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Did you know that Walking aids, such as walking sticks, frames, rollators and crutches, can be safely refurbished and reused repeatedly? Once you or a family member have finished with the item you ca contact the team that supplied the item to find out how to return it. All used walking aids should ...
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Be a royal recycler this bank holiday With lots of community street parties and Coronation lunches planned to celebrate His Majesty The King’s Coronation, please also remember to reduce, reuse and recycle. We've pulled together a guide to making your party or celbrations a little more eco-friendly....
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Plastic waste has become a BIG issue for people living all over the world! Nearly 100 billion pieces of plastic packaging are thrown away every year in the UK alone, and 88% of waste is not recycled. But you can help make a difference and encourage change on a much larger scale. After the success o...
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Dispose of household waste Your household waste must be disposed of correctly. If you’re giving it to someone else, you must make sure that they’re legally allowed to take it. You could be fined if you give your household waste to someone who is not legally allowed to take it. What to do with house...
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Lots of products now have symbols on them to tell us more about what they are made from and how we can dispose of them. This guide will help you understand what items you can recycle and which ones need to go into the bin. On-Pack Recycling labels (or OPRL) have been around a while and are on all s...
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Communities around Buckinghamshire are being invited to pop on their gloves and hi-vis vests, grab a refuse sack and litter picker and get involved with clearing up their local area as part of Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean. Now in its ninth year, the national, annual initiative is ...
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Buckinghamshire County Council's Cabinet has today (7 January) agreed a series of changes to the county's household recycling centre service. The recommendations for change were prepared following a recent public consultation and a detailed analysis of how the recycling centre service currently ope...
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Penny Peacock, manager of a South Buck Hospice Reuse Shop spotted the donated instrument she thought may have a significant value, it went on to raise more than £2,000 for the charity. The manager regularly organises items given to the shop in the village next to Aylesbury to decide if they are bet...
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Fly-tipper bags himself a hefty fine for dumping sacks of compost in countryside A fly-tipper who repeatedly dumped bags of compost on a rural country lane in Buckinghamshire has been fined in court. On Wednesday 8 March 2023, Anatas Vasky, aged 33, of Milford Avenue, Stoney Stratford, appeared a...
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Single use plastic does exactly what it says – it is used once and then disposed of. The world produces more than 300million tonnes of plastic ever year – and the main ingredient in the process of making plastic comes from oil. So whether the plastic item goes in the rubbish bin or recycled once it...
https://www.recycleforbuckinghamshire.co.uk/plastic-swaps/