AEROSOLS
Deodorant, hairspray, furniture polish etc.
After ensuring the cans are empty, put them in your Green Box (see ‘GREEN BOXES’) for recycling collection. Please do not put spray paints or gas canisters in your box as these will not be collected.

BATTERIES
Car batteries—put next to Green Box for recycling collection. Please do not leave car batteries on the pavement.
Household batteries—alkaline batteries (AAA, AA, etc) only. Put in separate bag in your Green Box. If you use a lot of batteries, why not invest in a battery charger and use rechargeable batteries?
Mobile phone batteries—old phone batteries should be returned to the phone supplier for safe disposal.

BEDDING - see ‘BLANKETS’, ‘DUVETS & PILLOWS’, ‘HOUSEHOLD LINEN’

BICYCLES
The Bike Project, based in Highbury, is a small scale operation which takes bikes for recycling - contact 020 7690 7134.
Recycle, based in Colchester, recycles bikes on a larger scale to send to Southern Africa. Contact them on 0845 458 0852 or 01206 863111, or visit www.re-cycle.org
Note: The Cycick project no longer exists.

BIN LINERS
Look out for bin liners which are degradable or made from recycled plastic. These are available from some local shops—see Appendix 1.

BLANKETS
The Broadway Project, a homelessness charity based in Shepherd's Bush (160 Coningham Road) takes blankets (and duvets and pillows). Or take blankets to a textile bank at a local recycling point—see Appendix 2. Please do not put in your Green Box.

BOTTLES & JARS—see ‘GLASS BOTTLES & JARS’

BUBBLEWRAP
Try to avoid buying products with excessive packaging. However, if you have lots of bubblewrap, don't put it in the bin. Save it for when you want to package something yourself or recycle it with plastics at Somerfield in Brentford.

BUY RECYCLED
If you don't buy recycled products, you're not recycling! To complete the recycling loop, look out for products that are recycled and can be recyclable, e.g. look for the BUYRECYCLED logo on products. For more information, see the list of BUY RECYCLED or visit www.buy-recycled.co.uk

CAR BOOT SALES
Chiswick Community School PTA holds a car boot sale in the school grounds on the first Sunday of every month (except January). There is also a car boot sale at Southfield Primary School, Southfield Road on the last Sunday of each month, 10am until 2.30pm.

CARDBOARD
Please keep cardboard separate from newspapers and magazines.
Cardboard boxes & packaging—Remove any sharp staples, fold flat and put next to your Green Box for cardboard recycling (Hounslow Borough residents only). It will not be collected unless it is folded flat. Or take to the Acton Waste & Recycling Centre or Townmead Rd Re-use & Recycling Centre.
Cardboard tubes—e.g. inner tubes from kitchen rolls, toilet rolls and wrapping paper rolls. These can all be put on your compost heap, or squashed flat and put in your Green Box.

CARPETS
Carpets cannot be recycled in the Borough—residents are advised to try to find an alternative use for replaced carpets.
The Chiswick Horticultural Society recommends against using old carpets on allotments or to line ponds, as the carpet releases toxins into the soil or water. When the carpet breaks down, it is also very difficult to clear away.

CENTRE FOR ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY (CAT)
CAT is an environmental charity aiming to inspire people to live more sustainably by offering practical solutions to environmental problems in areas such as energy efficiency, environmental building and organic gardening. Find out more and visit their Green Shop at www.cat.org.uk

CEREAL BOXES
Fold down flat and put in your Green Box for cardboard recycling.
Use the plastic bag inside as a sandwich bag for taking sandwiches to school or work. They can be reused over and over again, and as they are clear you can see what's inside them!  

