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Recycling Week

Wednesday June 9, 2010

With Recycling Week just around the corner, there really is no better time to get into the recycling habit.

This year, Recycling Week starts on Monday June 21 and aims to encourage people to try something new in an effort to go green and cut back on their waste.

As part of the Recycling Week campaign, the council will be hosting a number of stalls at various locations. Useful tips will be provided on how to make recycling easier, staff will be on hand to offer advice and you can pick up a roll of orange sacks if you are running low?.

Stalls take place on:

Monday June 21 - Fulham Broadway mall, 10am to 4pm
Tuesday June 22 - Shepherds Bush Library, Westfield, 10am to 4pm
Wednesday June 23 -  Kings Mall, Hammersmith, 10am to 4pm

In addition, there will be a give and take stall for small electrical items at this year’s Fulham Feastival. This will give residents the chance to bring working electrical items they no longer want and take ones they do want. The stall will also be running a ‘pledge and win’ where residents who make a pledge for recycling week will be entered into a prize draw, with a chance to win an eco kettle and an iPod docking station.

The council is particularly keen to encourage recycling during these tough economic times as it works to keep its landfill charges down to a minimum. As well as helping the environment, recycling also means that the council can save money - and that will help drive down council tax costs.

Cllr Greg Smith, cabinet member for crime and street scene, said: "Recycling is a duty, not a choice and very few people realise just how expensive it is for the council to send our waste to landfill. In fact, landfill rates have almost doubled in the last two years. The best ways for H&F to avoid paying these onerous taxes is for residents to recycle as much as possible. In the last year alone, the council has saved over £370,000 by recycling and composting waste rather than sending it to landfill. With Recycling Week soon to be upon us, now is the perfect time to get the recycling bug.”

Recycling advice

To boost recycling figures and save taxpayers money, residents are urged to put their orange sacks out at the right time (after 9pm on the day before collection or before 6am on collection day).

What can you recycle with the council?

You can put the following in the borough's Smart recycling banks or orange sacks:

  • Paper and card - Newspapers, magazines, catalogues, directories, leaflets, loose paper, card and cardboard (please flatten)
  • Glass - Glass bottles and jars (no lids please)
  • Cans, tins and aerosols
  • Plastic bottles (please remove lids from plastic bottles and squash them if possible)
  • Paper-based drinks and liquid food cartons (e.g. Tetra Paks)

The following items cannot be placed in Smart Sacks or Smart Banks:

  • Food waste, cigarette ends or garden waste
  • Broken glass, pyrex or window glass
  • Paint, chemical containers or batteries
  • Other plastics (yoghurt pots, margarine containers, plastic bags or plastic film)
  • Builder’s waste or rubble
  • Foil or polystyrene
  • Paper towels, tissues or nappies
  • Textiles

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