Recycling Facts

• Every household in the Uk throws away about 2-3 kg of newspapers and magazines each week. This is the equivalent to 3 bags of sugar.
• 20% less energy is required to recycle paper than making paper from virgin materials.
• The average UK household produces 500 glass jars and bottles every year.
• Recycling 1 glass bottle saves enough energy to power a television for 1 ½ hours.
• 8 million nappies are thrown away daily in the UK.
• Nappies can take up to 500 years to decompose.
• 90% of our household waste can be recycled.
• Derry is currently recycling only 10.5 % of its household waste.

REDUCING

Reducing the amount of waste we generate in the first instance means less to reuse and recycle. Consider buying loose vegetables, concentrated detergents and bulk items with less packaging.

Use customer self discretion if one carrier bag will do then ask the person serving you to put all your items in one bag.

REUSING

Reusing items again and again also helps to reduce the amount of waste we produce. Reuse your carrier bags, use them as bin liners or even invest in a bag for life. Even by reusing your carrier bag once more makes a massive difference.

RECYCLING

Recycling is simple its basically making something old into something new. By ripping an old T-Shirt and making a duster you are recycling. On a more complicated level materials can be sorted processed and manufactured into something completely different eg old plastic bottles can be recycled into fleece jackets.

Waste Facts

Working together with local communities, we aim to conserve resources by promoting recycling and reducing the amounts of waste going to landfill.

Click here to download some astonishing facts about waste we all generate.

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