Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

You can give the environment a helping hand by reducing, recycling or reusing things you would normally throw away,

Reduce

Junk Mail

If you are getting too much junk mail why not sign up to the Mail Preference Service or opt out of receiving unaddressed post with Royal Mail.

Food Waste

The average household spends £60 a month on food they throw away, over a year that adds up to £700. To start saving money and reducing the food waste visit Love Food Hate Waste.

Wasting Food: It's out of date is another campaign aimed at understanding why we waste food. Why not take the quiz to find out how your household's current food waste habits weigh up.

Get composting

Composting can help turn your kitchen and garden waste into a soil improver that’s perfect for your garden.

We have teamed up with getcomposting.com to provide you with exclusive offers on home compost bins, water butts and other green products.

How to order

You can order your composter by:

To find out the benefits of home composting and how to set up your compost bin click here.

Reuse

Many items get thrown away when all they need is a little love and imagination to create something new through reuse. For ideas and inspiration visit RecycleNow

Upcycling is another way to reuse items in a more creative way, from turning pallets into garden furniture to leasing new life into old furniture.

Homebase have an article on how to upcycle your furniture with paint.

Recycle

You can get the most of your rubbish by using RecycleNows A to Z.

Find your nearest other recycling facility - (Just enter your postcode in the 'Recycling locations').

Plastic Film & Wrapper Recycling

Many supermarkets are now collecting plastic bags and wrapping, bread bags, crisp packets and toilet roll wrapping for recycling at store collection points.



Find your nearest store collection point.

Bra recycling

Bravissimo have a bra recycling scheme where you can donate unwanted or old bras. For every kilogram of bras received, they donate to Coppafeel breast cancer charity. Find out more here - https://www.bravissimo.com/bra-recycling/

Take Back Schemes

Many retailers now operate take back schemes for various items such as electricals through to water filters and textiles. Below is a list of just some of them.

Batteries and Electrical Items

Most shops now offer a battery take back scheme or alternatively you can book a small items collection

Some retailers offer instore electrical and electronic recycling. B & Q offer instore recycling for small electrical items, batteries, light bulbs and flourescent tubes. 

Curry's also offer instore recycling from computers to toasters. 

Water Filters

Britta water filters can be recycled through Robert Dyas, Sainsbury's and Argos. Find your nearest local recycling point here. 

Duvets and Pillows

Duvets, pillows, towels and shower curtains are just some of the items which can be recycled at Dunelm. Find out more here.

Clothes and Shoes

Many retailers offer various take back schemes which provide either vouchers or discounts off new clothes or work in conjunction with charities. Listed below are some of the retailers.