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Reduce your festive waste
At Christmastime, not only do waistlines expand, household waste does, too. Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) reveals that we will create nearly three quarters of a million tonnes of extra waste this Christmas in England, with an average family throwing out an extra five sacks of waste.
In light of these figures, Recycle Now and the Woodland Trust want to encourage recycling this Christmas. The Woodland Trust Christmas Card Recycling Scheme hopes to recycle a record 100 million cards this year. Participating stores include WHSmith, Tesco, TK Maxx and Marks & Spencer.
Head of Recycle Now, Fridey Cordingley, says that there are lots of easy ways to help cut down on landfill waste. Christmas is the ideal time to start your own compost bin or add a container to your kitchen in order to better separate recyclable waste. Real Christmas trees can also be recycled through many DIY retailers and garden centres; use the postcode locator at www.recyclenow.com to find the one nearest to you.
Joanna Lumley (pictured), star of Absolutely Fabulous, has added her support to the festive recycling message: "Christmas is a great time for celebrations and being with our families, but we do end up creating more waste. A simple way to help reduce this and help climate change at the same time is to recycle as much as possible."
