- Waste Minimisation
- Ways to reduce your waste
- Re-use
Waste Minimisation
There are many ways in which we can all help to reduce unnecessary waste and increase our recycling, so why not try the following:
- Buy eggs in recyclable cardboards or plastic cartons, not polystyrene.
- Buy drinks and alcoholic beverages in plastic bottles or glass and Tetra Pak containers to one of our Recycling sites.
- Buy pasta, tea, cereal in cardboard rather than plastic packaging.
- Buy all fruit and vegetables without an extra plastic bag, if paper bags are available use these instead.
- Avoid double-bagging your shopping
- Say NO to plastic bags and use recyclable bags, remember to take them with you when shopping to load straight in to.
- Reuse envelopes & wrapping paper where possible.
- Use rechargeable batteries.
- Avoid junk mail - contact MPS Freepost 22 London W1E 7EZ www.mpsonline.org.uk 0845 703 4599
- Buy goods manufactured from recycled products
Re-use
Another way to help save on resources is to re-use. Reusing items is not a new science. The public re-use items all the time, but are probably not aware that they are doing it and of the environmental benefits that it has. Suggestions for re-use are;
- Passing on clothes to relatives, friends or charity shops.
- Using items for arts and crafts.
- Selling useful items such as working electrical goods rather than disposing of them, for more information go to Useful Links
- Re-use carrier bags when shopping.
- Remodel items such as cutting the bottom off a plastic "pop" bottle and use it as a mini cloche for seeds or a funnel for re-filling bird feeders.
- Use boxes, cartons, bottles and jars for storing household items.
- Use real nappies rather than disposable ones
- Home Compost your kitchen and Garden Waste
Recycling
Of all rubbish produced, a large quantity can be recycled. A simple way to achieve this is through our comprehensive kerbside recycling collection services for dry recyclables and our garden waste service. We also provide a large number of recycling sites across the borough where you can take materials for recycling.