USE IT ALL

A new recycling scheme for medicine blister packs has just started. There are now four different locations you can now take your empty blister packs. 

They are Trinity Church, Uncle Sid's Zero Waste Store, and the Mayfly cafe, all in the High Street, and The Olive Centre, next to the library in Clapham Road.

The scheme is a Most Easterly Community Group initiative, called Use It All, supported by Lowestoft Town Council. It's very much a pilot scheme, designed in part to estimate need.

Use it All has teamed up with Lowestoft Town Council to run a pilot scheme on those pesky medicine blister packs.

There are now collection points in four locations.

Trinity Church, top of High Street

Uncle Sid's Zero Waste Store, High Street

The Olive Centre, Clapham Road

The Mayfly, High Street

Here you can deposit your empty medicine packs, and they will be eventually recycled by ReFactory.

Did you know this is Big Plastic Count Week, 11-17th March?

If you were on Lowestoft's sunny South Beach on 28th August you may have seen people writing in the sand. It was a huge postcard to Rishi Sunak, our current Prime Minister. 

“Dear Rishi, hear our voice, save our beach, Floods 1953. Love, Lowestoft xxx”.

Many people watched and commented, and some Lowdown postcards – Lowdown's favourite social media – were completed. Being a holiday town, it wasn't just locals. 

Sometimes we have big household items which we need to replace. Quite often the replacements are second-hand, and households are left with large things which are difficult to get rid of, especially if you don't have access to a van or a trailer or something. And so sometimes they get dumped in back alleys or on the street. Fly-tipping. No one wants that.

Lowestoft Town Council has a remedy. They are funding a trial scheme 'Bulky Waste Free Collection and Disposal' service.

Use It All is having to take a break.

We currently do not have anywhere to store collected recyclable material.

We hope to return in October, but in a slightly different form.

Still be collecting...

We will be collecting TetraPaks and possibly medicine blister packs on a regular basis. Other things we used to collect are now fairly easily dropped off at shops and supermarkets.

  The High Street is on Calender 1, Tuesdays. Other streets might be different. To look it up, go here: Bin Collection   What you can and can't blue bin, and some info on 'bring banks' and 'recycling centres'. Find BLUE BIN INFO HERE   

  We hope to have leaflets ready by January for distribution in the New Year.  

The recycling centre on the South Lowestoft Industrial Estate has re-opened, with new rules. It's working well. No queues. You book a slot, go along at the appointed time, and deliver your stuff. BOOK A SLOT  

Refilling and reusing old containers is a great way to reduce the amount of plastic and packaging we use. There are shops and businesses all over Suffolk offering refill services, ranging from household cleaning products to dried goods such as rice or oats and even loose-leaf tea and chocolate! Just click on the icons on the map to find a refill shop or see the table below. Please do contact the shops for more information before making a visit to check they have the items you want. It might sound obvious but don’t forget to take all the containers you need with you! Added: 23 September, 2023