AS THE festive season approaches, East Sussex residents are being reminded what items can and cannot be recycled.
With more waste than usual generated over the Christmas period, people are being urged to ensure they put the right thing in the right bin.
RESIDENTS are being reminded to keep their recycling clean, dry and loose to ensure it can be recycled.
Across East Sussex residents recycle 43 per cent of their waste but recently more of the wrong things are being found in the recycling collected from households.
DURING the festive season the council is urging people to ensure they recycle dead batteries responsibly, or switch to rechargeable batteries as a more environmentally friendly alternative.
Over 189 million batteries are used over the Christmas period and the council is reminding people that dead batteries should never be disposed of in waste or recycling bins.
RECENT fires at waste sites and on collections vehicles have prompted fresh calls for people in East Sussex to dispose of batteries correctly.
Although the cause of all the fires has not been confirmed, the council and its waste partners, Veolia and N+P, fear batteries that have been incorrectly disposed of are to blame for many of the incidents.
