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Many thanks to Nick Bowles of
Webcraft UK Ltd for setting up the LESS web page
Website links
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'Waste Aware'
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Subscribe to the "Waste Aware" magazine, and follow links to other recycling sites.
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'Sort It'
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Type in your postcode and get a list of local bring sites and what they take.
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'Recycle-More.co.uk'
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Help and advice on all aspects of recycling at home, at school and in the workplace
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Recycle Now
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Help and advice on all aspects of recycling at home, at school and in the workplace.
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Waste Online
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Detailed information sheets on various aspects of recycling, & how to recycle everything from aerosols to wood.
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Composting
Composting bins can be obtained from Argyll & Bute Council. Contact 01631/563125 for more information. The Council's website also has a page on successful home composting at:
www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/content/environment/Recycling/homecomposting .
If you've got one of those Green Cone “digesters” that the Council were giving away some years ago, and can't figure out exactly how it works, you can view diagrams or download an instruction leaflet at http://www.greencone.com/how_it_works.asp .
A useful composting factsheet can be downloaded from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency's website:www.sepa.org.uk
Can it be recycled?
Printer inkjet cartridges:The bad news for all of us with “Council” computers is that nobody at all will recycle Epson cartridges. (It's something to do with the electronic chip on the cartridges.) To keep them out of landfill, the only thing you can do is to send them back to Epson ... who incinerate them. Oh dear! However, most other types of inkjet cartridge now come with recycling envelopes to send the used ones for re-filling. You can also pick up recycling envelopes from W.H. Smith, Tesco and Argos, or get them online from http://www.inkagain.co.uk . In each case the proceeds go to various charities.
Household batteries:There is now a household battery bank at Moleigh, which will take all types of domestic batteries including old rechargeable and button cell ones. The collected batteries are sent to England for recycling.
Drinks cartons:Yes, drinks cartons can be recycled! Only a few local authorities are doing it, and ours isn't one of them as yet. However, the plant in Fife which recycles the cartons will accept smallish quantities, provided they're properly packaged and labelled with the mill's own address label with its “Bill the Platypus” carton recycling logo. Postage has to be paid by the sender, but flattened cartons are light in weight and not bulky. The labels and instructions for packaging can be downloaded from http://www.ace-uk.co.uk/pdf/labels_oct_06.pdf and the rest of the site is full of information about how cartons are made and recycled. So is the somewhat more user-friendly http://www.tetrapakrecycling.co.uk which also has downloadable kiddies' craft packs with instructions for making puppets, model boats and other toys out of drinks cartons.
Mobile phones:
Oxfam, Marie Curie Cancer Care and many other charities will accept mobile phones for recycling.
Tesco and Argos provide freepost envelopes to send off unwanted mobile phones, which are either refurbished and sent overseas to impoverished areas, or completely recycled. For every phone returned, Argos donates £3.50 to charity and Tesco donates £5.00 to charity (or, for the slightly less charitable, £2.50 to charity and 250 clubcard points to you!).
Textiles:
Charity shops are always glad of good quality stuff, but clothing, towels and other household textiles that are definitely past their best can still be used as bedding to keep a rescued or sick animal warm and cosy. Contact Small Paws Cattery 01852/300362.
Book Reviews
| “No Waste Like Home” by Penney Poyzer
Based on the BBC tv series, and full of useful tips on reducing, re-using and recycling. Scary stuff about the chemicals in food, household cleaners and toiletries. How to save the planet (and our purses) with everything we buy and use. Great for dipping into while sitting on the loo contemplating life and the universe!
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