Borough of Poole is urging residents to recycle their additional waste over the Easter weekend.
Easter cards together with the cardboard from Easter egg packaging can be recycled in Poole using the kerbside blue recycling bin.
Almost 10% of annual chocolate sales take place at Easter resulting in a lot of eggs and a lot of packaging, therefore, the council is encouraging residents to take time to consider the three R’s, reduce, reuse and recycle.
Reduce: choose Easter eggs and other products with less packaging, or if entertaining, choose loose fruit and vegetables and only buy what you need to reduce the waste.
Reuse: if you are a bit arty you could save all your foil and cellophane wrappings and turn them into greetings cards.
Recycle: break up your Easter egg packaging and recycle the card in the kerbside blue recycling bin. Tins, cans, plastic bottles, paper, glass bottles and jars can also be put in the blue bin.
Cllr Don Collier, Cabinet Portfolio Holder for the Environment, Borough of Poole, said: "Every year around 80 million chocolate eggs are sold in the UK generating about 4,370 tonnes of card and 160 tonnes of foil waste. We also send and receive over ten million Easter cards in Britain each year. We would like to encourage residents to buy eggs with minimal packaging, recycle any cardboard packaging and Easter cards in their blue recycling bin to help reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill."
Residents planning to work on their gardens over the Easter period can recycle clippings and mown grass using the council’s fortnightly green bin garden waste kerbside collection.
Householders without a green waste kerbside collection are encouraged to compost at home. Composting kitchen and garden waste at home is not only a great way to help the environment, but spreading the compost on your flowerbeds will improve the quality of your soil and help your garden thrive.
In addition, those planning a spring clear out can take unwanted small electrical items, cardboard, textiles and garden waste to the Mobile Recycling Points at Rossmore Leisure centre and Harbourside 2 Car Park.
A mobile recycling point will be held on Saturday April 18 at Rossmore Leisure Centre, Herbert Avenue, between 9am and 12pm, and at the Harbourside 2 Car Park, Baiter, from 1pm to 4pm.
Mobile recycling point dates, information on locations of the aluminium foil banks and the latest offers on home composting bins are available from boroughofpoole.com/recycling.
The Mobile Recycling Points are in addition to the Nuffield Household Waste Recycling Centre, where garden waste and much more can be recycled seven days a week between the hours of 8.30am and 4.30pm.
This service is only available to residents of Poole. Commercial waste or waste from non-Poole residents will not be accepted. Please bring proof of address, such as your council tax statement or a driving licence, to use the mobile recycling points or the Nuffield Household Waste and Recycling Centre.
Keely Campbell, Environmental Comms Co-ordinator
Tel: 01202 633041
