STREET SCENE

Reduce your waste this Christmas

If waste is not created in the first place, it won’t need to be recycled re-used or disposed of. Here are a few useful tips to help you cut down on the waste you produce this Christmas.

1) Choose gifts that are durable, repairable, well made and will last. Avoid buying disposable goods

2) SNUB- Say No To Unwanted Bags! Use a reusable shopping bag

3) Avoid gifts of food and drink with unnecessary packaging or complicated mixed packaging which makes it difficult to recycle.

4) Treat People to a special experience such as a trip to an exhibition, the theatre, a health spa or a football match.

5) Buy a gift membership that will support a charity or give free entry to special places

6) Buy a UK real grown Christmas tree. This can be planted in your garden or kept in a pot for the following year.

7) If you’re not sure what to buy why not give money or gift vouchers.

8) If you find yourself with a gift that you don’t want, don’t just throw it away. Unwanted gifts can be taken to a charity shop, sold at an auction or register with the Freecycle at www.freecycle.or.uk where you can offer any unwanted presents to anyone for free.

Street Scene Helpline

Telephone: 01362 656878

Email: streetscene@breckland.gov.uk
Fax: 01362 699096

Write to: Breckland Council, Street Scene, Elizabeth House, Walpole Loke, Dereham, Norfolk.