Recycling Banks

For information and advice about recycling at Christmas time please view the attached leaflet.

Recycling facilities throughout the Borough currently involve over 35 locations. Recycling banks are provided for the collection of:

• Glass bottles and jars e.g. wine, pasta sauce, jam (please give these a quick rise first, and please don't include any other types of glass e.g. drinking glasses / pyrex. Please place lids in your domestic rubbish bin);

• Paper - including shredded paper, newspapers and magazines
   

• Clothing and textiles - these recycling banks are managed by charities;

  • Air Ambulance (for more information on this charity click here);

  • British Heart Foundation (for more information on this charity click here);

  • Oxfam (for more information on this charity click here);

  • Salvation Army (for more information on this charity click here);

• Shoes - Managed by the charities above plus the European Shoe Recycling Company (for more information on this charity please click here);

• Food and drinks cans (please give these a quick rinse first);

• Books and music (including CDs, DVDs, videos, tapes, vinyl records - pre-recorded, purchased items only please - no blank tapes / videos). 

Click here for details of recycling bank locations in Gosport (using our online mapping facility).

Alternatively, visit www.recyclenow.com to use the online search facility.

There is now also a set of on-street recycling bins on Marine Parade in Lee-on-the-Solent for the recycling of plastic bottles, cans and cardboard!