Environment
Recycling banks
There are recycling banks at various locations throughout the district to help you recycle more items.
We empty all recycling banks, located at various locations across the district, every four weeks. We also carry out regular site checks and we can arrange to empty a bank if it is full.
Mixed Recycling
We provide mixed recycling banks
that accept the same items that can go in your recycling wheeled bin. These include paper, cardboard, tins & cans, juice
cartons, glass (bottles and jars), household plastic packaging and aerosols.
- Interactive map - recycling bank locations
- Location table - see download on the right
If a mixed recycling bank is full please call 03000 610 610 where arrangements can be made for the bank to be emptied. You can report a full recycling bank using the online form below:
or tel. 03000 610610 or email: admin.southoxford@verdant-group.co.uk
Individual recycling banks for other items
Book Banks
Paper and hard-backed books are accepted in the Salvation Army banks. Good quality books are resold, whilst other books are sent abroad to help education programmes. Paper can also be recycled to form writing paper, copier paper, cardboard, tissues . Shredded paper can be used as a substitute for hay as it doesn't produce dust and so is suitable for animals with respiratory problems.
Underground Glass Banks
Glass bottles and jars can go into the underground glass banks. Please remember to be considerate towards residents living near glass banks by not using them late at night. Recycled glass is used to make new bottles and jars, architectural glass block and paving slabs, glass fibre insulation, abrasives used for sandblasting and glass asphalt for road surfacing.
Shoe Banks
Any pairs of footwear including shoes, slippers, wellingtons may be put in these banks. Please ensure that each pair is tied or banded together. Most pairs will go to poorer countries for repair and re-use. The rest will be recycled.
Textile Banks
Clothes, blankets, pairs of shoes, curtains, handbags, may all be put in the textile banks. Anything that cannot be used locally will either be sent to help people in the UK and other countries or made into mattress filling, furniture padding, sound absorbent panels and wiper cloths.
Audio Banks
Any CDs, DVDs, videos, cassettes and records may be put in these banks, along with books. Please only donate usable items. All usable items are given to the charity shops for re-sale or reuse. The audio banks are located in Henley (Tesco), Sonning Common (behind Somerfield), Thame (Waitrose entrance), Wallingford (Goldsmith's Lane car park) and Wheatley (Asda).
Recycling bank locations