What can I put in my smart sack?

Glass - bottles and jars of all colours

Plastic – all plastic drinks, milk and detergent bottles

Paper & card - newspapers, junk mail, magazines, cereal cartons (no plastic liners please) and other cardboard packaging

Metal - drinks cans, food tins and empty aerosols

What can’t I put in my smart sack?

No bottle caps or jar lids

NO BROKEN GLASS, pyrex or window glass

No foil

No "tetrapak" (eg. drink cartons)

No paint and chemical containers or batteries

No yoghurt pots or margarine containers

No yellow pages

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Residents in Hammersmith will have a new easy way to do their bit for a better environment as the council begins the roll out of the new "Smart sack" recycling service.

People in street properties are currently receiving a supply of distinctive orange recycling bags in which they can put a wide range of recycling (including, for the first time in the borough, plastic bottles). Collections are set to begin in pilot areas from the 7th April and will spread to cover the whole borough by September. Residents should receive a leaflet and supply of orange "Smart Sacks" through their doors when collections are due to begin on their street.

This new scheme replaces all other recycling collections currently operating in the borough (including the red box). It will not, however, cover apartment blocks or housing estates and the council is opening new estates based recycling services across the borough for residents in flats.

The advantages for residents include:

-No sorting - most forms of recycling can be put in the bag and it will be sorted after collection.

-No trips to the recycling bank - just put out your bag on your recycling day and we will collect.

-No recycling hanging around the house - With weekly collections there will be less need for storing bottles, tins and paper.

All the recycling collected will be sorted and sent on for reprocessing by the Western Riverside Waste Authority (WRWA).

For more details on the recycling scheme call the Smarter Borough Hotline: 020 8753 1100

wastehelp@lbhf.gov.uk

Council's refuse and recycling pages