An advice page for schools on the recycling / waste disposal of cardboard packaging and items.
Thick and thin cardboard can be collected for recycling with Northumberland County Council or a private company.
Please flatten boxes and tear large boxes into smaller more manageable sections to save space in your bin and the collection vehicle. Please remove any plastic packaging or straps from the boxes and place this material into your general waste bin.
Cardboard with food on e.g. pizza boxes should be placed in your general waste bin.
How do we arrange a collection from school?
Please click here to find out more
Waxed milk and juice cartons are not collected at the kerbside by Northumberland County Council. Cartons are more difficult to recycle than many items as they are made of a mixture of materials and there are not currently many markets for these.
Top tip to save money and reduce waste:
How about using a jug and cups for milk time instead of cartons?
This would help to reduce the large volumes of waste currently produced from cartons across the County on every school day.
Various options:
Recycle in school kerbside recycling bin.
Recycle in household recycling bin.
Recycle at Household Waste Recovery Centres.
Recycle or save for a charity/community collection scheme.
Other options: Reduce the number of cards sent by perhaps making a large class card rather than each child sending a card to all other children. In addition to this, some schools also donate money to a charity instead of purchasing cards.
Save to reuse for tags, shopping lists, pictures, decorations etc.
Christmas picture made from old cards
