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Official Adoptee: Friends of All Saints

MBC's contractors collect unrecyclable rubbish bins weekly and recyclable materials fortnightly. You can put the following in recycling bins: 

 

Newspapers  Magazines                 Leaflet/Flyers             Envelopes     Foil Free Wrapping Paper	Catalogues                Phone Books              Yellow Pages             Office Paper Paper Bags	Greetings Cards         Food Packaging Sleeves Cardboard Packaging Cardboard boxes (Broken Down)
Food Tins  Drink Cans                Kitchen Foil  Foil Trays/Containers  Empty Aerosol Cans
All Clear and Coloured Plastic Bottles and Tops  Yoghurt Pots              Margarine Tubs           Ice Cream Tubs

 

For further details on rubbish disposal or recycling issues, inclduing collection days please visit the MBC web site at http://www.digitalmaidstone.co.uk/environment/refuse_and_recycling.aspx  or ring the MBC hotline on (01622) 602162 during working hours 

 

Private landowners, residents and businesses can now apply to MBC for a graffiti removal service. Enquiries should be made to MBC Cleansing Call Centre on 01622 602162.

 

A message from Maidstone Borough Council's Civic Wardens:
The Council is very concerned about our streets and open spaces. We want to make sure your street is clean and free of dog mess, so as to give you a better quality of life.
We have received a number of requests from local residents asking the 'Hit Squad' to come and clean your street of dog mess. Dog mess is unsightly and a health risk, especially to children. If caught not cleaning up, the dog owner can face a fixed penalty fine on the spot or, if prosecuted, a hefty fine of up to £2,500. It also wastes a great deal of our resources (and your Council Tax) clearing up all this mess.
We would like to work together with you in solving this problem. What we propose to do:
* Ask that dog owners clean up after their dogs. When available there are free plastic bags at the council reception points or just use old plastic bags you have - pop it in a doggie bin or take it home for disposal.
* Ask residents to contact the Hit Squad on 01622 602162 if your street needs cleaning.
* Ask residents to report any dog owner who doesn't clean up after their dog - by phoning the Civic Wardens on 01622 602117. They will step up their patrols, put up signs and visit any owner who is breaching the law.
* If there is a persistent problem we will bring in mobile CCTV cameras to catch the offenders.
It is generally only a few dog owners who flout the law and don't clean up. If you're one of these think again, we intend to use every power open to us to clean up our environment for you, your children and your neighbours.

Maidstone Borough Council Green Garden Sacks (available from Spuds & Buds,the Parish Office and Henhurst Farm Shop) cost £2.50 for a roll of 5. Garden waste will only be collected if it is in the MBC printed green sacks and left beside your wheeled bin.
Please do not overload Green Garden Sacks - spare a thought for the collectors having to pick them up! Please do not put turf, foil, stones, animal waste or bedding, large branches, logs, tree stumps or kitchen scraps in the Green Garden Sacks. If you have a great deal of garden waste to dispose of, it may be more cost-effective for you to hire a blue-lidded wheelie bin from Maidstone Borough Council instead of buying green sacks. Contact MBC on 01622 602162 or send an email via their website at http://www.digitalmaidstone.co.uk.

 

"Keep Britian Tidy" is launching a national month-long fly tipping campaign. Residents are urged to report fly tipping offences, with the aim of catching those responsible, as well as clearing fly tipping as soon as possible after it has been reported. The local rate number until mid-June is: 0845 3000 630 and calls will be reported to Maidstone Borough Council via a call centre.
The usual MBC Cleansing Hotline 01622 602162 will remain in operation for any other reports or queries regarding cleansing and environmental issues. yOU CAN REPORT FLYTIPPING DIRECT ON http://selfserve.maidstone.gov.uk/ServicePage.aspx?servicePath=

 

Visit the MBC website at http://www.digitalmaidstone.co.uk for comprehensive and up to date information.