Top ways to help save the planet. How
to do your bit and save the environment.
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save the world.
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Recyle your garden waste and vegetable peelings. Get
a compost bin.
This is a great way of reducing the amount of rubbish you send to the
landfill plus you get compost for your garden! See the composting free
info page |
| 2 |
Recycle
your old specs - your old glasses can be reused - several places
collect them and send them to the Third World. |
| 3 |
Recycle junk mail - put it in your paper recycling bag or collection
point.
AVOID junk mail and save paper. Get your name
and address off firms' lists by writing to: Mailing Preference
Service, Freepost
22, London
W1E 7EZ, or ring 0207 2913310.
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| 4 |
Recyle ink cartridges . Recycle them
to help save
the environment
and donate
to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust to help find a cure. Details at your
local Tesco store or ring 0800 505555.
Or see the reclycing toner and ink page |
| 5 |
Recycle computers -
Either locally - look in yellow pages or contact your local council
to see if they know of anyone running schemes locally.
or to schools and community groups in Africa and Latin
America via www.computeraid.org or
ring 0207 2810091 for more information.
Or see our Charity Freebies computer recycling page
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| 6 |
Recycle your old mobile phone - DONATE your old mobile to Oxfam.
Each handset is worth at least £5
to them - and that's enough to provide a mosquito net to protect
a child from malaria. Take your phone to an Oxfam shop or send it
to: Oxfam Bring Bring Scheme, Freepost LON16281, London W5 5BR. More
info about recycling mobiles |
| 7 |
RECYCLE your Yellow Pages. The yellow dye means that they cannot
be recycled along with your newspapers, but many local authorities
have schemes to recycle them. Call 0800 7831592 to find out how. |
| 8 |
Buy address labels from charities to stick over old envelopes so
you are recycling paper and donating to charity at the same time. |
| 9 |
Old engine oil needs careful management - it contains
lead, nickel and cadmium. One litre of it can contaminate one million
litres of water. Contact the Oil Bank on 0800
663366 to find out where you can safely recycle it.
most local authorities have oil recycling at their refuse tips. |
| 10 |
Recycle that xmas tree (or buy one in a pot which can be planted
out) 5.5 Million Christmas trees are bought each year, and almost
all are
thrown out.
Phone
your local council
to see
if
it has
a
recycling
scheme for dead xmas trees. |
| Extra |
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