USE IT ALL

There's a lot of symbols! The labels are useful, but it's a bit of a minefield. Local Government - in our case Suffolk County Council - do most of our recycling. They do it by 'kerbside collection' (bins),and through recycling centres. Many other things can be recycled (that's the labels) but to collect the greatest amount in the most efficient way - ONLY PUT IN THE BLUE BIN WHAT YOU KNOW CAN BE RECYCLED!

As a rule of thumbs..  

East Suffolk Council are asking us to be more careful with the way we use our recycle and waste bins.  

"Residents in east Suffolk have been urged to improve their "bin etiquette" after a rise in household waste during the coronavirus pandemic.  

East Suffolk Council have encouraged residents to follow bin guidelines to help refuse teams provide an efficient, essential service." 

Click to see the story and guidelines.  

East Suffolk Council have announced (23/2/21) they will clear the exposed lumps of fuel oil previously buried in 1978 on North Beach, and will try to work out what to do next. They think that the oil may be more liquid in the bigger deposits. Anglian Water sewerage pipes run underneath the dunes, which is a further problem. ESC are adamant they are closely monitoring the situation.

Questions about the Eleni V oil on North Beach are ramping up. Local politicians are asking when something is going to be done. Social media is doing its strident thing.

About three years ago my already rather old laptop started behaving very erratically - sudden freezing, getting slower and slower - generally, becoming a pain.

Eventually I worked out it was overheating. Usually this is dust on the fan. Dust everywhere, in fact. I knew fixing this would mean taking the thing apart,and worse, putting it back together again. The other options - getting a replacement or taking it to a computer shop for repair, both involved cost, and replacement a great deal of hassle (transferring all the files and so on).

at Triangle Market Place

Use It All means using everything to its fullest extent.

Re-Use ( and pass it on, sell it on)

Re-pair (by you or a shop or a Men's Shed)

Re-purpose (upcycle, find a different use)

Re-cycle (blue bin, green bin, Terracycling)

Use It All launch day on Friday 2nd July  and Saturday 3rd July 2021

Come to our stall on Lowestoft Triangle Market and find out what you can do to make our area the best there is when it come to community and all things green.

Seen the result of an obvious fly-tip? Here's how to get it removed.

If it's on public land - back alleys, roadside and so on - Norse will remove it.

If it's on private land, it's up to the owner of the land to report it. 

Have photos and/or map available before you start. The postcode is really helpful.

Click here to take you straight to the page, but read this first.

CV-19 Home Testing Kit

The kit is not recyclable. It should go in the Black Bin.

But the outer packaging, if it's cardboard, can go in the BLUE bin.

Disposable masks (or gloves) are NOT recyclable

 – Tesco makes a start

A lot of plastic packaging is rigid. A high percentage of rigid plastic can be put in your blue bin.

But a lot of it is film of one sort or another. This is NOT for the blue bin. 

Things are changing.

Tesco gathers up used film carrier bags at its store collection points. I have discovered you can add quite a lot different packets and packaging to the same collection point.

UK citizens are the worst consumers in Europe for buying single-use, irreparable goods. In this new BBC Radio 4 programme material scientist Professor Mark Miodownik explores how we got to this unsustainable state.

You can find the programmes here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000vgh9

Could the High Street be the Street that Saved? Food Savvy are looking for one Norwich based and one Suffolk based community to take part in a supported challenge to collectively make your food go further and help save it from the bin.

Householders will be provided with personalised advice, a free food saving kit and join challenges and ongoing prizes to help keep things lively! And there may even be a chance to be on TV…