Love Norbury – CLEAN UP NORBURY – 11am to 2pm on 11 March 2017

Lighting Up Norbury, organised by  Love Norbury 

Join Love Norbury to CLEAN UP NORBURY! 

 

Did you know that you can no longer dispose of paint at Croydon’s Recycling Centres?

Paint is now classed as hazardous waste and, therefore, Croydon Council are unable to accept it at any of their three reuse and recycling centres.  Paint is a liquid, resulting in spillage if the container is damaged.

If you have any usable surplus paint, please try offering it to friends, local community groups or you can contact Community Re-Paint

Alternatively, for disposal 

Water-based paints
You can dispose of “solid” water-based paint, which will be sent to landfill but it needs to be solid. To make paint solid, you have to remove the lid from the can and leave it off for a number of weeks before replacing the lid before disposing of it. Adding sand or cat litter makes it go hard quicker or you can buy a special hardener.

Recycling Centre staff may want to see that the paint is hard before accepting it for disposal.

Empty paint cans (plastic or metal) or dried water based paint can be disposed of at the Council’s recycling centres.

Oil paints
In the case of oil paint, this is a bit more difficult. Oil based paint is now given a chemicals advisory notice and needs to be collected by the City of London. Further information and details about this service can be found on the City of London website.

The City of London Corporation provides a collection service for boxed chemical and paint only. You are entitled to three collections of 50L of containers per rolling year. Chemicals and paint tins must be put into cardboard boxes for collection.

Recycling your Christmas tree in Croydon isn’t easy, but Croydon Treecycle is doing something about it!

If you want to recycle your Christmas tree, but don’t want a car full of needles

 

 

 

 

 

 

or to haul your tree through the streets on foot,

read on…

Today is the deadline to register for Croydon’s paid-for garden waste collection service. Whatever the rights or wrongs of the council’s proposal, green waste collections don’t run over the Christmas period in any case – just when a large number of Croydon households have one very obvious item of green waste for recycling!

Croydon Treecycle say,

“Around 11,000 Christmas trees are dropped off at the council’s designated tree collection points each year, but this likely represents only 10% of the number of ‘real’ Christmas trees in the borough. The other 90% of trees will go to landfill, with each tree costing the council around £2.50 in fees and landfill taxes!

However, Croydon residents are usually pretty good at recycling: In 2013, 44% of Croydon’s household waste was sent for reuse, recycling and composting – better than the national average, and far better than the London average. That’s 44% of household waste, but only 10% of Christmas trees. This compares very poorly with neighbouring Lambeth, where 85 tons of trees were recycled in 2013! Of course, Lambeth operates a kerbside tree collection service, and this is where Croydon Treecycle believes the difference lies.

Croydon Council provides 18 tree collection points around the borough, but expect you to get your Christmas tree there yourself.

If you own a car, this means stuffing the tree into the boot or back seat, risking scratches to yourself and your car’s paintwork, pine needles everywhere, and potentially releasing mould spores into the car environment. Also, consider the environmental impact of one car journey per tree.

If you don’t own a car – and 33% of Croydon households do not – you can either haul the tree through the streets to your collection point, or try taking your tree with you on public transport. For example, for Fairfield residents, a trip from central Croydon to the Oaks Rd / Coombe Rd collection point would mean enjoying a tram ride with your tree, followed by 20mins of hauling on foot. Good luck with that!

The lack of a kerbside collection acts as a barrier to residents’ usual inclination to recycle, so Croydon Treecycle is offering a low-cost collection service. For just £10, Croydon residents can book to have their tree collected from outside their home. No mess, no fuss.”

Croydon Treecycle is registered with the Environment Agency as a waste carrier and is running services on residents’ usual recycling days. Targeting areas in this way allows Croydon Treecycle to minimise the amount of driving each van has to do and therefore, limit its CO2 emissions. If you’d prefer a collection on an alternative day this could be arranged for an additional fee.

Chipping and mulching a Christmas tree reduces by 80% the carbon footprint of the same tree in landfill.

Trees are taken to wood chipping facilities in the south of the borough where they are turned into compost, which will later promote further organic growth and further carbon capture. Chipping and mulching a Christmas tree reduces by 80% the carbon footprint of the same tree in landfill.

Croydon Treecycle say,

It will take time to change the council’s green waste collection policy, but you can take action today by booking a Christmas tree collection from Croydon Treecycle, at www.croydon-treecycle.co.uk.

