Recycle Week: ‘Get real’ about recycling!

Now in its eighteenth year, Recycle Week is the nation's biggest celebration of recycling. This Recycle Week, Recycle Now and Bedford Borough Council are 'getting real', about how we can all tackle recycling together.

Following its biggest year ever in 2021, Recycle Week is back for 2022, and this year it's about to 'Get Real'. This year's campaign will focus on the difference that recycling makes.

As part of the campaign, Bedford Borough Council will be providing recycling information and insights, clarifying that by recycling we really can make a difference.

Recycling doesn't have to be confusing, you can check what should go in each of your bins at; www.bedford.gov.uk/mybins.

Top tips for recycling in Bedford Borough:

• Put all your clean plastic bottles, tubs and trays in your orange bin and don't forget shampoo and skincare plastic bottles from the bathroom
• Metal food and drink cans, aerosols, and clean aluminium foil can all go in your orange bin
• Clean paper and cardboard should always go in your orange bin, do try to break cardboard packaging down so you can fit more in there
• Never put glass, food, textiles/clothing, black bags or sanitary waste (like nappies) in your orange bin, these items can stop us from recycling the rest of the waste you put in your orange bin
• Take your glass bottles and jars, textiles and shoes to your closest mini-recycling site, a full list is available at www.bedford.gov.uk/MiniRecyclingSites
• Crush, squish, stomp on, tear up and make smaller anything you can - the more space you save, the more recycling you can fit in your orange bin

Remember to share your own recycling tips and photos on social media using #RecycleWeek

Councillor Charles Royden, Portfolio Holder for Environment, Highways, and Transport at Bedford Borough Council, said, "Recycle Week is an opportunity for us all to consider what small changes we can make to minimise the waste we produce and to recycle more of it"

It takes 70% less energy to recycle paper compared with making it from raw materials so the more that goes in orange bins the better"

Craig Stephens, Campaign Manager for Recycle Now said, "By recycling even better we can have a big impact on our environment. In Bedford Borough it's no different - more and more people are recycling, so the next step is to make sure we get our recycling right. So come on, Bedford Borough, keep up the great work and let's make our recycling better than ever before!"

To learn more about local recycling options in Bedford Borough visit www.bedford.gov.uk/recycling