Easter, Royal Wedding & May Bank Holiday refuse collections

The colour coding denotes the kerbside recycling collection week: Week A / Week B

Waste normally collected on: Will be collected on:

Friday 22 April (Bank Hol) Saturday 23 April

Monday 25 April (Bank Hol) Saturday 30 April

Tuesday 26 April Tuesday 26 April
Wednesday 27 April Wednesday 27 April
Thursday 28 April Thursday 28 April
Friday 29 April (Bank Hol) Friday 6 May

Monday 2 May (Bank Hol) Monday 9 May

Tuesday 3 May Tuesday 3 May
Wednesday 4 May Wednesday 4 May
Thursday 5 May Thursday 5 May
Friday 6 May Friday 6 May

Recycling collections — please note

If you are a Friday Week A collection your box will be emptied on:

• Saturday 23 April ( revised from Friday 22nd)

• Friday 6 May

If you are a Friday Week A collection your box will be emptied on:

• Friday 15th April

• Friday 13th May

If you are a Monday Week A collection your box will be emptied on:

• Monday 18th April

• Monday 16th May

If you are a Monday Week B collection your box will be emptied on:

• Saturday 30th April ( revised from Monday 25th )

• Monday 9th May

Late May Bank Holiday arrangements

Waste normally collected on: Will be collected on:

Monday 30 May (Bank Hol) Tuesday 31 May
Tuesday 31 May Wednesday 1 June
Wednesday 1 June Thursday 2 June
Thursday 2 June Friday 3 June
Friday 3 June Saturday 4 June

Update 18 March 2011

Easter and May Bank Holiday refuse collection changes

This year Good Friday and Easter Monday week end is immediately followed by
the Royal wedding Friday and Spring Bank Holiday Monday. If we were to adopt
the usual method of catching up ( as we do over Christmas and New Year ) it
would cause several weeks of disruption.

So , this Easter , in consultation with the Council, a different approach has been
taken to try to minimise both the time taken to catch up and the number of
residents inconvenienced by the Bank Holidays .

The details are on this website , on the Council's website , in One Island
Magazine 18th March Page 5 and will be in the County Press nearer Easter .

Low Energy Light bulbs

We have had a few calls asking where these can be disposed of .

Essentially a low energy bulb is a fluorescent light . There is a facility for

collecting and recycling fluorescent lights at the main Civic Amenity Site -
Lynnbottom (near Robin Hill).

Isle of Wight Compost

Its getting to that time when we are all getting back into the garden or
allotment . Isle of Wight compost is an excellent product for digging in to give
your soil extra nutrients and organic matter.

A 1 cubic metre builders bag is £38 - including delivery - phone 01983 200912 for
details or to order.

Civic Amenity Sites

Please note you cannot take plasterboard or asbestos to these sites please read
the notes below headed :

'Domestic Asbestos and Plasterboard'

Lynbottom Civic Amenity site is currently open 7 days /week 7am - 7pm

During peak times at week ends this site can become very busy and sometimes
you will experience a considerable wait. In order to avoid this you might consider
using the site during the week.

Afton - Saturday and Sunday 9.30 to 4.30 .

Forest Road - Saturday and Sunday 9.30 to 4.30 . Please note that we do not
accept cars with trailers or large vans e.g transits at this site
Domestic Plasterboard

Domestic Plasterboard can be taken to the Forest Road site Monday to Friday
0830- 1130 and 1500-1630. We cannot accept plasterboard that has artex or
tiles attached.

Domestic Asbestos

If you have asbestos to dispose of from your house the first thing you need to do
is to phone the Isle of Wight Council 01983 823777 and obtain a permit . Once
you have done this and followed the instructions given with this permit the
asbestos can be taken to the Forest Road site Monday to Wednesday - the same
times as for plasterboard above .