosol cans (no foil or foil containers)newspapers, magazines, envelopes, shredded paper, leaflets, catalogues, telephone directories, wrapping paper (not foil) Christmas & birthday cards, toilet & kitchen roll tubes all collected in pink sacks every fortnight.
All glass bottles and jars collected in yellow box fortnightly collected on the same day as your pink sacks.
Clothes, paired shoes, blankets, towels and bed linen collected in a clear recycling sack on the same day as your pink sacks.
Please note this may not apply to all households in this district. Please contact your local council to find out what collections your house receives.
11 recycling bank sites collecting glass, cans and textiles. Use Recycle Now Bank Locator to find your nearest site.
For more information on kerbside collections and recycling banks:
Telephone: 01268 792792
Email: recycling@castlepoint.gov.uk
Website: www.castlepoint.gov.uk/recycling
There are 23 Recycling Centres in Essex, your nearest centres are:
Canvey Road
Canvey Island SS8 0QX
Pitsea Hall Lane
Pitsea SS16 4UH
Castle Road
Rayleigh SS6 7QF
Find out what you can recycle at the Centres and opening times. For more information please call 0845 603 7625.