Return to Archives index page

Leave a comment

Tower and Town, October 2015

  (view the full edition)
      

To Dump or Not To Dump?

Re-using and Recycling conserves resources and reduces landfill where a quarter of the UK's emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, comes from.

However, we all need to dispose of unwanted items from time to time; however what may be a waste item to you is somebody's must have 'gem'. Below is a resumé of ways to dispose of unwanted items without resorting to the dump.

  • Quick and Easy - Pop item/s at the edge of your property (within your boundary) and add a note e.g. 'Free to a good home'; if you want to sell then secure the item or leave a photo, plus phone number. It's amazing what goes!
  • Town Charity shops - All take good quality goods but please do not leave bags of goods outside the shop if they are closed. There are also clothes banks - at the Leisure Centre and the Top shop Mace, top of the common.
  • Prospect Hospice, Cancer Research and The Dogs Trust all accept electrical goods.
  • Oxfam welcomes donations of books, media (including vinyl) and sheet music.
  • Unwanted (in date) tins and packets of food can be left in the local churches and supermarkets for donation to Devizes food bank.
  • Marlborough Common Car Boot Sales: Dates for these are on the Town Council website www.marlboroughtowncouncil.gov.uk/the-common-events-calendar.
  • On Line - some examples:
    - Free re-cycling at pewseyourcommunitymatters.org.uk
    - Gumtree: has a search engine which allows for you to post and see items in your area. Ads are free and their help page is particularly user friendly: www.gumtree.com
    - Kennet Furniture Refurbishing (KFR): furniture and white goods so that quality items are available to families with limited income, reducing landfill and retraining people with new skills: www.kfr.org.uk 01380 720722
    - And if you have a Facebook account: Free or for sale in Marlborough www.facebook.com/groups/111936632187327/
  • Finally:
    If none of the above works, remember the opening times for the Recycling Centre have changed: Thurs to Monday 10.00a.m - 4.00p.m and closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

    Gina Cooke

          

    Return to Archives index page

    Leave a comment