CHARITY SHOPS
Give items in a good condition to one of the many charity shops in Chiswick:

In general, these shops do not accept electrical goods or items of furniture. If you have a large amount of items to donate, check first that the shop has space to take them in.
Note: Charity shops spend over £4 million pa sorting, recycling and storing unsuitable donations. To combat this problem, Oxfam have launched an initiative called "Sorted" to encourage us to consider whether items for donation should be recycled or binned instead. For more information, ask at the Oxfam shop, call 0845 3000311 or visit www.oxfam.org.uk/what_you_can_do/shop/how_to_donate/ 

CHILDREN'S TOYS
Give items in a good condition to one of the many charity shops in Chiswick (see above). Or sell them yourself at the local car boot sale, advertise in the local paper or in the trading ads on www.chiswickW4.com

ChiswickW4.com
www.chiswickw4.com is the neighbourhood website for Chiswick. Find out about what's going on in Chiswick and use the 'Discussion Forum' to search for local information. Use the free trading ads to advertise unwanted goods, and look at the 'Geronimo' section for home improvement and trade recommendations. If you need to find out something, there's bound to be someone who can help!

CHRISTMAS CARDS
Save suitable cards for making into gift tags the following year.
Most branches of M&S, Tesco and WH Smith take part in the annual collection of old Christmas cards on behalf of the Woodland Trust. Look out for collection boxes in these stores in January each year.
Cards can also be recycled in your Green Box (provided they are free from decoration).

CHRISTMAS TREES
After Christmas, recycle your tree at Chiswick House Grounds (Car Park entrance on Ellesmere Road - A4), Gunnersbury Park (Main Car Park, Popes Lane), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Brentford Gate) or the Townmead Rd Re-use & Recycling Centre.
You can ask for your tree to be collected by the garden waste collection service during January - contact ECT Recycling on 020 8813 3191/3192 at least 2 days before your usual collection day. The tree must have a council garden waste bag tied round it and be placed outside your property by 7am on the collection day. 

CLOTHING
Give clothes in a good condition to one of the many charity shops in Chiswick. Or sell them yourself at a local car boot sale, advertise in the local paper or in the trading ads on www.chiswickW4.com.
Any old clothes, fabric, curtains and shoes can also be put in the Green Box for recycling collection. Even old, torn, stained or damaged items can be collected as they are sorted into types. Good quality items are resold, poor quality items will be used for industrial wipes or shredded and used as stuffing material.

COMPOST
Compost can be bought at the Space Waye Re-use & Recycling Centre for £1.50 a bag. This is made from the garden waste brought to the site from all over the borough.

COMPOST BIN
Make your own compost from your garden waste along with your fruit and veg. peelings!
Residents in the London Borough of Hounslow can request a free compost bin (while stocks last) by contacting the Recycling Team on 020 8583 5555 or via e-mail recycling@hounslow.gov.uk
Residents in the London Borough of Ealing can obtain a compost bin at discounted rate by contacting 0845 130 60 90 or online from www.evengreener.com

THE COMPOSTING ASSOCIATION
Find out about the UK's membership organisation for promoting good practice in composting and the use of composted materials at www.compost.org.uk

CORKS
Natural corks - these will decompose eventually if you slice them up and compost them. Or collect and use to make a cork notice board. Alternatively, contact the EcoAction Scrapstore in Twickenham on 020 8891 7063 or email eco@richmond.gov.uk to see if they would be useful for a community project.
Plastic corks - recycle with other plastic at Acton Waste & Recycling Centre.

CUSHIONS
Can be taken to a textile bank at a local recycling site. Please do not put these in your Green Box.

DEFRA - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
For information on DEFRA's policies and activities concerning waste, visit the website at www.defra.gov.uk

DISPOSABLE NAPPIES
Did you know that 8 million disposable nappies are thrown away every DAY in the UK? They make up 4% of the total waste collected by Councils, but if you are a household with a baby they can be up to 50% of your weekly rubbish. Have you thought about using the modern washable nappies that are easy to use and can save you money? See ‘REAL NAPPIES’ for more details.

DRESS MATERIALS—see ‘FABRICS’

DRINKS BOTTLES & CANS
Rinse out. Put cans and glass bottles in the Green Box for recycling. Take plastic bottles to the Acton Waste & Recycling Centre for plastic recycling.

DUVETS & PILLOWS
The Broadway Project, a homelessness charity based in Shepherd's Bush (160 Coningham Road) takes duvets and pillows (and blankets). Or take these to a textile bank at a local recycling site. Please do not put these in your Green Box.

