The amount of household waste collected in St Albans averages 600-700 tonnes per week but rises to 900 tonnes around Christmas and New Year, which is a large amount for the council to deal with. To meet government targets for reducing landfill waste and increasing recycling, the council has started encouraging residents to categorize their waste using a new twin bin service with one bin for landfill waste and another for green waste and recycling collected in boxes.

1. The amount of household waste collected in St
Albans averages 600 to 700 tonnes per
week, at Christmas and New Year this rises to
From September 2008,
900 tonnes. This is a very large amount for the
the district council
council to deal with so they are now
changed from a refuse
encouraging residents to categorise their
sack collection to a twin
waste and to encourage recycling. This is to try
bin service. The twin
and meet targets set by the government about
bin service consists of
how much rubbish can be dumped in landfill
one wheelie bin for
and how much waste should be recycled.
landfill waste, one
wheelie bin for green
waste and recycling
boxes.

2. Green waste is collected in the wheelie bin plus Landfill waste including plastic
plastic and glass is collected in one recycling box packaging and other non
and newspaper and magazines are collected in recyclable waste is collected in
another. the second wheelie bin.