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Bergvliet High School has a dedicated recycling depot on campus, located at the end of the parking lot in front of the school. The depot is run entirely by volunteers, including parents, pupils and community members.
Opening hours:
- Weekdays from 9am to 3pm
- Saturdays 9am to 1pm
- Holidays from 9am to 2pm
- NOT OPEN OVER LONG WEEKENDS
The depot takes the following items:
Plastic:
- 1 and 2 litre milk bottles — clean, lops discarded and flattened please
- 2 litre Coke bottles, labels removed, lids discarded and flattened please.
- Oil, spring water, Energade, Sunlight dishwashing liquid bottles etc - all with a "dimple" underneath.
- Only no, 2 plastic eg shampoo, fabric softener etc(the 2 must be enclosed in a recycling triangle)
- All soft plastic bags - clean please
No cellophane please.
Paper
High grade paper includes:
- All white office paper
- While invoices
- White envelopes including window envelopes
- School books - covers removed please (this is a big help).
- Telephone and other accounts
- Shredded white paper
Common mix includes:
- Brightly coloured paper
- Soft cardboard eg cereal boxes, egg boxes
- Gift wrapping
- Fax paper
- Brown envelopes
Other paper products:
Newspaper and telephone directories (please remove glossy ads, these go into a seperate igloo)
Magazines, glossy fliers and adverts all have their own igloo.
Glass:
- All glass jars with lids - clean please
- All other glass eg wine bottles, beer bottles, chutney bottles.
- No broken china or window panes!
Tins:
All dean food tins, cooldrink and beef cans
We are unable to recycle:
- Corrugated cardboard boxes
- Polystyrene
- Waxed boxes eg liquifruit, long life milk and freezer food boxes
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February 2010
