Green and Pink Bag Scheme

Pink and Green bags are collected on alternate weeks and replacement sacks should be provided like-for-like by the collection crews.  To assist our residents a calendar is given to every household indicating which are "pink" and which are "green" weeks. 

What we want

• Paper (please place shredded paper in a carrier bag first)
• Newspapers 
• Telephone Directories
• Magazines (Including Catalogues)
• Paperback books
• Envelopes
• Card (any card that is foldable)
• Clean clothes and textiles
• Plastic carrier bags (These are put in the green bags to prevent them becoming contaminated with food remains from tins etc in the pink bags)
• Polythene wrappers (from around magazines) that DO NOT have ink on them

What we don't want

• Polythene wrappers  (from around magazines) that DO have ink on them
• Wax drinks cartons (click on the following link to find out where to recycle these). Recycling Sites 
• Clothes that have dried paint or oil on them

Pink Bag Collections

It is preferable that both plastic bottles and cans are rinsed, to assist in the sorting process and to provide quality materials for recycling. 

What we want

• Plastic Bottles (lids can be left on)
• Food & Drink Cans
• Aluminium Foil
• Aerosols

Click on the following link to find out more about recycling plastics. The Problem with Plastic

What we don't want

• Flower Pots
• Margarine & Ice-cream tubs
• Yoghurt Pots
• Butane Gas or lighter fuel cannisters 

Click on the following link to find out more about recycling plastics. The Problem with Plastic

 

What happens next?

The recyclable materials are off loaded and sorted at a Materials Reclamation Facility (commonly known as "the MRF") providing regular employment for nine people in Chester. 

See what happens to the contents of the pink and green bags during the Recycling Process

Successful recycling is dependent on a high level of public participation and we thank all of our residents who are taking part in 3CHEERS and ask those who are not to join us.  This will enable Chester in a small but significant way, to help conserve our Earth's resources for our children and their children.

Section 49 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 requires local authorities to produce "Recycling Plans".  Councils must indicate how they will achieve Government set targets each year. The target for Chester in 2006 was 30%. Chester City Council is now achieving a 31%  recycling rate.

The Government recycling target for 2010 is 40%.