Come to the rescue as soon as once more for Recycle Week 2025

Oxfordshire residents are being requested to go that further mile for Recycle Week 2025.

For the second 12 months, the theme of Recycle Week, which is working from 22 – 28 September, is ‘Rescue Me! Recycle’.

The county has a 57.69 per cent recycling and composting charge, making Oxfordshire residents the most effective in England for 11 years in a row.

However, to proceed to deal with the local weather emergency, Oxfordshire County Council is asking on folks to attempt to enhance that determine as round half of the common garbage bin is made up of things that might have been recycled.

Recycle Week goals to focus on frequent kinds of recyclable waste that residents typically don’t recycle and ask them to rescue at the least one in all this stuff from their garbage bin.

These might embody bathroom roll tubes, empty aerosols, previous toothpaste tubes, set off sprays, shampoo bottles, foil, yoghurt pot and bathroom roll tubes – all of which may be collected in kerbside waste collections all through Oxfordshire.

Councillor Judy Roberts, Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Place, Environment and Climate Action, mentioned: “We know that Oxfordshire residents are already great at recycling, but there is always room for improvement.”

Oxfordshire County Council’s on-line Waste Wizard search instrument can assist folks put the fitting objects in the fitting bin. Available on the council’s web site, residents can sort of their postcode and the merchandise they now not want to seek out out the place it may very well be repaired or donated, or which kerbside bin or recycling centre skip it may go in.

“With busy lives and so many different types of items, packaging and materials, we appreciate there are times when householders can be unsure if something is recyclable or not,” added Cllr Roberts. “But if everyone can check the Waste Wizard and rescue at least one more recyclable item from general waste, it will make a big difference across the county.”

More recommendation and details about lowering the quantity of waste produced may be discovered by means of Oxfordshire Recycles, which gives updates by means of completely different channels together with Facebook and X/Twitter.

The partnership, which is made up of the county, metropolis and district councils, works collectively to enhance Oxfordshire’s recycling efficiency.

Recycle Week is organised by Recycle Now, a part of worldwide local weather motion charity WRAP, and is now in its twenty second 12 months.

Catherine David, Chief Executive of WRAP, mentioned: “Recycle Week continues to be a powerful moment to inspire action across the UK, and this year’s ‘Rescue Me! Recycle’ campaign is no exception.

“By highlighting everyday items like shampoo bottles, foil, and toothpaste tubes – things we often overlook – we’re helping people see the real impact of small changes. Thanks to innovation and collaboration, more of these items can now be recycled than ever before.

“Together with local authorities and communities, we’re making it easier to do the right thing and keep valuable materials in use. Let’s rescue these items from the rubbish and give them a second life.”

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