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3. RECYCLE the food you can't eat<br />
Use your Food Waste Collection Service<br />
Compost at Home - see later in this manual for composting tips<br />
www.mpsonline.org.uk - Nearly 50,000 tonnes of junk mail hits regional door mats<br />
every year. You can stop it landing on your doorstep by registering with the Mailing<br />
Preference Service on their website. This is a free service set up 20 years ago and is<br />
funded by the direct mail industry to enable consumers to have their names and<br />
<strong>home</strong> addresses in the UK removed from lists used by the industry.<br />
www.wrap.org.uk - WRAP works in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland<br />
to help businesses, local authorities, communities and individuals reap the benefits<br />
of reducing waste, developing sustainable products and using resources in an<br />
efficient way.<br />
Established as a not-for-profit company in 2000, WRAP is backed by government<br />
funding from Defra (Department for the Environment, Food and Rural<br />
Affairs), Scottish Government, the Welsh Government, the Northern Ireland<br />
Executive, and the European Union. WRAP is a private company limited by<br />
guarantee, registered in England.<br />
www.recyclenow.com<br />
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle<br />
Reduce<br />
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Avoid over packaged goods<br />
Use old t-shirts or sheets as rags or polishing cloths<br />
Keep equipment and tools well serviced to give them longer life and repair<br />
what you can rather than throwing it away<br />
Buy long lasting products that are energy efficient or reusable<br />
Buy concentrated products and refills<br />
Compost at <strong>home</strong><br />
Use the mail preference service to remove your name from mailing lists and<br />
stop junk mail.<br />
Reuse<br />
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Use a reusable shopping bag or re-use shopping carrier bags<br />
Try to buy products in reusable packing - sweet tins for cakes or glass jars for<br />
storage<br />
Repair clothes and other goods rather than throwing them away<br />
Use the backs of paper to make rough notes, shopping lists or for children's<br />
drawings<br />
Donate items in good condition to the Community Furniture Project<br />
Advertise your item on your local Reuse group i.e. Freecycle and Freegle.<br />
Recycle<br />
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Use your kerbside recycling scheme or Mini Recycling Centres<br />
Take additional materials for recycling to your local HWRC
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