Education on recycling (3 Rs: Reduce - Re-use - Recycle)

Reduce Reuse Recycle

As well as recycling it is important to look at ways of reducing the amount of rubbish we throw away.

Waste Avoidance Campaign for Lewes District

A series of 6 leaflets have been produced to provide a range of information, practical tips and ideas on how to reduce the amount of waste we regularly put in our dustbins. By avoiding waste in the first place, we cause less harm to our environment and save vital resources. To download the leaflets please click on the "Reduce Reuse Recycle " under the "Relevant documents" below.

Everything we throw away was originally an item which was either essential, wanted or required. Making, transporting, using and finally throwing away these items uses energy and creates various types of pollution. All this helps towards the creation of climate change. If you would like more information or would like to get involved please contact the Recycling Team on 01273 488937.

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How to Recycle

The following information details how to recycle in the best and most sustainable way to continue to help our environment. 

• Join the BOX-IT! Kerbside Recycling Scheme (see 'Recycling facilities' in the 'Related topics' section of this page). Contact Customer Services on 01273 484999 or email your full name and address to customer.services@lewes.gov.uk. We collect: paper, plastic bottles, glass bottles and jars (not window glass or heat resistent glass for cooking) cans, clean aluminium foil, textiles, clothes, old rag, boots and shoes, leather items, belts, DVD/CDs and video tapes, bric-a-brac and small items of scrap metal (e.g. old pans, cutlery, etc.),  
• Use the Mini Recycling Centres ((see 'Recycling centres in the 'Related topics' section of this page.

How to use the Mini Recycling Centres

• Rinse out all bottles and jars and remove the lids
• Put the items in the correct recycling bank
• Recycle little and often, on your way to work or shopping
• Try not to hoard items, large amounts will overfill the bank
• If the banks are full please come back another day
• Do not leave your recycling on the floor, it may not get recycled
• Do not leave your recycling in bags, this clogs up the sorting
• Do not leave cardboard boxes, refuse or other waste at the recycling centres, it costs a fortune to clear it up. 

Useful related links

The Government is working with all major retailers who sell light bulbs, the lighting industry and UK energy suppliers to phase out traditional energy guzzling bulbs, replacing them with energy efficient light bulbs (CFLs).
http://www.defra.gov.uk

The following external link goes to the Waste & Resources Action Programme website. They work in partnership to encourage and enable businesses and consumers to be more efficient in their use of materials and recycle more things more often.
www.wrap.org.uk

Recycle Now has information on how to start recycling, what more you can do, where to recycle, news, facts, fun stuff and more via the external link below to their website
www.recyclenow.com/

The external link below goes to the Recycling Guide website where you can find out how to recycle at school and at home, why recycling is important, how materials are recycled, where you can recycle, activities and resources and much more
www.recycling-guide.org.uk/