Pink recycling sack

Updated 31/10/2024: The annual delivery of 2 rolls of pink sacks has been completed. You can report missed delivery to recycling@castlepoint.gov.uk. The cut-off date to report is 30/11/2024. They are also available to collect free from local libraries and leisure centres.

Thank you for recycling. 

Pink recycling sack

Pink sacks are collected every other week - see your collections calendar for your collection day.

You can collect pink sacks from our Leisure centres or from Benfleet, Hadleigh, Tarpots and Canvey Island libraries. We also deliver free rolls of pink sacks to residents once a year.

 

Accepted items

Please rinse items involving food waste.

Plastic

• bottles
• trays (not polystyrene)
• pots and cases
• all aerosol spray cans (empty only)

Food and drinks cans

• all drink cans
• all food cans
• biscuit tins
• foil and foil containers

Paper

• office and home use
• books and newspapers
• wrapping paper (not foil or ribbons)

Cardboard

• all boxes
• toilet & kitchen roll tubes
• Christmas and birthday cards (unless covered in glitter)
• cardboard egg boxes
• cigarette boxes
• beverage cartons & cartons

If the item you want to dispose of is not on this list, or you want to check how it can be recycled, search for it on the Love Essex website

 

Presentation

Please present pink sacks at the boundary of your property by 7am on your collection day. See more information on our waste presentation rules

Flats are usually provided with communal recycling bins for pink sacks marked for recycling with pink lids. Please ensure you are disposing of pink sacks only. One black bag in the recycling bin can ruin the recycling effort of all the residents who are recycling correctly and regularly contaminated bins may be removed. If you have a contamination issue at your flat please contact us at recycling@castlepoint.gov.uk . We will run an intervention program to communicate with residents to stop the contamination. If we decide to remove the recycling bins residents living in flats can contact us to participate in kerbside recycling so your recycling effort is not wasted.  Please report any fly-tipping at Fly-tipping | CastlePoint

See more in our Pink Sack Recycling Guide.pdf