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Anne Billingham, Thamesdown Borough Council's Recycling Officer
suggests how we can all contribute a little to making the world a better place to live In
Reducing wasie ano recycling resources is something everyone can do. At home, at school and at work, there are many ways we can
contribute to saving materials and energy, cutting waste and reducing damage to the environment from our throwaway society.
Why not start the New Year by resolving to 'Slim Your Waste Line.' Here are 5 easy resolutions to try:
f Donate furniture and applicances to local charitable organisations like Swindon Furniture Project and Thamesdown Furniture Initiative.
Tel: 644774/436338.
./Start a compost heap with your kitchen and garden waste and reduce the amount of rubbish you put out for collection by 25%. Help is
on hand from Moredon Community Garden Centre where staff offer practical advice and discounted compost bins. Tel: 523294.
/ Recycle your newspapers and magazines, glass bottles, jars and drink cans. Try to combine your trip to the recycling banks
with shopping. There's a recycling centre at Car Park B at the West Swindon Centre. (A typical Thamesdown household throws
away 3/5 glass containers a week).
/ Donate reusable clothing, sheets, blankets, towels and curtains to the developing' world via the Textile Bank at the W Swindon Centre
/ Help organise recycling at work or at school. Info, available on schemes by calling me on 493517.

The Link Classifieds Act on your r's Iuticn arIy
Boxes cost £13 (3cm deep) or "On the Twelfth Day of Christmas, the 1993 recycler
£6.50 (1 .5cm deep). Lineage
costs 20p per word, includes VAT. put his/her Christmas Tree through the shredder....
Cash with advert to The Link, The 'Merry Mulch' Project will operate on Sunday 10 and 17
13 Castle Dore, Freshbrook, January, 10am - 3pm at the Incinerator site, Barnfield Road, with the
Cheques made out to West help of Swindon Friends of the Earth. Redundant Christmas trees will
Swindon Publications please be shredded and used as a mulch in Thamesdown's parks and
gardens. Bring your trees along and, why not drop off cardboard,
For Sale glass and cans collected over the Christmas at the tip next door?
Girls Raleigh Magic Bike 5-7 years
£30. Mothercare car seat, birth - 4 Make use of old Christmas cards. Bring your cards with your trees
years. £25. Tel: 873003 or drop them oft at Boots the chemist. The income from recycling
cards will be used to plant trees in Thamesdown's Community
Learn a Language Forest. This project is supported by Wilts County Council and Anne Billing/tam disguised as Bertie
German, Italian, French, Danish Severnside Waste Paper. Bottle helping Matthew Corke, Envi-
Individual or group tuition ronment Manager of Courtaulds Films,
Tel: 881828 after 5pm or launch the company's sponsorship of
weekends ut don't just It's clean up after the Thamesdown Council's bottle bank net-
throwaway socify. Lot's challongo it! workat the West Swindon Centre on 19
Clothing Alterations & Repairs As consumers we should be asking these questions: December
Tel: 872096
Mrs White, Freshbrook Do we really need this? Is it made of recycled materials? Is it And coming soon - two new
disposable or durable? Can it be re-used, repaired, recycled? recycling schemes to help reduce
Easily? How environmentally responsibly was it manufactured? the waste in our dustbins. One
Washing Machine Repairs
involves the central composting
• Same Day Service This is a way of making higher recycling rates possible - by building
Guaranteed Repairs demand for the materials. Could we invent a new sport called of kitchen and garden waste
For a friendly, I—' precycling'? collected from households who
helpful volunteer to separate out this
service, call COMPETITION: I've a prize for the person who can think of all waste into a special collection
J. Martin the possible ways of recycling. Send your ideas to me at bin. The other isto set up a much
Tel: 694930 Environmental Services, Thamesdown Council, Civic Offices, needed scheme for recycling
1 Alnwick, Toothill Swindon by the end of January. plastic container.
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To help community recycling The Link Magazine is launching a new section
FREE FOR SALE AND WANTED CLASSIFIEDS
All you have to do is fill in the form and return it to us and we'll help you sell or find what you want within West Swindon.
There is no limit to the sale price or the number of items, but this section is only available to individuals, not businesses.

LINK FREE CLASSIFIEDS: Return this form to The Link, 13 Castle Dore, Freshbrook, Swindon SN5 8PQ
by 16th of the month. Entries are subject to available space and are published on a first come first served basis.

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