BLACK BOX

The MCR Black Box scheme currently collects on a weekly basis from most of the South of the county (as far as Usk), and parts of the North.  The towns of Abergavenny, Caldicot, Chepstow and Monmouth are covered, and many villages and rural areas (see full list below).  Every household is given a black box, which is emptied on a set day by our collection crews.  The material is sorted as it is collected into compartments on the trucks, to ensure that what we take is what we can recycle. It then goes back to our yard in Caldicot and is ‘bulked up’, before being sent off to reprocessors.  The materials we can take are:

Paper - newspapers, magazines, catalogues, phone directories, yellow pages, junk mail, 'office' paper.  Staples, paper clips and glued spines are OK, but please don't put wet, dirty paper, wrapping paper, card or cardboard in your box.  Most of our paper goes straight to a mill, where it is made back into newspapers and magazines.  Some is sent to a local factory which makes wall insulation, road surfacing and fake snow for film sets!

Glass - bottles and jars, any colour.  Please leave them as clean you can and no broken glass.   All the sorting is done by hand, so our collection crew have to be careful what they pick up.  The glass we collect is currently exported for manufacture of bottles.

Cans - food and drinks cans.  Please rinse out food cans.  We sort all cans using a magnetic conveyor, and send aluminium and steel off separately for melting down.  The aluminium cans are then recycled back into cans and the steel either into cans or a variety of new uses, such as cars or aeroplanes.

Textiles - reusable clothing, shoes and textiles.  Please leave in a separate bag, clean and dry.  These are sent to a UK sorting depot, where they are graded, sent to a network of small traders in developing countries, and sold at affordable prices.

Foil - pie cases, cooking foil, milk bottle tops etc.  Please rinse off any food remnants.  We can not take crisp packets, pet food pouches or any other mixed foil packaging.  This is because it includes plastic - you can tell it's not just foil if it springs back when it is scrunched up.  Foil is a grade of aluminium which is used in window frames, door handles and car engine components.

- ST ARVANS, PORTSKEWETT AND SUDBROOK ONLY -
Plastic Bottles – any type of plastic bottle. Please keep clean, take tops off and give them a squeeze (to reduce volume). These are sorted, baled and bulked locally, then sent to reprocessors for manufacture into a variety of new products.

MCR kerbside collection in Monmouth

We need boxes to be left where they can be easily seen and are accessible from the road.  If you have difficulty carrying your box, we can give you an assisted collection and/or a smaller container which is easier to handle.  We collect on the same day every week, except after bank holidays, and start picking up at 8.30am. 

Bank Holiday Weeks we usually collect one day later than normal.

The areas we cover at the moment are:

A	Abergavenny
B	Barecroft, Botany Bay, Broadstone, The Bryn, Buckholt
C	Caerwent, Caldicot, Catbrook, Chepstow, Crick, Common y Coed, Carrow Hill, Coed y Paen
D	Devauden, Dingestow
E	Earlswood
F	Five Lanes
G	Goetre
H	Highmoor Hill
I	Itton
K	Kilgwrrwg, Knollbury
L	Leechpool, Llanbadoc, Llandegveth, Llandevenny, Llangybi, Llanvair Discoed, Llanishen, Llantrissent, Llanllowell, Llandogo, Llanellen, Llanfoist, Llanhennock, Llanover
M	Magor, Mathern, Mitchel Troy, Monmouth, Mounton, Mynyddbach
N	Nantyderry, Newchurch
P	Penperlleni, Portskewett, Pwllmeyric, Penallt, Parkhouse
R	Raglan, Rogiet, Rockfield
S	St Arvans, Sudbrook, Summerleaze, St Brides, Shirenewton
T	Tintern, Trellech, Trelleck Grange, Tredunnock
U	Undy
W	Whitewall, Whitebrook

WORKPLACE WASTE

Schools, pubs, hotels, offices, shops and other workplaces may be able to use MCR’s services.   There are wheelybins available for larger pick-ups.  Our Workplace Waste Recycling Scheme is tailored to suit the customer, and will reduce the amount of rubbish going out, and hopefully the amount spent on it.  Each pick-up is slightly different, and can be free or a small charge.  We already collect from around 100 local workplaces and can recycle:

Paper

Cardboard

Glass

Cans

Polythene

Coffee cups

Other materials by arrangement

If we don’t deal with it ourselves, we probably know someone who can!