{"id":301922,"date":"2025-12-06T15:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/301922\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T15:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:18:12","slug":"oxfordshire-warned-over-binning-popular-christmas-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/301922\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxfordshire warned over binning popular Christmas items"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southoxon.gov.uk\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">South Oxfordshire District Council<\/a> is reminding householders that old tinsel scraps and broken baubles can\u2019t be recycled and is urging residents to put them in their general waste bin instead of the recycling.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The local authority is also urging householders to not bin any broken fairy lights or used batteries.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25676137.emergency-closure-primary-school-due-major-issue\/?ref=ed_recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Emergency closure at primary school due to &#8216;major issue&#8217;<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The council said: &#8220;Small electricals, such as broken Christmas lights &#8211; should go in a tied carrier bag next to your black general waste bin\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Used batteries should go in a clear bag on top of your green recycling bin or take them to your supermarket drop off point.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Never put them inside a bin as they are a major fire risk!&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This comes after the council stated that bin crews can only empty household wheelie bins if the lids are fully closed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Crew members check to make sure that the waste is fully contained within each bin.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They need to do this because there is a real risk that an overfilled bin won\u2019t attach properly to the lifting equipment at the rear of the collection vehicle.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Councillor Sam James-Lawrie, cabinet member for environment at South Oxfordshire council, previously said: \u201cThe waste collection industry is one of the highest risk of injury jobs within the UK.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25673967.shock-gang-threatens-good-samaritan-knives-baseball-bats\/?ref=ed_recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shock after gang threatens good Samaritan with knives and baseball bats<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Crew members are wheeling bins full of waste to the collection vehicle around 500 times per day, so it\u2019s important that their well-being is protected.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;That&#8217;s why we\u2019re asking everyone to work with us and check their bin before they roll it out.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;An open lid, even just slightly raised, signals that a bin is too full. So, to ensure the rubbish can be emptied, make sure the lid is shut.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Oxfordshire District Council is reminding householders that old tinsel scraps and broken baubles can\u2019t be recycled and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-301922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}