Your household items may only take a few minutes to use but they can take many years to actually decompose and stop taking up space in our landfills. Think about this when you are buying items and remember to recycle those products that can be recycled.
Length of time it takes for items to decompose:
Orange and
banana peel up to 2 years
Cigarette butts 1 - 5 years
Wool socks 1 - 5 years
Plastic coated paper 5 years
Plastic film containers 20 - 30 years
Nylon fabric 30 - 40 years
Fishing nets 30 - 40 years
Leather up to 50 years
Tin cans up to 50 years
Aluminium cans 80 - 100 years
Batteries 100 years
Plastic bags 20 - 1000 years
Glass bottles 1 million years
Plastic bottles indefinitely
Waldo Road Tip has recycling facilities for Green waste, Plastics, Paper, Cans (both tin and aluminium) and Glass so please take the time to sort your waste.
Bromley Council has some details about other places in the borough you can recycle.
Alternatively there are many companies that offer waste recycling services either nationally or in the Borough of Bromley click on the links below in the adverts for companies that can offer waste disposal or waste recycling services. Or if you requre a skip then please try Topskips who recycle 70% of their waste