To get involved, contact Mark Palmer on 01491 839 230.
2. Make simple changes

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.
Remember: Reduce - Reuse – Recycle
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.
Remember: Reduce - Reuse – Recycle