Recycling

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1. Information about doorstep collections:

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http://www.scambs.gov.uk/Environment/Wasteandrecycling/DoorstepCollection/wbgreen.htm

http://www.scambs.gov.uk/Environment/Wasteandrecycling/Recycling/kerbside.htm

2. List of village recycling points:

http://www.scambs.gov.uk/Environment/Wasteandrecycling/Householdwaste/villagesites.htm

http://www.recap.co.uk/recycling/sitelocator.aspx?council=7

3. Additional village-based/other recycling facilities:

Great Shelford:

Ink Cartridges	Cambridge Building Society (Woollards Lane)	In aid of East Anglian Air Ambulance
Stamps	As above	As above
Milk-bottle tops (foil?), together with ring-pulls from cans and any other aluminium	Collected by Jill Butler, 1A Mingle Lane.	In aid of the Magog Trust
Mobile phones	Cambridge Building Society Coop (High St)	In aid of East Anglian Air Ambulance
Batteries	Leys Electrical (66 High St)	See http://www.shelford.org/recycle.htm Note: Lay Electrical repair washing machines, televisions and videos. Ask about other things. Why buy a new one when you can repair it?
Jam jars (without lids)	Country Market (WI) (Wed mornings 8.30-11.30, Memorial Hall)	Can be re-used by producers.
Plant pots (good condition)	Country Market, as above Recycling bin at Scotdales Nursery	As above.
Plastic carrier bags and small cardboard boxes	Country Market, as above	As above.
Computers and peripherals	Great Shelford Vicarage* 12 Church St.
Mobile phones	Great Shelford Vicarage 12 Church St.
Postcards	Great Shelford Vicarage 12 Church St.

*The Vicar told us:

‘Hard disks are professionally wiped of data, but we can arrange for the disk to be removed and left with the owner. Machines and peripherals are refurbished and recycled by members of a charitable trust and either sent abroad for use in the developing world or supplied to charitable organisations in the UK. We prefer machines in working order, but parts from broken equipment can often be salvaged. Our aim is to reduce the amount of perfectly sound hardware going into landfill, or - just as bad - going to Africa, India or the Far East to be broken up and thereby to poison villagers and pollute water systems with the toxic materials it contains, and to avoid the wastage of energy and scarce natural materials required for the manufacture of IT equipment’.

Little Shelford:

Details awaited

No details

Stapleford:

Shoes (paired and bagged)	Area to the left of Spar supermarket / Locks hairdressers in Church Road	In aid of Variety Club
Used stamps (incl foreign)	Stapleford Church	In aid of the Church of England Children’s Society

Sawston:

Bicycles	OWL Bikes The Bike Shed, Unit 29, London RoadIndustrial Estate Tel:01223 839580 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Repair, service and recycle bikes, offering employment opportunities to people with a wide range of different needs. Also run weekly repair and servicing sessions at Addenbrooke’s. Planning to take batteries for recycling at some point in the future.
Plastic milk bottle tops	OWL Café Sawston Free Church, 1 High Street (opposite the Greyhound PH) Tel: 01223 833396 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	These are collected on behalf of Sawston Free Church – they aim to collect the weight of a wheelchair, which will then fund the acquisition of one!
Inkjet print cartridges and mobile phones	OWL Café
Clothes, curtains, fabrics and paired shoes	Recycling bins outside OWL offices, behind Sawston Village College
Aluminium, including drinks cans, foil, catering containers etc	OWL offices, as above – space down the right hand side of the main office building
Good quality textiles/material	OWL offices, as above, where it is made into bags and the surplus recycled.
Ink cartridges, mobile phones and stamps	Cambridge Building Society	In aid of East Anglian Air Ambulance

4. Subsidised Council Compost Bins

It seems that subsidised compost bins are no longer offered by county councils. However, it’s very easy to make your own from recycled materials such as pallets etc. We plan to include some information about composting on this site.

5. Freecycle

An online group where you can post ‘wanted’ and ‘offered’ ads for unwanted items. Everything is passed on free of charge and membership is free. Freecycle is very successful at keeping things out of landfill. There are several local groups in Cambridgeshire – egCambridge, Huntingdon, Royston etc. For details of the Cambridge group see: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cambridgefreecycle/

6. Waitrose

In the foyer at Waitrose (Trumpington) there are recycling bins for:

· Brita water filter cartridges,

· plastic carrier bags

· batteries.

The recycling centre in Waitrose’s car park includes bins for the following:

· paper

· Tetrapaks and other paper-based liquid drinks cartons

· glass – green, brown and clear

· cans

· clothing (bagged)

· shoes (paired) – two bins, one in aid of Variety Club