Croydon Treecycle website has further info, including useful tips on how to take down your Christmas tree.

Find them on Twitter at @CroydnTreecycle

But,

if you’d prefer to opt for the Council’s free collection service, click here for details of free drop-off points and opening hours of Refuse and Recycling Centres.

Whatever you decide, please do not fly-tip or bin your tree!

Recycle your Christmas Tree in Croydon – 2016 details

Croydon Council is offering the usual arrangements for recycling of Christmas trees again this year.  Christmas trees can be recycled at the council’s Reuse and Recycle Centres or at specific drop off points across the borough.

You have until 9 January 2016 to leave a tree at one of the special drop-off points for collection starting on Sunday January 3.

Croydon Council say, 

“With almost one million Christmas trees thrown away each year in London alone – and fewer than 10% of those being recycled – it is important that we remember to recycle our tree.

If you opt for a real Christmas tree this year, do not forget to take it to one of the council’s designated recycling collection points between Friday 1 and Saturday 9 January.

At other times, Christmas trees can be taken to any of the council’s reuse and recycling centres – but please remember to remove all tinsel and decorations before taking it to be recycled.”

Trees needing to be disposed of after 9 January can be taken to one of the borough’s three reuse and recycling centres.

Christmas tree collection points:

Ashburton	Ashburton Park, access from Tenterden Road
Coulsdon East	Grange Park, Canon’s Hill
Fairfield	Oaks Road/Coombe Road car park
Heathfield	Addington Park car park, Gravel Hill
Kenley	Kenley Residents’ Association, Oaks Road green
New Addington	Central Parade car park
New Addington	Fisher’s Farm reuse and recycling centre, North Downs Road
Norbury	Granville Gardens car park
Purley	Upper Woodcote Village RA,Woodcote Village green
Purley	Purley Oaks reuse and recycling centre, Brighton Road
Sanderstead	Occasionally Yours, Limpsfield Road
Selsdon	Selsdon Recreation Ground, access from Woodlands Gardens
Shirley	Monks Orchard green
Shirley	Shirley Park RA, Green Court Gardens green
South Norwood	Whitehorse Meadow, Parry Road
Upper Norwood	Secret Garden, Westow Street
Waddon	Wyevale Garden Centre, Waddon Way
Waddon	Factory Lane reuse and recycling centre, Factory Lane

This service is for recycling Christmas trees only.  Please remove all decorations before leaving your tree for collection.

Reuse and recycling centres locations and opening times:

Brighton Road, South Croydon, CR8 1DG
Monday to Sunday: 8am – 3.30pm

Factory Lane, West Croydon, CR0 3RL
Monday to Saturday: 7.30am – 4.30pm
Sunday: 8.30am – 4pm

Fishers Farm, North Downs Road, New Addington, CR0 0LB
Monday to Friday: 8am – 4pm
Saturday: 9am – 2pm
Sunday: 9am – 1pm

Alternatively, a local business, Croydon Treecycle, are offering a collection service for £10 from your home on your regular recycling day.  Click here for details.

Whatever you decide, please don’t fly-tip or bin your tree!

Recycle your Christmas Tree

Christmas trees can be recycled at the usual Reuse and Recycle Centres or at specific drop off points across the borough.

You have until 10 January to leave a tree at one of the special drop off points.

Christmas tree collection points
Ashburton	Ashburton Park, access from Tenterden Road
Coulsdon	Lion Green Road car park
Coulsdon East	Grange Park, Canon’s Hill
Fairfield	Oaks Road/Coombe Road car park
Heathfield	Addington Park car park, Gravel Hill
Kenley	Kenley Residents’ Association, Oaks Road green
New Addington	Central Parade car park
New Addington	Fisher’s Farm reuse and recycling centre, North Downs Road
Norbury	Granville Gardens car park
Purley	Upper Woodcote Village RA, Woodcote Village green
Purley	Purley Oaks reuse and recycling centre, Brighton Road
Sanderstead	Occasionally Yours, Limpsfield Road
Selsdon	Selsdon Recreation Ground, access from Woodlands Gardens
Shirley	Monks Orchard green
Shirley	Shirley Park RA, Green Court Gardens green
South Norwood	Sainsbury’s, Whitehorse Lane
Upper Norwood	Secret Garden, Westow Street
Waddon	Wyevale Garden Centre, Waddon Way
Waddon	Factory Lane reuse and recycling centre, Factory Lane
Waddon	Morrisons car park, Purley Way