Christmas bin collections
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- 2. Christmas tree recycling
- 3. You are here: Seven sustainable ways to prepare for the festive season
3. Seven sustainable ways to prepare for the festive season
The festive season is a busy and exciting time of year, but it’s also when more waste is generated than usual. So the Surrey Environment Partnership (SEP) has put together seven simple ways you can own your impact in the lead up to, during and after the festive period.
- Christmas cards and wrapping – when preparing for the big day, please buy recyclable cards and wrapping as we can’t recycle any with glitter, foil, a plastic lining – or batteries!
- Homemade – you can’t beat the charm of homemade greetings cards, wrapping paper and decorations. So try reusing old ones and if you avoid adding glitter/foil/plastic they’ll be fully recyclable too!
- Cut food waste – shop with an app to avoid overbuying and remember to freeze what you don’t eat now for later. You can transform turkey, sprouts and mince pies into new meals with our delicious recipes.
- Surrey Recycles search tool or app – if you’re ever unsure which bin to put something in, you can find out more or do a quick and easy check on the Surrey Recycles search tool here.
- Refresh your recycling knowledge – play the SEP's drag and drop waste sorting game. Or if you’d like your children to learn more about sustainability, download their Recycling Detectives classroom activity And why not try doing a waste audit to see if you could be recycling more? Download the Binterrogator here.
- Do the Scrunch Test – if you’re not able to reuse your wrapping, screw it into a ball and if it stays scrunched, it can go in your recycling container.
- Recycle your real Christmas tree – you can replant your tree if it has roots or recyle it as green waste. Find out more about Christmas tree recycling here.