|
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Bulletin | July 2023
You can recycle many clean, grease free and dry items in your kerbside recycling collections:
-
Plastics: Bags, bottles, food pots, tubs and trays.
-
Glass: Bottles and Jars only (no glassware, mirrors or Pyrex).
-
Cardboard: Clean and dry boxes and packaging.
-
Metal: Food, drink and aerosol cans, aluminium foil and trays.
-
Paper: Leaflets, letters, envelopes and junk mail, magazines and newspapers, paperback books, catalogues and directories, greeting cards and wrapping paper (but no foil, metallic, or glitter please).
Batteries are the major cause of fires within the waste industry and should NOT be put into your refuse or recycling. All shops that sell batteries should by law provide a battery recycling collection point, please take you used batteries with you when buying new ones.
Discover some simple tips and guidance to make the most of your food at home, every little thing you do, every day, makes a huge difference. Behaviour change does not always come easy but if we all change something it will soon add up. There are 66 million people living in the UK, small actions by everyone could equal one big change.
Love Food Hate Waste have simple tips you can incorporate as part of your weekly routine to help you waste less and save money. Find out more here.
Have you signed up to our Food Waste collections?
Lewes District Council is offering every household a free kitchen caddy, a kerbside caddy and compostable caddy liners for recycling food waste.
If you are joining the food waste recycling service, then your starter kit will already include a free roll of liners. When you need your next roll of liners you can pick them up from any of the following locations (please check opening times before visiting):
Find out more:
Join the food waste scheme - Lewes and Eastbourne Councils (lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk)
|
 Members of the Adur East, Newhaven, Peacehaven and Seaford Lions Club joined forces to litter pick the Big Park in Peacehaven, using equipment supplied by the council's Environment First Team.
Claudine Rogers, Lions area coordinator, said “When selfless, like-minded people gather together, beautiful things happen. From facilitating health screenings and feeding the hungry to cleaning up local parks and helping rebuild communities after disaster, Lions are ready and willing to jump in wherever there’s a need”.
If you share refuse bins with neighbours or store your own bins in a communal area, please use them correctly and look after them. If the bins are regularly overflowing before collection day, you can contact your landlord, managing agent or housing association and request they contact the council to help find a solution.
We can only collect recycling and refuse that is contained within the correct bins, anything left next to or on top of the bins can not be taken. Please do not leave bulky items next to the bins as it will not be taken away.
Collection crews will pick up any rubbish that they spill when servicing the bins but they cannot clear mess or rubbish split by residents.
Place your clean and loose recycling into the recycling bin, please do not put recycling in bags. Sadly if the wrong items are put in the recycling bin the entire contents may not be recycled and the bins may be permanently removed.
|
Lewes District Council and award-winning local business, Cheeky Wipes, is giving those expecting a baby or parents with children two-years-old and under who live in Lewes district the chance to redeem a voucher worth £50 to spend on reusable cloth nappies and reusable wipes.
As the cost of living is impacting new parents, it’s hoped this scheme could help produce savings of £500 for each child on equivalent disposables over two years.
|
Hundreds of parents in Lewes district have already taken up the offer but there is still more funding available. Applying for the voucher is quick and simple. Parents should email the council’s email address
customerfirst@lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk with:
- the subject line ‘Cheeky Wipes Voucher’
- their address
- a copy of their MatB1 certificate or Birth Certificate
More information can be found on the Cheeky Wipes website .
A big thank you to Wild Nutrition who used one of their community days to litter pick Seaford beach, the team of 27 collected five bags of litter in two hours from Seaford beach and the Buckle Car Park.
If you would like to stay up to date with information about other services, such as planning, consultations, recycling and tourism, please click manage preferences below.
|
