What Can You Do?

Remember everyone can make a difference! Here are just a few simple things you can do to reduce your environmental impact:

Use your blue bin to recycle paper and cardboard. Paper is recycled into other paper products and cardboard is recycled into other products such as cereal packaging;
Collect your green waste. Use the sacks available from Libraries, Area Housing Offices, the Town Hall and First Points. Fill up the sacks and then phone the number on them and they will be collected within five working days;
Think of the future. Encourage children to recycle by teaching them about the importance of managing waste responsibly;
Recycle! There are over 200 recycling bring banks across the city as well as five household waste recycling centres.

There are lots of things you can do around the home as well:

Switch appliances off after use. Leaving them on standby uses up to 80% as much energy as leaving them on!
Use energy saving light bulbs. They will save you money and use only one fifth of the electricity of ordinary light bulbs; and
Walk, cycle, car share or use public transport. 1lb of carbon dioxide is saved for every mile you don’t drive.

For more household energy saving information and ideas see Environmental Sustainability.

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