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Ink Pens
- Reuse - Wherever possible use pens with refillable cartridges.
- Reduce – felt tip pens will last a lot longer if you make sure you put the lid back on after using them.
Incontinence Wear
- Wakefield Council offers a free medical waste collection service for people who have a medical condition where they require the use of incontinence wear. Please contact us on 0845 8 506 506 for further information.
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Junk Mail
- Recycle – put junk mail into your paper-recycling bin or take it to a Household Waste Recycling Centre or Mini Recycling Centre.
- Remember – remove plastic windows and wrappers before recycling your junk mail.
- Reduce – contact the Mail Preference Service to be taken off the database. Write to 70 Margaret Street, London, W1 8SS or phonoe 020 7291 3310. www.mpsonline.org.uk
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Kitchen Food Waste
- Reduce – for ideas on how to reduce your foods waste visit www.lovefoodhatewaste.com
- Reuse– Use a home composter for your raw fruit and vegetable waste.
- Recycle - Meat, Fish and cooked food can be recycled in a ‘food waste digester’ visit www.greencone.com for more details.
- Please do not put kitchen waste in your garden waste bin as we cannot compost food and garden together using our current methods.
- Non compostable food waste should be placed in your household waste bin
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