EALING COUNCIL
For Chiswick residents living in the London Borough of Ealing, the Recycling Department can be contacted on 020 8825 6000 or email customers@ealing.gov.uk. Their website link for recycling is www.ealing.gov.uk/services/environment/recycling

ECT RECYCLING
ECT is the company contracted to collect Green Boxes and Garden Waste bags. To order a Green Box please contact ECT Recycling on 020 8813 1331 or email info@ectrecycling.co.uk 
To purchase biodegradable sacks for use in the Garden Waste Collection Service please contact ECT Recycling on 020 8813 3191/3192. Sacks are available from borough libraries, can be ordered by post (ask for an order form), purchased over the ‘phone or online at www.ectrecycling.co.uk (choose your area - Hounslow or Ealing - and follow the links for "Garden Waste").

ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
The Townmead Rd and Space Waye Re-use & Recycling Centres both take electrical appliances for recycling. If items cannot be re-used, their components will be recycled. Some charity shops may take small household appliances in good condition, but check first to see if they do.

ENGINE/ MOTOR OIL
Place in sealed, upright container and put next to Green Box for recycling collection. Or take to one of the recycling sites that takes engine oil. If you have more than a small container full, call the Recycling Team on 020 8583 5555 for information on sites where you can dispose of it. Cooking oil cannot be collected.

FABRICS
Unused dress and furnishing fabrics can be put in your Green Box or textile bank for recycling. These are graded and sold in developing world markets. Unused fabrics (including samples) can also be donated to the EcoAction Scrapstore in Twickenham for redistribution in the community—call 020 8891 7063 or email eco@richmond.gov.uk Or check with local schools or colleges to see if they could make use of unwanted fabrics for plays and school displays.

FLATS - RECYCLING WITH YOUR NEIGHBOURS
The Green Box door to door collection is now being offered to some low rise flats. If you live in a block of 4 storeys or less you may be able to join the collection service. In medium and high rise flats, recycling sites are being installed, specially designed for residents who have not previously been included on the Green Box scheme. If you live on an estate in the Borough of Hounslow and do not have any recycling facilities please call the Recycling Team on 020 8583 5555.

FLUORESCENT LIGHTING TUBES
Take to the Townmead Rd Re-use & Recycling Centre.

FOIL
Do the scrunch test and if it stays scrunched, it’s OK. Make sure it is clean, then squash it and put in your Green Box for recycling collection.

FOOD SCRAPS & PEELINGS
Would you like to turn your peelings and garden waste into compost for your garden? See ‘COMPOST BIN’ for how to obtain one.

FOREIGN COINS
Unwanted coins can be donated to the Leprosy Mission. You can drop them off during working hours (9am - 5pm) at the Leprosy Mission International office at 80 Windmill Road, Brentford. Tel 020 8326 6767.

FREE2COLLECT
Based on the concept that "one man's junk is another man's treasure", www.free2collect.co.uk enables you to add items to this site for others to browse and obtain. The service is free, but if you find an item you want you must arrange collection. 

FRUIT & VEG.
Try to avoid buying foods with excessive or unnecessary packaging. If buying one or two items of food, e.g. a couple of apples, a plastic bag isn't necessary - just put them loose in your shopping. Some stores and market traders use paper bags - put these in the Green Box for recycling. Better still, use your own re-usable bags. Put fruit and veg. peelings on your compost heap.

GARDEN WASTE
If you would like to make your own compost from your garden waste, use a compost bin or take part in Hounslow or Ealing's Garden Waste Collection Services. For further information contact Hounslow's Recycling Team on 020 8583 5555 or Ealing on 020 8825 6000. Garden waste can also be taken to the Townmead Rd or Space Waye Re-use & Recycling Centres to be turned into compost.

GIFTS
Try to avoid buying gifts with excessive or unnecessary packaging.

GIFTWRAP
Look out for recycled wrapping paper—especially at Christmas time. (See Recycled Products list)

GLASSES—see ‘SPECTACLES’

GRASS CUTTINGS
Put them in your compost bin. Or cuttings can be collected with the Green Waste Collection during the summer season.

