Packaging
Paint
- Recycle and Reuse – please take to your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre.
Paper
- Wherever possible buy recycled paper to help protect the environment.
- Recycle – clean paper in your recycling bin or take to any Household Waste Recycling Centre or Mini Recycling Centre.
Pesticides
- Some chemicals contained in pesticides are now banned substances and can be harmful to health.
- Take them to a Household Waste Recycling Centre or call 0845 8 506 506 for more information on how to dispose of them safely
Plastic
- Reduce – where possible try not to buy items that have lots of plastic packaging.
- Reuse – use old plastic containers such as fast food trays and ice cream tubs as storage containers.
- Recycle – Not all plastics can be recycled. Check underneath the container and if it has a recycling triangle with a number 1, 2 or 3 these can be put into the recycling box or taken to a Household Waste Recycling Centre or Mini Recycling Centre.
Polystyrene
- Request that the delivery driver return any polystyrene packaging from electrical appliances to the company for reuse or recycling.
- Reuse – save for the future for use in storage or when moving house.
- Alternatively place into your household waste bin.
Postcards
- Reuse – postcards can be made into gift tags or donated to local schools or nurseries for craft activities
- Recycle – place postcards into your paper-recycling bin or take to any Household Waste Recycling Centre or Mini Recycling Centre.
Printer Cartridges
- Reuse – have used printer cartridges refilled.
- Reduce - consider buying cartridges refilled cartridges rather than buying new ones.
- Recycle - Some charities collect old printer cartridges.
Prosthetics (false limbs)
- Reuse – some charities collect old prosthetic limbs and send abroad to third world countries. Alternatively, you can contact the manufacturer or a local hospital.
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