Tips for Reducing your Waste

• compost vegetable and green garden waste. For details of the council’s home compost offer telephone the Refuse Hotline 0845 6066045 (Local Rate Call)
  
  
• re-use your plastic shopping bags
  
  
• dispose of glass at your local recycling centre
  
  
• reduce junk mail by writing to-
  The Mailing Preference Service,
  Freepost 22,
  London,
  W1E 7EZ,
  Telephone 0845 7034599 (local rate) or visit the MPS website at http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/
  
  
• dispose of unwanted clothing and textiles and shoes via charity shops, jumble sales and local clothing banks
  
  
• buy fruit and vegetables loose instead of pre-packaged – this can save money too!
  
  
• buy refillable bottles of household products

If you still find it difficult to manage, remember the following:

• put recyclable materials loose into your blue recycling bin
  
• ensure that all air is removed from bin bags before they are placed in you residual bin
  
• crush plastic bottles and cans by standing on them before placing them in your blue bin
  
• large cardboard boxes can be flattened and left beside your blue bin on collection day.