Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Bulletin | 28 May 2021
Our regular email of tips to help you waste less and recycle more
Today's tips:
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Bin's the word! Make recycling easy, keep a recycling bag, box, or bin next to your rubbish bin as a reminder for everyone in your house to recycle.
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Think before you shop and plan how you could reduce your waste. You could buy:
- Things with less packaging
- Second-hand items
- Something that will last longer rather than a disposable item. Rechargeable batteries can be more cost effective in the long-term than disposables, and they can be used again and again
- Reusable shopping bags. Keep them in the car boot or pop a folded cotton bag in your handbag or pocket so you always have one to hand.
Bin collections next week
There will be no refuse or food waste collections on the Bank Holiday Monday 31 May. These collections will take place a day later than usual next week.
 Recycling and garden waste collections will take place as per your collection calendar which are available to download:
Your rubbish is another person’s treasure!
Your local Furniture Re-use Network distribute unwanted furniture and household goods to those in need. Or advertise your old furniture in your local paper or on websites such as Freecycle or Freegle.
Having a clear out? Donate good quality clothing, books and unwanted gifts to charity shops. Alternatively use the clothing banks at your local recycling centre.
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Avoid wasting food
Every year in the UK we throw away £12.5 billion worth of good food, costing the average family almost £60 a month.
To find out useful tips on the storage of food, tantalising recipes and advice on portioning and meal planning, visit Love Food Hate Waste.
Lewes district is the only local authority area in East Sussex which offers a free food waste collection. By signing up for this free service you can make sure that any food you do need to throw away is recycled into soil conditioner for use by farmers and gardeners in the area – sign-up for free food waste collections
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A27 litter pick
On Monday 24 May, the Environment First team started the first of four nights intensive litter picking along the A27. From the Beddingham roundabout to the Falmer slip road.
On the first night 6.5 tonnes of detritus and 72 bags of litter were removed by a team of three operatives using two mechanical sweepers and an awful lot of picking and shovelling!
Signage to remind people to bin their litter or take it home has been installed along the Westbound carriageways. The work is being supported by Highways England and ETMS Highways, accredited traffic management specialists.
Our thanks go out to the team carrying out the work, the sections cleared so far are looking great!
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Repair Cafés are free meeting places and they’re all about repairing things together. Repair Cafés have tools and materials to help you make repairs to clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, crockery, toys and much more. You’ll also find expert volunteers with all kinds of repair skills.
Visitors simply bring broken items from home and, together with the specialist volunteers, they start making repairs in the Repair Café.
If you have nothing to repair, you can enjoy a cup of tea or coffee. Or you can lend a hand with someone else’s repair job. You can also get inspired at the reading table where you will find books about repairs and DIY.
Contact your nearest Repair Café
And finally...
There has been some concern in the press about plastic recycling being sent overseas. We would like to reassure you that Viridor, the contractor recycling your waste, works with appropriately licensed facilities that adhere to strict environmental procedures. Material is sold with the understanding that it is to become an end-of-waste product. This means it will be reprocessed to produce a plastic pellet or flake and reused in manufacturing as a recyclable material.
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