Recycling resolutions
On average, each resident in Barnet throws away 50 kg of rubbish during the festive period alone.
This time of year is one of great excess with much more than normal being thrown away.
So why not make your New Year’s resolution a ‘green’ one in 2009?
Recycling resolutions are easy to keep, will help the environment and provide you with an incentive to reduce, reuse or recycle your waste.
The resolutions
So here are some suggestions of recycling resolutions you could make. Take your pick of which you want to keep during 2009. Remember you can make up your own and you don’t just have to stick to one, you can pledge as many as you want!
- I will recycle everything I can using my blue and black boxes, including batteries, Yellow Pages, aerosols, foil, textiles and shoes as well as glass, paper and cans, plastic bottles and cardboard
- I will practise the three Rs; Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
- I will recycle my Christmas cards using my blue box or at the Civic Amenity and Recycling Centre, Summers Lane, or keep them to make into next year's gift tags
- I will use my green garden and kitchen waste bin for my food leftovers and fruit and vegetable peelings
- I will start composting at home
- I will start using Barnet’s Freecycle Group for unwanted items
- I will donate any unused paint to local groups through the Community Re>Paint Scheme at the Civic Amenity and Recycling Centre, Summers Lane
- I will reuse plastic bags or use cloth ones when shopping
- I will buy loose fruit and vegetables rather than pre-packed ones
- I will donate old tools at the Civic Amenity and Recycling Centre, Summers Lane, for reuse in Africa and local schools
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