GREEN BOXES
If you live in a house, converted house or low-rise flat you should be able to take part in the Green Box kerbside collection scheme. If you live in a medium or high-rise flat, see ‘FLATS—RECYCLING’. To obtain a Green Box, please call ECT on 020 8813 1331.
In Chiswick, the collection day is usually early Tuesday or Wednesday morning but during Bank Holiday weeks, it is usually a day later. (See hm borough magazine or www.chiswickW4.com for collection dates over Christmas and Easter holiday periods).

GREEN WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE
Both Hounslow and Ealing offer a Green Waste Collection Service during the summer season. Contact the recycling team at your council for more information. To order special collection sacks, contact ECT on 020 8813 3191/3192 or order online at www.ectrecycling.org.uk. Only garden waste will be collected - do not put food waste in the bags for collection.

HAZARDOUS WASTE
Asbestos, garden chemicals etc.
Contact the Environment Agency on 08459 333111 for advice on how to dispose of these products safely.

HI-FI—see ‘TV & HI-FI’

HOUNSLOW COUNCIL
For Chiswick residents living in the London Borough of Hounslow, the Recycling Team can be contacted on 020 8583 5555, or visit their website at www.hounslow.gov.uk

HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Give items in a good condition to one of the many charity shops in Chiswick. Or sell them yourself at a local car boot sale, advertise in the local paper or in the trading ads on www.chiswickW4.com.

HOUSEHOLD LINEN e.g. sheets, towels, teatowels
Put in Green Box for recycling collection, or take large amounts to the textile bank at a local recycling point. Use old teatowels as rags, or for wrapping around sharp tools.

INKJET CARTRIDGES—see ‘PRINTER CARTRIDGES’

IT EQUIPMENT—see 'COMPUTERS' 

JUNK MAIL
To reduce your junk mail, write to: The Mailing Preference Service, FREEPOST 22, London, W1E 7EZ, call them on 020 7766 4410, or register online at www.mpsonline.org.uk. You can also send mail back through 'return to sender' or in a FREEPOST envelope asking to be taken off their mailing lists. Or put a notice on your letter box to stop junk leaflets(menus, flyers etc.) and newspapers being delivered to your home. See also 'UNADDRESSED MAIL'

KITCHEN TOWELS & CLOTHS
Look out for kitchen towel made from recycled paper. Or better still use long lasting cloths which are washable and can be used many times. (See ‘E-cloths’, recycled products list)

LABELS from JARS & BOTTLES
Soak paper labels off from jars and bottles and put in your Green Box with other waste paper for recycling.

LASER TONER CARTRIDGES—see ‘PRINTER CARTRIDGES’

MAGAZINES
Put in Green Box for recycling collection.

MAYOR & GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY
For information on the Mayor's Municipal Waste Management Strategy and links to related sites and resources, visit www.london.gov.uk

MEDICINES
Any unfinished bottles of tablets or medicines should be returned to your local chemist.

METALS
Any metal objects (small or large) can be taken for recycling to the Townmead Rd Re-use & Recycling Centre.

MILK BOTTLES (glass)
Do not put glass milk bottles in your Green Box or the glass recycling containers. Milk bottles are made of a different glass and cannot be recycled with other glass bottles and jars. Please return to the milkman or the shop you bought them from.

MILK CONTAINERS (plastic)
Rinse out and take for recycling to the plastics container at the Acton Waste & Recycling Centre

MOBILE PHONES
Oxfam wants your unwanted handsets and their accessories. They are refurbished and sold to raise money for people in developing countries. On average, each working donated handset is worth £5 to Oxfam - but some are worth more. Take them to any Oxfam shop, e.g. 190 Chiswick High Road. If you're donating fewer than 10 phones, you can send them to: Oxfam Bring Scheme, Freepost LON16281, London W5 5BR. If you're donating more than 10 phones, please call 0870 752 0999 to arrange a courier.
Mobiles can also be taken to The Link, or you can donate them to charity at Tesco - pick up the posting envelopes from your nearest store.
If possible, please include battery and charger too.

