What goes around
comes around: Eastbourne Borough Council is encouraging Eastbourne to look and
feel good this Recycle Week
Whether your bathroom regime is a
quick shower or a two-hour makeover, Eastbourne
Borough Council is teaming up with Recycle Now this Recycle Week
to encourage residents to look and feel good by recycling bathroom items like
empty deodorants and finished-with fragrances.
In the UK, almost 90% of packaging is
recycled in our kitchens, while just over half (52%) of items are recycled in
the bathroom. New research from Recycle Now found that nearly half (49%) of the
UK population admit to not always recycling their aerosols including deodorant and
hairspray from the bedroom or bathroom. The research also found that over a
third (38%) of the UK population say they don’t always recycle glass items in
the bedroom such as aftershave and perfume bottles after they are empty.
This Recycle Week, we’re asking residents to rethink
their bathroom routines by highlighting the benefits of recycling these items
for Eastbourne and
demonstrating that what goes around comes around!
Aerosols such as deodorants and hair
sprays can be recycled again and again without any loss in quality, so you may
see them come back in items such as parts of your mobile phones, dishwashers or
even as another aerosol can - what goes around comes around!
That’s not all; Recycle Now has
calculated that if everyone in Eastbourne
recycled one more deodorant, it would save enough energy to power a
typical primary school for 42 days!
Love singing in the shower or getting
ready to some top tunes? Being recycling savvy, such as recycling just three
empty deodorants, can provide these essentials to our ‘getting ready’ routine
by saving enough energy to power a shower for eight minutes, or a home sound system for 32
hours!
Councillor Jonathan Dow, Lead Cabinet Member for Place Services, said
“We’re
motivating Eastbourne to
look good and feel good this Recycle Week! From the last spritz of perfume to
the final squeeze of a shampoo bottle – in Recycle Week add recycling to your
bathroom regime, and recycling just a few more items from around the
house can make a real difference.”
Linda Crichton, Head of Recycle Now,
said: “Many of us have our daily bathroom routines in place - whether we’re
getting ready to go to work, out for a party, or just settling down for a night
in. During Recycle Week, we are looking to shake up those routines and let people
know that they can do good for the environment you live in in the process of
looking good. One tip is to put a recycling bag or bin in your bathroom or
bedroom to make recycling an easy part of your routine”
Recycle Now’s top
bathroom recycling tips:
- Where
possible empty and rinse containers before they go in the recycling bin
- Put
caps and lids back on your glass containers before recycling
- Remove
plastic lids and caps from air-freshener, deodorant and shaving foam aerosols
where easy to do so and place separately in the recycling
- Mirrors
and nail varnish bottles are not recyclable and should be put in your general
waste
For more information about recycling,
including details of what can and can’t be recycled from around the
house, visit www.eastbourne.gov.uk/recycling or use the Recycling Locator at www.RecycleNow.com.
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