A quick guide!

Recycling

It can get a bit confusing, but as well as your council kerbside collections, you can recycle the following in Kidlington.

Please note, these facilities are constantly changing and we struggle to keep up! Please notify us (kidlingtonecogroup@gmail.com) if you spot any errors or omissions, thank you!

Terracycle bins outside Methodist Church (Oxford Rd, OX5 2BP):

• Pringles tubes;

• All brands of coffee bean and ground coffee pouches & individual coffee bag sachets;

• Electric toothbrush heads and covers, manual toothbrushes, flosser nozzles, floss containers, sticks and interdental brushes.

Terracycle / Zero Waste Box at Kidlington Library (23 Oxford Rd, OX5 2BP)

• Empty blister packs

Terracycle bins inside Methodist Church (Oxford Rd, OX5 2BP)

• Eyewear (spectacles, loose lenses, sunglasses, goggles);
• Pens (all kinds)

Kidlington Baptist Church (High St, OX5 2DS) – box at back of Sanctuary so accessible when the church is open for services:

• Printer cartridges (raises money for Tearfund)

Collection bins in Tesco’s (71 High St, OX5 2DN) and Sainsbury’s (289 Oxford Rd, OX5 2PE):

• All flexible plastic wrappings

Bins inside Sainsbury’s (289 Oxford Rd, OX5 2PE):

• Clothes & accessories for Oxfam, batteries, cosmetics, water filters; Make-up; Razors

Morgan Optometry (106A Oxford Rd, OX5 1BL):

• Spectacles (they collect them for prescription in Africa)

Collection points in Curtis Place car park (Forester’s Way, Kidlington OX5 2PQ) and Exeter Hall car par (Oxford Rd, Kidlington OX5 1AB):

• Clothing, shoes & textiles; glass

The Cherwell Recycling page, with its Waste Wizard, is really useful for finding out how to recycle things in your area.

Information leaflets on waste and recycling services are available at Kidlington Library,  23 Oxford Rd, Kidlington OX5 2BP.

Disposable vapes and small electrical items can go out in plastic bags on top of your bins.

And don’t forget: before you even get to the point of recycling – one of our friends and partners, Waste Innovation Station Headquarters (WISH), is a local project that is devoted to facilitating a local circular economy and helping us to repair, reuse, and repurpose (not to mention other verbs beginning with ‘r’ that I’ve forgotten!) everyday items to save them from landfill. Find out more about their work on their facebook page here.

See our guide on how to reduce, reuse, repair and repurpose locally.