NAPPIES—see ‘DISPOSABLE NAPPIES’, ‘REAL NAPPIES’

NEWSPAPERS
Put in Green Box for recycling collection.

ORNAMENTS
Give items in a good condition to one of the many charity shops in Chiswick. Or sell at the local car boot sale, advertise in the local paper or in the trading ads on www.chiswickW4.com

PAINT (unused)
Collected at Townmead Rd Re-use & Recycling Centre for re-distribution in the community. The following usable paint is accepted: emulsion, gloss, eggshell , undercoat, primer, masonry paint, exterior paint. Must be in its original container, and not over 10 years old. No car paint or aerosols. Alternatively, ask at your local DIY store if they have a collection point. Visit www.communityrepaint.org.uk to find out more about the Community Re>Paint initiative.  

PAVING SLABS, BRICKS & RUBBLE
Take bricks, paving slabs and rubble to the collection point at the Townmead Rd Re-use & Recycling Centre.

'PENNY BACK' SCHEME, SAINSBURY'S
This scheme is no longer in operation. Instead, Sainsbury's now has a collection point in the store entrance for plastic bag recycling. You can take old plastic shopping bags to be recycled here.

PET FOOD TINS
If you have a pet eating one tin a day, over 350 tins per year could be recycled. If you remove the label from the tin, this paper can be recycled, but it is not essential to do this. After rinsing out, put pet food tins in the Green Box for recycling collection.

PLASTICS
This includes plastic milk, water and other drinks bottles & lids, clean yogurt pots, margarine tubs, washed out detergent containers, plastic carrier bags, clean plastic fast food trays, polythene and similar plastic packaging waste (including bubblewrap). All these items (excluding plastic bags and packaging) can be taken to the Acton Waste & Recycling Centre for recycling.
Carrier bags: use as bin liners or recycle via collection point at entrance to Sainsbury's.
Drinks bottles:
- large: cut off base of 1litre bottles and fill with beer to use as slug/snail traps in the garden. Use the remainder of the bottle as a cloche over seedlings or tender young plants.
- small: can be put on top of garden canes to prevent them causing eye injury.
Ice-cream containers: useful for storing food in the freezer or as lunch boxes.
Use in your shed to store hardware items, opened packets of seeds etc.
Plastic dispensers, e.g. wipes: use as string dispensers.
Triangular bags used for flowers: great for storing kites in.
More information about recycling plastics...

POLYSTYRENE PACKAGING
This cannot be recycled. Tear up into small pieces as a filler in large garden pots to reduce the amount of compost needed. Polystyrene shapes can be used to aid drainage in the bottom of smaller pots and window boxes.

POSTAGE STAMPS
Cut out used postage stamps from envelopes leaving approx. 1cm around them. Collect in a bag and give to Oxfam for re-sale (see ‘CHARITY SHOPS’). Trimmed stamps (ideally sorted into packs of first class and above, second class and below, foreign, etc) can also be donated to the Leprosy Mission, RNIB or Save the Children. Send in a large envelope to:
Leprosy Mission, 26 Drift Road, Clanfield, Waterlooville, Hants. PO8 0LJ
Save the Children, 1 St Johns Lane, London EC1M 4AR
RNIB Supporter Care Team, Falcon Park, Neasden Lane, London, NW10 1RN

PRINTER CARTRIDGES
All printer cartridges can be taken to Townmead Rd Re-use & Recycling Centre.
Inkjet cartridges - most outlets that sell inkjet cartridges also give you freepost envelopes to send your old cartridges to a charity for recycling (Tommy's and RNID participate in these schemes). WH Smith and Rymans on Chiswick High Road have them available. To order new envelopes from Tommy's call 0800 435576 or email tommysbags@inkagain.co.uk.
The British Red Cross receive £1 for every inkjet cartridge returned for recycling (HP and Lexmark only). To order freepost envelopes, call 01638 552082 or email freepost@redcross.org.uk. For information on the Used Inkjet Appeal, see www.redcross.org.uk/34968
Laser toner cartridges - Cartridge World refill old cartridges while you wait, see www.cartridgeworld.co.uk
The nearest branch is 20 Queens Parade, Ealing  W5 3HU (020 8991 0030).

