Stop that junk mail! Each year hundreds of tonnes of junk mail is thrown away and we didn’t even ask for it in the first place. To stop receiving junk mail register with the Mailing Preference Service DMA House 70 Margaret Street London W1W 8SS, visit them at www.mpsonline.org.uk or Tel: 0845 7034599
In Lancashire we throw away 4.5 double-decker bus loads of disposable nappies EVERY DAY. These will take over 500 years to decompose. Try using modern day re-useable or real nappies for environmental and financial benefits. More information is available from Lancashire County Council’s Bottom Line Nappy Project on 0845 0500 097
Reduce the number of plastic bags you use when shopping by taking old carrier bags or a Bag for Life with you.
REUSE
Try buying re-chargeable batteries that can be used over and over again. Remember that any current non-recyclable batteries you still have can be recycled at Environmental Services reception, Willows Lane, Accrington or the Household Waste Recycling Sites, Whinney hill Road, Altham and Allan Ramsbottom Way, Great Harwood.
Get fresh milk delivered to your door. On average a glass milk bottle is reused 13 times before being recycled.
RECYCLE
Make full use of the Council kerbside collection to recycle; glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles, food and drinks cans, paper including catalogues and phone directories, cardboard, textiles and garden waste.
Use your local Household Waste Recycling Centres at Whinney hill Road, Altham and Allan Ramsbottom Way, Great Harwood to recycle lots of items including wood, oil, batteries, clean soil and rubble.
Recycle your garden waste, fruit and vegetable peelings and make a free soil improver for your garden by composting. For more information on home composting and to apply for a free compost bin please contact Tel: 0845 658 8550