Veolia Environmental Services operates a trial recycling service to 12,000 properties in the city. The trial continues up to December 2008.

Do I have a textile and can collection?
To find out if this service is in your area please call 0845 355 5515 or email us.

How does it work?
We have provided pink sacks for textiles and clear sacks for cans. The sacks are collected every four weeks by a local community recycling charity.

What can I put in the sacks?

Please wash out all cans before placing them in the sack.

Where should I leave the sacks?
Please make sure the sacks are at the kerbside by 7am on collection day.

When will the sacks be collected?
The majority of households are collected on the same day as the blue bin. (Blue bin round changes do not affect textile and cans collections as they are collected by a separate organisation). Please leave the sacks where the collection teams can see them but be careful not to block the road or pavement.

What happens to your textiles and cans?
Your cans and textiles are collected by Reclaim, a Sheffield-based charity who supports people with learning disabilities, mental health problems and others disadvantaged in the labour market by providing training and employment.

Reclaim distribute the textiles to charities for reuse and recycling. Steel and metal cans are sorted, compacted and recycled for a variety of uses. Aluminum cans are separated and baled and sent to melting plants to be turned into new drink cans.

Need more sacks?
Use any old pink and clear sacks you may have for collections but from then on please use a normal black bag and ensure that these additional sacks are clearly labeled TEXTILES FOR RECYCLING and CANS FOR RECYCLING. There is no limit to the number of sacks you can leave out for collection - in fact the more the better!