Reduce Reuse Recycle

As well as recycling it is just as important to reduce the amount of waste you produce and re-use products wherever possible. Check out the tips below to get started.

Reduce
• Stop junk mail coming through your letter box by registering with the mail preference service.
  
• Buy products which are not heavily packaged. For example buy loose fruit and vegetables.
  
• Avoid using disposable products such as razors, cameras and paper/plastic kitchenware.
  
  Re-use
• Re-use carrier bags and take them with you when you go shopping. Alternatively invest in a 'bag for life' at your local supermarket.  
  
  
• Write on both sides of a sheet of paper and use scrap paper to make notebooks.
  
  
• Buy re-usable products such as rechargeable batteries instead of disposable ones. This will also save you money.
  
  
• Use washable nappies instead of disposable nappies as they make up 4% of domestic waste and are sent to landfill where they can take up to 500 years to decompose.
  
  
• Donate magazines to doctors/dentists for use in their waiting rooms.
  
  
• Take old clothes, books, videos and CDs to charity shops or jumble sales.
  
  
• Repair broken items rather than buying new ones.
  
  Recycle
• Use your kerbside recycling service. All Leicester City residents can recycle newspapers and magazines, paper, glass jars and bottles, and plastic bottles.
  
  
• Use the Community Recycling Centres and Recycling Bring Sites.
  
  
• Compost your kitchen and garden waste. You can also take your green garden waste to your nearest Community Recycling Centre.
  
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  Remember think before you throw