PYREX or TOUGHENED GLASS
Do not put this in your Green Box or the glass recycling containers. This glass is designed to withstand very high temperatures and so can explode when heated up in the glass recycling furnace. If broken or damaged, wrap carefully, label accordingly and put out for general rubbish collection.

RAIN WATER
If you have space for a water butt, collect rain water for watering your garden. If you don't already have one, buy a water butt made from recycled materials. (See recycled products list)

REAL NAPPIES
Real nappies (made from cotton) can work out cheaper than disposables. They also don't have the gels and chemicals of disposable nappies and save on the amount of unbiodegradable waste going to landfill. Cotton nappies are no longer the traditional Terry's, but there are many new and trendy real nappies now on the market with great designs for your baby.
The Womens Environmental Network estimates that about 15% of parents now use real nappies—see www.wen.org.uk. WEN now runs the Real Nappy Project. For a free information leaflet and details about types of Real Nappies, contact the Recycling Team on 020 8583 5555.

RECORDS /TAPES
Give items in a good playable condition to one of the many charity shops in Chiswick. Or sell them yourself at the local car boot sale, advertise in the local paper or in the trading ads on www.chiswickW4.com

RECYCLE FOR LONDON
The Recycle for London campaign aims to encourage people to recycle more by providing them with the information they need to access their local recycling services. For details call 0845 3 313131 or visit www.recycleforlondon.com

RECYCLING NOTICE BOARD, Recycling Centre, Sainsbury's car park
Look out for news about CRAG (Chiswick Recycling Action Group) projects and useful recycling information.

RECYCLING POINTS
Click here to see a list of local recycling sites and materials accepted at each site.

RECYCLING TEAM, London Borough of Hounslow
If you don't have a Green Box or a composter or would like more information on reducing waste in Chiswick, contact the Recycling Team on 020 8583 5555 or email them at recycling@hounslow.gov.uk

SAINSBURY'S CAR PARK - RECYCLING CENTRE
Sited at the west (Chiswick Park end). Recycling containers for: aluminium drinks cans, food cartons (Tetrapaks), glass bottles and jars, newspapers, magazines, plastic bottles and textiles. Note that all plastics are accepted but only bottles will be recycled. Plastic bags can be recycled via the container in the store entrance lobby. In the corner is the CRAG Recycling Notice Board.

SEWING MACHINES
See TFSR under 'TOOLS'.

SHEET & PLATE GLASS or BROKEN DRINKING GLASSES
e.g. wine glasses
Do not put these in your Green Box or the glass recycling containers. These are made from a different type of glass and cannot be collected for recycling at the moment. Wrap up any broken glass, label and leave out for the general rubbish collection.

SHOPPING BAGS
Say 'no' to plastic carrier bags. Invest in some strong shopping bags, shopping boxes (mail order from Lakeland Ltd, see recycled products list) or buy 'bags for life' from supermarkets. If you can't avoid acquiring plastic bags, reuse them as bin liners. They can also be left at Sainsbury's for recycling, the collection point is in the entrance lobby.

SHREDDED PAPER
You can put it in your compost bin, or in your Green Box for recycling - place in a paper bag to prevent it spreading everywhere.

SOAP DETERGENT BOTTLES
Buy refills if available to avoid excessive plastic packaging. Recycle plastic bottles at Sainsbury's Recycling Centre or the Acton Waste & Recycling Centre.

SOAP POWDER BOXES (large)
Can be cut to shape as box files - cut a sloping line across the deep sides from top corner to 'spine'; cut short side, opposite spine to make the box file opening. Otherwise squash flat and put in your Green Box for cardboard recycling.

SPACE WAYE RE-USE & RECYCLING CENTRE (London Borough of Hounslow)
Pier Road, North Feltham Trading Estate, TW14
The following items can be recycled at this depot: aluminium foil, batteries, cardboard, CDs, clothes, drinks cans, electrical appliances, engine oil, food tins, glass bottles and jars, green garden waste, hardcore/rubble, magazines, newspapers, plastic(bottles only), scrap metal, shoes, textiles, toner cartridges, wood. 
Open 7 days a week. See opening times and contact details.

