{"id":167,"date":"2011-07-16T18:48:14","date_gmt":"2011-07-16T18:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/?page_id=167"},"modified":"2026-10-31T10:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T10:24:11","slug":"refuse-and-recycling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/?page_id=167","title":{"rendered":"Refuse and Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Refuse and recycling collection days<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Collections take place dependent upon your location so refer to your leaflet or by contacting Mid Devon District Council, or from their website.<\/p>\n<p>It operates a two weekly cycle and you will be provided with a black box for recycling items, plus a box for cardboard. There is also a food caddy that is collected weekly. For an annual fee (\u00a348) a large brown bin for garden refuse is provided.<\/p>\n<p>Non recyclable items should be placed in sacks or by purchasing a large black bin.<\/p>\n<p>Full details can be obtained by contacting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mid Devon District Council<br \/>\nPhone: 01884 255 255\u00a0\u00a0 Web: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.middevon.gov.uk\/\">www.middevon.gov.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Household bulky items can be collected at a small fee (at Aug 2016 it was \u00a319 for the first and \u00a38 for each after that, or \u00a326 for table\/chairs or 3 piece suite, subject to change).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nearest Recycling Centres<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your nearest recycling centre is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ashley Recycling Centre, about 3 miles out of Tiverton on the Bickleigh Road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is open every day except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.<\/p>\n<p>Times vary between summer (8-6 M to F, 10-6 S\/S) and winter (8-4:30 M to F, 10-4:30 S\/S)<\/p>\n<p>It accepts bulky items and all other recycling items.<\/p>\n<p>There is a charge for soil\/rubble, plasterboard, asbestos and tyres.<\/p>\n<p>It also has discarded items that can be taken for free or a small charge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fly-tipping<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you wish to report fly-tipping please contact Mid Devon district council on the details above.\u00a0 Alternatively, report it to our Parish Clerk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Freecycle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Freecycle is a way of recycling unwanted items for free. If you have anything you wish to have recycled to a good home then call Gill Bowers on 01884 820256 or email sustainablevillages@btinternet.com.<\/p>\n<p>You can visit the site to view items on www.sampfordpeverellanddistrictsustainablevillages.btck.co.uk<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sustainable Villages P<\/strong><strong>roject<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in setting up a project for the Village contact Steve Bullock on 820899 who runs the Sampford Peverell scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Refuse and recycling collection days Collections take place dependent upon your location so refer to your leaflet or by contacting Mid Devon District Council, or from their website. It operates a two weekly cycle and you will be provided with a black box for recycling items, plus a box for cardboard. There is also a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-167","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1342,"href":"https:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/167\/revisions\/1342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}