CHRISTMAS TIDYINGS
• Jump straight to refuse collection dates for Christmas and New Year 2004
CHRISTMAS WASTE
• Did you know that we throw away more rubbish at Christmas than any other time of the year?
1,111 tonnes in one week....the average is just over 900.
• Did you know that we recycle more at Christmas than at any other time of
the year? 135 tonnes of glass bottles, cans and paper compared with an
average of 91 tonnes per month.
• Did you know that we use enough Christmas wrapping paper to cover the
island of Guernsey? |
At Christmas we produce tonnes of extra rubbish! Not much of a present
for the environment! However, Lancaster City Council is encouraging
residents to do our bit to make the festive celebration a greener one.
Here are some ideas:
Christmas Trees
Sunday 9 January 2005, 11am - 3pm: Recycle your Christmas tree at
White Lund Depot, Morecambe. You can watch it being shredded and take
your chippings away with you. You can also take your Christmas trees
and other green waste to the Household waste recycling centres at Keer
Bridge, (Carnforth) and Salt Ayre.
Glass bottles & food / drink cans
Take all your bottles and cans to your local recycling site (to find out
you nearest site call, 0800 092 9705).
Christmas Cards
Please do not put cards in the kerbside green boxes or the paper banks
on recycling sites. Instead take them to Lancaster or Morecambe Town
Halls or White Lund Depot where special boxes will be available in
reception. Alternatively check out your local charity shops
Home Composting
If you have received your free home composter, NOW's the time to get
started ... put all your fruit and vegetable scraps in along with any
garden waste.
TOP TIPS for a considerate Christmas consumer:
- When shopping, avoid goods, which involve unnecessary packaging, or
complicated mixed material packaging, which can make recycling
difficult.
- Order any extra milk in returnable bottles from your milkman to avoid
plastic bottles.
- SNUB - Say No to Unwanted Bags! Always use reusable shopping bags.
Don't accept bags that you don't need.
- Buy gifts that are durable.
- Buy Recycled! Buying products that have a recycled content is just as
important as actually recycling.
- Buy cards, wrapping paper and gifts made of recycled materials.
- Choose decorations that can be reused.
- Buy a UK - grown real tree which you can plant in your garden or keep
in a pot for next year.
- Use old greeting cards to make gift tags.
"I hope that residents will recycle as much as they can over
Christmas to reduce the extra amount of waste created over the festive
season," says Cabinet member with responsibility for recycling Coun John
Barry. "I would urge everyone to help the environment by planting their
tree, composting it at home or taking it to White Lund Depot for
chipping."
REFUSE COLLECTION DATES
| NORMAL
COLLECTION DATE | WILL BE COLLECTED
ON | Monday 20th December
|
Collections will be on Saturday 18 December |
Tuesday 21 December
|
Collections will be on Monday 20 December |
| Wednesday 22 December |
Collections will be on Tuesday 21 December |
| Thursday 23 December |
Collections will be on Wednesday 22 December |
| Friday 24 December | Collections will be on Wednesday 22 December |
| Monday 27 December |
Collections will be on Friday 24 December |
| CITY CONTRACT SERVICES IS CLOSED ON 25 & 26 DECEMBER 2003 |
| Tuesday 28 December
| Normal Collections apply |
| Wednesday 29th December |
Normal Collections apply |
| Thursday 30th December |
Normal Collections apply |
| Friday 31 December | Normal Collections apply | | Monday 3 January 2004 |
Tuesday 4 January |
| Tuesday 4 January |
Wednesday 5 January |
| Wednesday 5 January |
Thursday 6 January |
| Thursday 6 January |
Friday 7 January |
| Friday 7 January |
Saturday 8 January |
• These apply to normal collections. For wheelie bin collection people
should refer to their calendars.
• Don't have a rubbish Christmas - recyle - recycling help-line number
0800 092 9705 |
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