Waste minimisation
Everyone has his or her part to play in conserving our natural environment. All your actions, no matter how big or how small, do make a difference.
Remember: everything that goes into your rubbish bin goes straight to the Energy Recovery Facility to be burnt. Although this generates electricity, burning recyclables is a waste of valuable resources.
Here are our top tips for waste minimisation:
Reduce
Choose to reduce your waste through:
- smarter shopping
- Love Food Hate Waste
- stopping your junk mail
- using cloth nappies
- avoid throw away items – disposable cameras / razors / paper towels
- use a milk delivery service
Reuse
Choose to reuse your waste by:
- hire or share tools with family and friends
- using bags for life
- reusing glass jars and containers
- buy items with a recycled content
Recycle
Choose to recycle these and more:
- green waste - composting
- furniture
- computers
- mobile phones
- why not contact charities and other local organisations
Reducing, reusing and recycling saves energy, helps reduce pollution and conserves natural resources and habitat. As well as being the best option for the environment it also can save you money!
Useful information
Charities and other local organisationsSmarter shopping