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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 18 July 2007 |
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Taking action on waste is essential, since we are consuming natural resources at an unsustainable rate and contributing unnecessarily to climate change by not recycling all that we can.
See what your local council offers by going to www.recyclenow.com or go to the Birmingham Council website www.birmingham.gov.uk/recycling.bcc And there are some simple steps that you can take to tackle these problems: - Reduce: Log on to www.freecycle.org if you have any unwanted but useable goods. Someone out there might want it even if you don’t! You might also see useful things on there that you’d like, so you might save money. Alternatively charity shops always need good quality unwanted goods.
- Recycle: Take advantage of the existing Council recycling kerbside scheme if it visits your house. You can recycle garden waste, paper, glass, plastics and aluminium cans. If this service doesn’t visit your street, contact the council (T: 0121 303 1112) and demand to know when you will be getting a scheme in your area. Copy in your MP or councillor so they can get on the case too.
- Recycle: Use the bring sites and household recycling centres to ensure nothing that could be recycled ends up in your dustbin
- Reduce: Buy recycled products. All recycled products need a strong customer base to ensure that they continue to be produced.
- Reuse: Where possible buy quality products that will last a long time and avoid unnecessary disposable goods.
- Reduce: Carry a turtle bag (www.turtlebags.co.uk) or bag for life so you can just say no to the usual bundle of supermarket plastic carrier bags.
- Reduce: If you buy a supermarket product that you think is over-packaged, tell them so! About 16% of the purchase price of goods goes towards (often unnecessary) packaging. If we don’t complain they’ll never change.
- Reuse: try composting your kitchen and garden waste by getting a compost bin. More daring souls could try a wormery which is an outdoor container with special worms which chomp through raw vegetable kitchen waste. It’s remarkably efficient and fun for kids too.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 20 May 2008 )
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