Waste

To get involved, contact Mark Palmer on 01491 839 230.

Much of what you throw away could be recycled or reused, better still need not have become waste in the first place. We give little thought to where our rubbish goes, we all have a responsibility to do our bit, simple choices can actually make a real difference.

Reduce

• Buy goods which don’t have excessive packaging. Buying one large container rather than lots of little ones uses less packaging and is usually cheaper.
• Buy refills where possible
• Call the junk mail hotline 01865 816070 – 500,000 tonnes of junk mail is generated every year in the UK
• Use washable nappies and save up to £600. (We offer a free 7 day trial of washable nappies - contact Sally Eccleston on 01491 834780 or contact us.)  Click for nappy suppliers.
• South Oxfordshire residents can buy a composter for only £17 - click here for details.
  For information about South Oxfordshire District Council's garden waste collection scheme click here

Reuse

• Take shopping bags TO the supermarket
• Repair clothes and other goods rather than throwing them away
• Take old clothes and bric-à-brac to the charity shop (or to our next Swap Shop!)
• Reuse envelopes and use scrap paper for notes and shopping lists

Recycle

• See SODC recycling for local facilities. We even have a video, CD etc recycling facility in Goldsmith's Lane car park
• Get a green recycling box (call 01491 823416 or email public.amenities@southoxon.gov.uk)
• Use your green box to its full capacity. In South Oxfordshire use it to recycle plastics, cardboard, paper, tins and cans
• Take your glass to the recycling banks – Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to power a TV for 1.5 hrs
• Take larger goods to the Waste Recycling Centres. 
• Buy products made from recycled materials. It’s just as cheap to buy recycled toilet paper and if you’ve not tried it for a while you may well be surprised at its similarity to other brands.