Lions Recycling

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advice on recycling

One Community can recycle:

  • Bottle tops
  • Stamps
  • Coins
  • Spectacles (to the Lions charity)
  • Unwanted presents!

Funds from recycling the following items goes towards the Young Carers Project:

  • Mobile Telephones
  • Small ink cartridges
  •  Tablets and Kindles
  •  iPad’s

Plastic Milk Bottle Tops

These can be given to a Lion’s Club member

Used Glasses

Lions Clubs throughout the UK collect unwanted and damaged spectacles. These are then sent to Chichester Lions Club which processes tens of thousands of recycled spectacles each year. All donations are examined by a team of Lions and other volunteers in the recycling workshop. Sorted pairs of glasses may then be sent for grading and distribution by Medico France in Le Havre.

Glasses are also sent directly to contacts running eye clinics in Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Nigeria, and Nepal. In addition, volunteers from the ‘Unite for Sight’ charity are supplied with spectacles to take with them on missions to countries across the world.

Glasses can be dropped in the Lions bin in the Asda superstore. It is situated at the back of the Asda Pharmacy, which is to the right as you enter the superstore.

What can and can’t you put in your green recycling bin?

Take a look at the four types of items EBC can recycle, how to prepare them and what the exceptions are…

Please ensure that all your items for recycling are loose, clean and dry. Plastic bags are not accepted for recycling.

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PAPER
Take a look at the four types of items we can recycle, how to prepare them and what the exceptions are…

Please ensure that all your items for recycling are loose, clean and dry. Plastic bags are not accepted for recycling.

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CARDBOARD

Cardboard can be placed in your bin. Tear and fold it down to fit more in. If on occasion you have more cardboard than can you can fit in the bin, it can be placed in a cardboard box (no more than 70cm square) next to your bin on the day of collection.

The following won’t be accepted:
Greasy card such as pizza boxes

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FOOD TINS, DRINK CANS AND AEROSOL CANS

Please empty and clean your cans before recycling. Sweet and biscuit selection tins are also accepted.

The following won’t be accepted:
Full aerosols and tin foil packaging

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PLASTIC BOTTLES

Any bottle shaped plastic can be recycled. Lids (but not pump or spray tops) and labels can be left on. Please empty any liquid content and squash the bottle before replacing the lid. Don’t forget your cleaning, hair product and cosmetic bottles.

The following won’t be accepted:
Any non-bottle plastic, such as margarine tubs or plastic packaging trays 

Usual suspects for contaminated recycling bins

If these items appear in your green recycling bin, then it may not be collected.

  • Tissue paper and kitchen roll
  • Greasy card e.g. fast food boxes
  • Paper with paint, glitter or glue on it
  • Other plastics, which are not a bottle
  • Sweets and crisp wrappers
  • Tetra paks e.g. juice cartons
  • Plastic bags – do not bag your recycling