Recycling Tips
| The 3 R's | What
can be Recycled? |
The 3 R's - Reduce, Reuse &
Recycle
1) Reduce
- When shopping, buy concentrated products or refill packs.
- Buy fruit and veg loose rather than pre-packed.
- Buy products made from recycled materials.
- Consider buying items with less packaging, i.e. bacon from the
Deli Counter or the butcher.
- Choose products in packaging that you know can be
recycled.
- Cut down on unwanted mail and faxes by contacting the Mail
Preference and Fax Preference Service - Tel: 0845 703 4599
- Reduce paper by using e-mail, and photocopying documents double
sided.
2) Reuse
- Reuse carrier bags when shopping.
- Furniture that is no longer wanted can be used by other
organisations and local charities.
- Try to repair items when they are broken, rather than throwing
them away.
- Give old clothes, shoes and toys to charity shops.
- Take old magazines to your Doctors or Dentist surgery.
- Buy a compost bin and start reusing your kitchen and garden
waste.
- Disposable items verses Alternative (see table below.
|
Disposable Item
|
Alternative
|
| Paper Towels |
Washable tea towels |
| Tissues |
Handkerchiefs |
| Aluminium trays |
Baking tins |
| Plastic cling film |
Reusable containers with lids |
| Paper dust cloths |
Washable dusters |
| Razors |
Replaceable blade razors |
| Pens |
Refill only or a fountain pen |
| Paper napkins |
Washable cloth napkin |
| Batteries |
Rechargeable batteries |
| Paper kitchen
towels |
Washable dishcloths |
| Styrofoam cups |
Washable cups |
| Paper plates |
Washable plates |
| Plastic cutlery |
Washable cutlery |
| Plastic bin liners |
Line kitchen bins with newspaper or old shopping bags |
3) Recycle
- Recycling saves valuable raw materials.
- Recycling cuts down on waste disposal costs.
- Recycling cuts down on collection costs.
What can be Recycled?
Paper
By using our paper collection
service
follow this link.>> for more
information.
By using our garden waste collection
service
follow
this link.>> for more information.
Textiles
Our textile banks accept all clothing, but did you know you can
also recycle towels, sheets, blankets and curtains. We do not
accept soiled rags, carpets/rugs, glass/metals, paper or
rubbish.
Glass
Throughout the borough we have bottle banks for both colour
separated and mixed glass. All of these banks can accept glass
bottles and jars e.g. wine and spirit bottles, jam jars, beer
bottles, soft drink and fruit juice bottles and sauce bottles. Blue
glass can be put in the green glass banks.
The following items are not accepted
and will contaminate the glass. No - Plates/cups, 'Vision' or
'Pyrex' cookware, ceramics or porcelain, mirrors, windows,
windscreens or metals, painted bottles or light bulbs.
Cans
All can banks throughout the borough accept both aluminium and
steel cans. E.g. all soft drinks and beer cans, steel food cans
i.e. baked beans. Did you know you can also recycle all aerosols in
these banks? The labels do not have to be removed. Cans are also
accepted in the kerbside collections of the silver-grey recycling
bins.
Plastic Bottles
At the moment it is only possible to recycle plastic bottles, we do
not recycle the lids so please remove them, plastic bottles can
also be recycled in the kerbside collections. We cannot recycle any
other type of plastics. Remember plastics are very light but
take up a lot of space so please squash all bottles before placing
them in the banks.
Shoes
Recycle your shoes by donating them to those less fortunate. Tie
them together as they tend to go astray!
Books/CDs
Do you have any books or CDs that are in good condition but no
longer want, why not donate them to Oxfam through our banks.
Kitchen Waste
Electrical and
Electronic equipment
All household and electrical equipment can be taken to Pyms Lane
civic amenity site for recycling. Removal of old refrigerators and
the extraction of their CFCs can be arranged by contacting
Streetwise on 01270
537842
Batteries
Wherever possible it is better on the environment to use
rechargeable batteries although look out for the new versions
containing no mercury or cadmium.
Pyms Lane civic amenity site has recently provided facilities for
recycling all batteries, as well as lead acid car batteries.
Furniture
A network of furniture recycling projects exist across the UK,
consisting of small scale projects which take unwanted household
furniture and items, and pass it onto community groups, low-income
families and other groups in need.
One such local group is Crewe Christian Concern - 01270
586186
Paint
If you have any tins containing a reasonable amount of paint it may
be worth checking with the local Community Re>paint scheme:
www.communityrepaint.org.uk
For more information on additional
ways to recycle, visit our
Recycling Banks Information.