SPECTACLES & SUNGLASSES
Old pairs of glasses in good condition can be given to charity for re-use in the Third World. Boots in Chiswick High Road collects old glasses for Vision Aid. Ask at your local opticians if they collect them for charity, or you can send them in a sturdy box to: Vision Aid Overseas, 12 The Bell Centre, Newton Road, Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 2FZ.

TAKEAWAY FOOD CONTAINERS
Wash out any foil containers and put in Green Box for aluminium foil recycling collection. Wipe any cardboard lids and put in Green Box for cardboard recycling. Wash any plastic containers - re-use as food storage containers or take to the Acton Waste & Recycling Centre for plastic recycling.

TELEPHONES
Can be sent back to BT. Contact Customer Services on 0800 800150. They will send you a bag for putting your phone in that you take to the Post Office. 

TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES (including Yellow Pages)
Put in Green Box (whole) for recycling collection or use a local paper bank.

TETRAPAKS—see ‘CARTONS’

TEXTILES
Any old clothes, fabric, curtains and household linen can be put in the Green Box for recycling collection. Even old, torn, stained or damaged items can be collected as they will be all sorted into types. Good quality items are resold, poor quality items will be used for industrial wipes or shredded and used as stuffing material. Blankets and duvets cannot be collected, but may be taken to a textile bank at your local recycling site.

TILES
Unwanted tiles (unused or good quality used) may be donated to the EcoAction Scrapstore in Twickenham for redistribution to projects in the community—call 020 8891 7063 or email eco@richmond.gov.uk

TIMBER & WOOD
Take to the Townmead Rd Re-use & Recycling Centre for recycling.

TIN FOIL CONTAINERS
After washing out, put in Green Box for recycling collection.

TISSUES
Look out for tissues made from 100% recycled paper. Most supermarkets now stock excellent recycled products. Better still, buy a stock of cotton handkerchiefs and you won't need any more tissues.

TOILET PAPER
Look out for toilet tissue made from 100% recycled paper. Most supermarkets now stock excellent recycled products.

TOPS & LIDS
If tops and lids from jars and bottles are metal, put them in your Green Box for the recycling tin collection.

TOWNMEAD ROAD RE-USE & RECYCLING CENTRE (London Borough of Richmond) off Mortlake Road, Kew
The following items can be recycled at this depot: aluminium foil, batteries (car and household), cans, cardboard, Christmas trees, electrical equipment, engine oil, fluorescent lighting tubes, fridges / freezers, garden waste, glass (green, brown and clear), metals, mobile phones, paint (re-usable), paper, paving slabs, printer cartridges, rubble, shoes, textiles, wood. Open 7 days a week. See opening times and contact details.

TV & HI-FI
Take these items to a Re-use & Recycling Centre.

TYRES
Return them to where you bought them or take to a local tyre shop.

UNADDRESSED MAIL
To stop unaddressed mail being delivered to your address, you can write to: Door to Door Customer Service Team, Royal Mail, Wheatstone House, Wheatstone Road, Swindon SN3 5JN 

VIDEOS & DVDS
Give items in a good playable condition to one of the many charity shops in Chiswick. Or try selling them yourself at the local car boot sale, advertise in the local paper or in the trading ads on www.chiswickW4.com

WASTE ONLINE
For wacky waste facts visit www.wasteonline.org.uk and find out more about waste at home, waste in the workplace, waste legislation etc. 

WASTE WATCH
Contact the Waste Watch Wasteline for information on recycling, reusing and reducing waste on 0870 243 0136. Look online at www.wastewatch.org.uk or email info@wastewatch.org.uk

WOOD—see ‘TIMBER & WOOD’

WOOL
Balls of wool may not be recycled in your Green Box. Unused balls of wool can be donated to the EcoAction Scrapstore in Twickenham—call 020 8891 7063 or email eco@richmond.gov.uk  Or donate to a local school for use in craft projects.