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More about recycling

Recycle to save a life

Have you thought about recycling your clothes, shoes and household textiles to help save a life?

 

There are currently eleven textile banks located in the borough, on behalf of the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance. The Air Ambulance helicopter has already been called out to a number of incidents in the borough since it was first launched in 2007.

 

Good quality items donated into the textile banks are sold to second-hand clothing traders in the UK and worldwide. 'End of life' garments are recycled into industrial wipers and cloths, mattress filling, insulation and new fibres. So far you have helped to recycle 66 tonnes of textiles, which has helped to raise in the region of £9,500 – keeping the ambulance in the air.

 

None of us knows if and when we might require this service, so why not support the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance by recycling your unwanted clothes, shoes and household textiles – and help save lives.

 

Air Ambulance clothing bankThere are Air Ambulance Textile recycling banks sited at:

Mission Lane car park, Cowplain

Tidworth Road car park, Leigh Park

One Stop, Emsworth Road, Havant

Eastoke Corner, Hayling Island

Creek Road, Hayling Island

St Marys, Hayling Island

Elm Grove, Hayling Island

Wickes, Havant

Tempest Avenue Barleycorn, Cowplain

Asda, Bedhampton

Curlew Public House car park, Havant

 

For further information on the Hampshire Air Ambulance visit the Air Ambulance website (external site)>>    

 

No change to collection days

All waste and recycling is now collected by Havant Borough Council’s waste and recycling collection teams on the normal regular day, even if this day is a bank holiday.

There will be no disruption to the service and residents are reminded that all bins must be available for collection from 7am on the scheduled collection day.

 

Revised collection dates for Christmas and New Year will be distributed to all residents in early December.

 

 

Tell us what you think….

How do you think Havant Borough Council’s Waste and Recycling Service is working for you? It is important that we hear your views if we are to continue to improve the waste and recycling services we offer our residents.

 

We would like to hear your views on rubbish and recycling collections ( AWC ), garden waste collection and recycling across the borough. This can be done by completing our Waste and Recycling Questionnaire. You can access the questionnaire by using this link>>  if you would prefer a paper copy you can request one by calling Beth Manwaring on 023 9244 6629.

 

All questionnaires must be completed and returned by Friday 18th July 2008 with all returns being entered into a prize draw for a chance to win a composting bin.

 

Did you know

  • If all the recycling in the borough was collected and stored for one year it would fill Havant and Waterlooville Football pitch 6 metres (20’) deep.
  • Recycling 1 aluminium can saves enough energy to run a television for 3 hours.
  • That recycling just 2 glass bottles saves enough energy to boil water for 5 cups of tea.
  • Last year in Hampshire we recycled over a million trees’ worth of paper.
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