Page 36 - Paragon Housing Association - H&S Handbook

Bin Stores and Waste Collection
Rubbish is a health and safety issue. The Association does not provide the bin collection service, and we know that there can be frustrations around the services – particularly if you live in flatted properties. If you have any issues with the waste collection service, then contact your local council in the first instance. The Estates Team will try and help.
Please use the bins provided by the local council for your household refuse. Please don’t burn your refuse if it can go into any of your allocated bins – rubbish fires are unnecessary and potentially dangerous.
If you have bulky items of rubbish which you need to get rid of, contact the local council and ask for a special uplift. Please don’t leave it on the street or in your neighbour’s garden.
We work across three local authority council areas, and waste collection arrangements vary. These are also subject to change – check your council’s website if you are unsure about arrangements.
The council provides you with a number of different bins to help recycle more of the household waste it collects. If you live in a block of flats, that’s a lot of bins, and they need somewhere to go. Your flats may have a designated bin store, so please keep them there.
If there’s no bin store, make sure they are safe and secure. Empty bins are light and can be easily blown around in strong or heavy winds.
You must make sure the right rubbish goes in the correct bin at all times. Also don’t put refuse sacks in your recycling bins.
When your bins have been emptied, please don’t leave them out in the street. As soon as you can, make sure that you put them back, either in your bin store or in the safe place where you put all of your bins.
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