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Abandoned cars

Abandoned vehicles are becoming an increasing problem in this area, as well as in the rest of the UK.

Abandoned vehicles are dangerous and anti social.

If you know who an abandoned vehicle belongs to, contact the StreetsceneDivision and inform them, as this may help to speed up the removal of any abandoned vehicle.

To report an abandoned vehice you can:

• Telephone 01782 742500
• Report online

If you have a car to dispose of, it is your responsibility to find a suitable disposal method.

Try looking in the Yellow Pages under Car Dismantlers.

Useful external website links:
www.yell.com

Advice about Recycling

Please contact our Customer Services who will provide advice about recycling waste from domestic and commercial premises on 01782 742592 or customerservices@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk 

Find our more about the recycling facilities at your local Civic Amenity Site at Leycett by contacting Staffordshire County Council on 01785 277452 or use the Recycle for Staffordshire website.

Find your nearest recycling bank: http://www.recycleforstaffordshire.org/ 

Useful external website links:
www.doingyourbit.org.uk

Aerosols

These can be recycled in can banks, or through the ‘blue box’ kerbside recycling collections.  Please discard the plastic lids.  Do not try to pierce or squash aerosol containers. Please ensure the aerosol cans are empty before you recycle them.

Aluminium Foil

This can be recycled in the yellow or yellow and black can banks throughout the Borough or put in your blue recycling box for collection on your kerbside recycling collection day.

Appliances

Reuse is a key method of reducing your rubbish. If your item still works safely, you could donate it to the Furniture Mine. Donate it!

Contact Furniture Mine:

Email: admin@furniture.org.uk Telephone: 01782 846111

Collections are free!

Old household fridges, freezers and appliances such as washing machines can be taken to Leycett Civic Amenity Site for safe disposal FREE of charge.  If you are unsure about where to put it please ask one of the site staff.

A specialist recycling contractor removes the fridges and freezers that the Council collects.

Your local council can collect bulky household items from your home for disposal, however there is a subsidised charge for this service.

Contact Newcastle Borough Council to find out the details of what services they offer by:

• Telephone 01782 717717 or
• Email webmaster@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk

Asbestos

Asbestos is a hazardous substance with potentially dangerous health implications.  It must be correctly disposed of by a suitably licensed contractor at a suitably licensed site.

If you have a large quantity of asbestos which needs to be disposed of please contact the Environment Agency (Helpline 08708 506506) or by contacting Staffordshire County Council for further information on 01785 277686 or http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/environment/rubbishwasteandrecycling/householdwaste/asbestos/ 

Look in the Yellow Pages for a suitable licensed contractor.
Useful external website links:
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
www.yell.com