Resources available to us are limited. Each year we overshoot the ecological resources and services the Earth can regenerate in that year.
The best way to use these limited resources is to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle: buy what you need and don’t waste it; reuse or share what you don’t need, repurpose if possible or donate. What you cannot reuse should be recycled. If you do this you will help tackle climate change.
Waste
All waste costs money to dispose of and cost of domestic waste disposal is paid through your Council Tax. Generally the cheapest waste to dispose of is organic (food and garden waste), followed by other recyclable materials (glass bottles and containers, paper and card, plastic bottles, plastic pots tubs and trays, and steel and aluminium tins and cans). Waste that cannot be recycled will usually be sent for incineration in an Energy Recovery Facility where the heat from that process is captured to convert to electricity.
So reduce the waste you produce, reuse what you can, recycle what you can using the different bins and containers we provide. Minimise what goes in your residual (black) bin.
