During the Covid-19 pandemic we have been able to continue to carry out work on the estate with tree trimming, grass cutting and the painting schedule was completed. Committee meetings have had to take place via Zoom. We have also completed the new Bin Store 4 area on the private road and tree trimming is due to take place shortly along the full length of the private road.
Recycling and Bin Waste
We have seen an increase in the misuse of the bin stores and contamination of the recycling bins. The bin stores are for household waste and recycling only. Please never leave any items of waste on the ground or next to the bins as the Council Collection will NOT collect this. You MUST take larger items to the local recycling centre.
Important Rules when using the Bins
The PAPER recycling bins should only contain paper and magazines, NOT cardboard or plastic bags!
The MIXED recycling bins should only contain recyclable waste which is specified on the notice displayed on the front of the bin. You should NOT put polystyrene, plastic bags, plastic film wrap, crisp packets etc into the mixed recycling bins as this contaminates it. Please compact cardboard boxes. Please leave the bin area in a clean and tidy condition.
We are aware of the main offenders of this as they are leaving address labels on the items they leave in the incorrect bins. Unfortunately if this continues we will be forced to pass these details on to East Herts Council as they have previously complained to us about the regular contamination issues they encounter.Rotary Washing Line Users – Please remember to collapse your rotary lines and put a cover on it when not in use to help keep the estate looking tidy.
What you can put in the blue mixed recycling bins:
- Aerosol cans
- Aluminium foil
- Biscuit tins
- Butter tubs
- Cardboard (no sticky tape or labels)
- Cartons
- Cereal boxes
- Drink cans
- Egg cartons – cardboard
- Egg cartons – plastic
- Foil
- Food tins
- Fruit punnets
- Glass – bottles and jars
- Ice-cream containers
- Jars
- Kitchen roll tubes
- Margarine tubs
- Microwave meal trays
- Milk bottles – plastic
- Plastic bottles – put the lids in separately
- Plastic plant/flower pots
- Plastic sweet containers/tubs
- Plastic food trays
- Tetra Packs
- Tin Foil
- Toilet roll tubes
- Toothpaste tubes
- Washing powder boxes
- Yoghurt pots
What you can put in your paper recycling:
Please only put the following items in the blue paper recycling bins:
- Brochures
- Catalogues
- Directories
- Envelopes – white only (please remove plastic windows)
- Junk mail
- Magazines/ Newspapers
- Shredded paper
- Yellow Pages
What you should NOT put in any of the blue bins:
- Caddy liners without the seedling logo
- Cardboard with sticky tape/labels
- Carpet
- Cat Litter
- Household waste
- Plant post and planters
- Polystyrene
- Soft Plastics such as carrier bags
- Soil
- Turf
*Please note that you shouldn’t put soft plastic in your blue lidded bin, this should be placed in your black bin.*
Some examples of soft plastic include:
- all plastic carrier bags from supermarkets and shops
- black bags and plastic liners
- food bags e.g. cereal packets, vegetable/fruit/bread bags etc
- film plastic packaging on food punnets and meat trays
- cling film/shrink wrap
- film wrap on magazines, postal packaging etc
Contact Us
If you would like to contact us about any issues mentioned above or for any other reason, please email us using: help@leatclose.org.uk and to prevent emails from me being accidentally filtered into your Junk Mail folder please add this email to your Safe Senders list.