New Year Recycling

Christmas and the New Year Holiday is a real fun time of year. However with all the extra presents, parties shopping, eating and drinking we create tonnes and tonnes of extra waste. Log onto Wasteline to find out more details on Christmas waste and how we can recycle more. http://www.wasteonline.org.uk/resources/InformationSheets/ChristmasRecycling.htm.

There are also many things that we can make by recycling items such as cardboard or paper. Log on http://www.recyclenow.com/ for some novel ideas.

Christmas Cards

Christmas Cards is probably one of the most popular and easy ways to recycle at Christmas. There are many charity organisations within Northern Ireland who recycle Christmas Cards but for some on-line information on card recycling check out. http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/take-part/recycle/cards/pages/christmas.aspx

Here is a list of other items you may wish to consider recycling this New Year : your tree, ornaments, decorations, ribbons and bows, paper and cards, bottles, glass, jars and cardboard, there are loads more but just remember :- consider reducing or reusing before recycling.

Check out your nearest recycling bank here.

Christmas gifts

Recycle unwanted Christmas presents for other gifts or try using the internet to swop or sell unwanted gifts. Why not sell on E-bay or Gumtree or recycle on Freegle Or perhaps you might want to try the new in-thing to “regift” .Here are some useful websites that might help you decide.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/6873912/How-to-recycle-your-unwanted-Christmas-presents.html

www.recyclingforcash.co.uk/reminder-to-recycle-unwanted-electronics-after-christmas

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/20/ethical-living-is-it-green-to-regift

http://www.ehow.com/how_4618751_regift-christmas-gifts-success.html

Christmas food

Over Christmas we all tend to buy over amounts of food and drink. For some trendy, quick and easy recipes to use your leftover food log onto:- www.lovefoodhatewasteni.org