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, visit the Mailing Preference Service website.
• 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.