Reducing Your Waste

Find out ways to reduce your waste by clicking on the actions below:

• Reduce Your Food Waste - you might save yourself £450 per year!

• Stop Unwanted Mail.

• Recycle Your Paper -  15% of average bin waste by weight is paper which could be easily recycled.

• Compost your garden & fruit & veg waste - over 20% of average bin waste by weight is fruit & veg & garden waste which could be composted. Cooked food can also be composted using special bins - see our composting page for  details.

• Have children in nappies? You can use Real Nappies.

• Choose less packaging.

• Slim Your Bin and Pledge to Reduce Your Waste.

• Find out: Where, What and How to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

Reduce what you buy - hire instead of buy, use the libraries to borrow instead of buy, share and swap with friends and neighbours.

Reuse objects at home, repair, send clothes and other goods to charity shops or other local groups. Have you tried Freecycle to pass on unwanted items instead of throwing them out or find things you may need? 

Buy recycled products 

Close the Loop and Buy Recycled, Fairtrade and Eco-friendly!

Many supermarkets  stock standard items like recycled bin liners, kitchen roll and tissues but there are lots more fun and interesting recycled products out there if you know where to look. We've had lots of requests for more info on this, so here is list of businesses that sell recycled products  or see the Sort-it list.  RoWAN does not endorse any particular product  or company - it is up to the purchaser to judge but do let us know if you think any company is unsuitable for the list.

Binweigh and check your binweight

If you are an householder on the monitored RCV (Refuse Collection Vehicle) route you can check your weekly bin weight. All you have to do is enter your binweigh number.