RECYCLING HINTS & TIPS

NEED A BLUE BOX or BAG?

Call Environment Contact Centre
020 7252 2000 if you need:
  • Blue Bags
  • Blue Boxes
  • Dividers
  • More Information

Or write to: The Recycling Team
Southwark Council
Manor Place Depot
30-34 Penrose Street
Walworth
London SE17 3DW
Bags & boxes will be collected fortnightly from your door-step starting on 12 February 2004.

BLUE BAGS

Use for:
  • Newspapers
  • Magazines
  • Junk Mail
  • Catalogues
  • Phone Directories (white pages only)

REDUCE

Reduce waste, and rubbish, which is put in landfill sites, by choosing products with less packaging when you are out shopping. Reuse plastic shopping bags or use a reusable one. Recycle packaging as much as possible. (see below for more ideas)

BLUE BOXES

(with divider) Use for: GLASS - bottles and jars but no caps or corks. CANS - drinks cans, food tins, aerosol sprays and alluminium foil.

REUSE

Where possible reuse what you no longer need... See below for ideas on recycling via charities and collection points.

KITCHEN WASTE

You can turn your kitchen waste into rich fertiliser for your garden at the same time as cutting down the amount of rubbish you send to landfill. Compost kits are available to Southwark residents for just £10. They come with a compost bin, kitchen bin, handbook and access to a composting helpline. To order send a cheque for £10 made payable to Elephant Jobs along with your name, address and phone number to:
CRISP
Unit 7-9
Brandon Street
London SE17 1NA
Let the council know if you are unable to collect your kit or need them to deliver it to you. Tel. 020 7252 7709.

WASTE NOT WANT NOT

PACKAGING...

Polystrene and plastic trays can be used by schools and play groups for mixing paint. Reuse plastic bags when you go shopping or to line waste paper bins. Schools also like greetings cards, the insides of loo rolls, corks, lolly pop sticks and scraps of material, wool or ribbons for craft projects. The London Wildlife Garden Centre 28, Marsden Rd SE15 Tel. 020 7252 9186 will take flower pots, seed trays and plastic bottles. They are open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays 10.30am to 4.30pm. Cardboard cannot be recylced via the new council BLUE BAGS (see above) but you can take it to a Recycling Centre:
  1. Vestry Rd junction with McNeil Rd
  2. Camberwell Green opposite Red Star Pub
  3. Sainsbury car park, Dog Kennel Hill
(also: Glass, Paper, Cans, Textiles)

SPECTACLES ...

Dollond & Aitchison, 297, Walworth Road, SE17, Tel. 020 7703 3814 collect spectacles for use in less developed countries of the World.

WIRE COATHANGERS

M & H Dry Cleaners
16, Camberwell Church St.
SE5 8QU
Tel. 020 7277 0406
will take back wire coathangers and safety pins.

Car Batteries and Oil...

Take to the Southwark Council Refuse Collection Site:
Manor Place Depot
Walworth
London SE17 3DW
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm Tel. 020 7525 2000

EGG BOXES...

City Farms like these for their Free Range Eggs.
Surrey Docks Farm, Rotherhithe St. SE16 Tel. 020 7231 1010 or
Vauxhall City Farm, 24 St Oswalds Place, SE11 Tel. 020 7582 4204.

Inkjet cartridges...

Environmental Business Products Ltd, recycle them for the benefit of Tommy’s The Baby Charity Call 0800 435576 for freepost bags.

PLEASE REMEMBER

CHARITY SHOPS... will take clothes, books, and household items (crockery, glass curtains etc.) in good condition.

If you cannot pass on your waste, recycle using the Southwark Door Step Collection Service (see above for more details) or Recycling Centres. (see above for addresses)