Don’t bag it, just bin it!

There are so many items in your day to day waste that can be recycled and made into something new. Just by putting items such as cereal boxes, cans, paper and plastic bottles loose into your recycling bin we can make sure that less waste goes to landfill and the recyclable materials are made into something new. Find out more.

Win a Nest Box

National Nest Box Week takes places from 14-21 February and it’s a chance for everyone to encourage birds into their garden to roost. 

With this in mind, we are offering 10 free bird boxes to subscribers of the Waste and Recycling emailme bulletins who are Nottinghamshire residents. For your chance to win a free bird box please email nottsenquiries@veolia.co.uk with your full contact details by Friday 13 February.

Pancake Day 

Throughout British culinary history, pancakes were made to use up leftovers and prohibited items such as eggs, fats and cream on Shrovetide prior to a period of Lenten fasting. This year Shrove Tuesday, otherwise known as Pancake Day, takes place on Tuesday 17 February.

Wasting food costs the average family £470 a year and this increases to £700 a year for a family with children. Pancake Day is a fantastic way to get into the habit of loving your leftovers as it is all about using up the things that get left in your fridge and wrapping them in a delicious pancake.

A fruity pancake alternative to the original recipe is available within the ‘Love Your Leftovers’ cookbook. Download a copy now.

Roses are red, violets are blue, recycle your paper and Valentine's too!

This Valentine’s Day you can also ‘love recycling’, by recycling any paper and cards*. However, it's not only cards that can be recycled this Valentine's Day, but your chocolate boxes, plastic bottles and the cardboard sleeve from food containers too. So recycle and love Nottinghamshire this Valentine's Day.

*Please do not put foil wrapping paper or Valentine’s cards with excessive glitter in your recycling bin.

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