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Tips For Recycling
Get yourself a compost bin and use for your kitchen waste and garden cuttings. Doing this will reduce the amount of rubbish going into your distbin and will also produce free compost for your garden.
Stop junk mail by registering with the Mail Preference Service by telephoning 0845 703 4599 or writing to the Mail Preference Service, Freepost 29, London 20771, London W1 EZR.
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Local chidren's nurseries and Primary Schools might be interested in taking card, scrap paper, and clean plastic containers for arts and craft sessions.
Each year in North Wiltshire we throw away around 2,000 tonnes of disposable nappies. Why not opt for more environmentally friendly biodegradable nappies or try 'real nappies'. For more information contact the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust on 01380 725670.
A plastic bag takes around 500 years to decompose. Why not re-use plastic carrier bags when you do your food shopping? Some supermarkets will give you money off if you take your own bags. You can also buy fabric shopping bags from most supermarkets that will last for years.
Instead of throwing away old clothes, why not take them to a charity shop and help raise money for your favourite charity? Or you can take clothes to your local recycling centre with a textile bin. Clothes that can be re-used are sent to the Third World and the rest turned into industrial cleaning cloths.
Stop junk mail by registering with the Mail Preference Service by telephoning 0845 703 4599 or writing to the Mail Preference Service, Freepost 29, London 20771, London W1 EZR.
Stop free newspapers being delivered through your door by contacting the company to take your name off of their distribution.
Local chidren's nurseries and Primary Schools might be interested in taking card, scrap paper, and clean plastic containers for arts and craft sessions.
Each year in North Wiltshire we throw away around 2,000 tonnes of disposable nappies. Why not opt for more environmentally friendly biodegradable nappies or try 'real nappies'. For more information contact the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust on 01380 725670.
A plastic bag takes around 500 years to decompose. Why not re-use plastic carrier bags when you do your food shopping? Some supermarkets will give you money off if you take your own bags. You can also buy fabric shopping bags from most supermarkets that will last for years.
Instead of throwing away old clothes, why not take them to a charity shop and help raise money for your favourite charity? Or you can take clothes to your local recycling centre with a textile bin. Clothes that can be re-used are sent to the Third World and the rest turned into industrial cleaning cloths.
Why Not?
Try to reduce the amount of packaging that ends up in your bin by buying your fruit and vegetables loose.
Have your milk delivered - a milk bottle is used around 20 times before it is sent for recycling - or try to buy milk in recyclable cartons rather plastic bottles.
Squash your cans so they take up less room until you can take them to the recycling centre.
Squash plastic bottles and put lids back on. This will keep them flat so they take up less room.
Have your milk delivered - a milk bottle is used around 20 times before it is sent for recycling - or try to buy milk in recyclable cartons rather plastic bottles.
Squash your cans so they take up less room until you can take them to the recycling centre.
Squash plastic bottles and put lids back on. This will keep them flat so they take up less room.
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