♻️ Food waste recycling is now available in most areas of Hampshire!
✅ Plate scrapings
✅ Meat & fish bones
✅ Dairy products
✅ Bread, cakes & pastries
✅ Tea bags & coffee grounds
✅ Raw, cooked & out-of-date food
🚫 No packaging or non-food items.
#HampshireRecycles
🎆 Waste less this Bonfire Night 🎆
Heading to a fireworks display? Remember to:
♻️ Recycle your cans and bottles
🥤 Bring a reusable cup
🚯 Take your litter home
Small changes can make a big difference. ✨ #HampshireRecycles
🍂 Leave Only Footprints This Autumn 🍂
Headed out and about in Hampshire this week? Remember to take your litter home and help keep our parks, woodlands and countryside looking their best. 🍁♻️
#LeaveOnlyFootprints #HampshireRecycles
🎃 Millions of pumpkins go to waste every year. Don’t bin yours—try these instead:
🍽️ Eat it: Pumpkin recipes - issuu.com/hubbubuk/docs/reci…
🌱 Compost it
♻️Add it to your food waste bin
🐾 Donate it to farms or zoos!
♻️ #HampshireRecycles
🎃 Halloween is creeping up! Celebrate sustainably with these tips:
👻 DIY or swap costumes
🎃 Bake with leftover pumpkin
🧙♀️ Make eco-friendly decorations from household items — and reuse them next year!
Got your own low-waste ideas? Share them below!
#HampshireRecycles
🎃 Empty toilet roll tubes? Don't bin them!
Transform them into festive pumpkin decorations this Halloween 🎃👻. A fun, low waste craft that gives everyday items a second life.
🍂 ohohdeco.com/toilet-paper-ro…
#HampshireRecycles #LowWasteHalloween
Enjoying Hampshire's parks, woodlands and countryside this autumn? 🍁
Please #LeaveOnlyFootprints and take your litter home with you, small actions make a big difference!
#HampshireRecycles
Make sure to #RecycleRight and only put the following 5 items in your recycling bin in Hampshire:
Tins & Cans
Plastic bottles
Aerosols
Paper
Card
#HampshireRecycles

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🔋 Did you know some electrical items contain hidden batteries?
Items like electric toothbrushes &children's toys can cause dangerous fires if thrown in rubbish or recycling bins.
♻️ Recycle electricals separately at your local HWRC or drop-off point: recycleyourelectricals.org.u…
🚭 Got an unwanted vape?
Remember: vapes contain batteries and electrical components, so they shouldn't go in the bin.
Take them to a vape retailer, electrical recycling point or household waste recycling centre for safe recycling ♻️
#HampshireRecycles #RecycleYourElectricals
🌡️ International E-Waste Day! If your handheld fan or cooling device is broken, don’t bin it 📷
These items can cause fires at recycling facilities 🔥
Find your nearest electrical recycling point: recyclenow.com/recycle-an-it…
Video by @VeoliaUK
#HampshireRecycles
🚫 Never put batteries or electricals with batteries in your rubbish or recycling bins! Damaged batteries can spark fires & put crews at risk.
✅ Take them to your local HWRC or find a drop-off point 👉 recycleyourelectricals.org.u…
#HampshireRecycles
Don't bin it old electricals! ❌
🔥 Electricals can cause fires if put in rubbish or recycling bins. ♻️ They also contain valuable materials that can be recycled into new products.
Take them to your local HWRC or electrical recycling point instead.
#HampshireRecycles
🥚 Don't let eggs go to waste this #WorldEggDay!
Did you know the UK throws away 720 million eggs every year?
Try these easy egg-saving tips:
💧 Check freshness with the water test. ❄️ Freeze eggs. 🍳 Turn leftovers into delicious meals & bakes.
#HampshireRecycles
Fly tipping includes leaving items:
By a street bin
Outside a charity shop
By a recycling bank
Out to be taken for free
Your waste is your responsibility! 🗑️ Make sure it's disposed of correctly. Find more info here: hants.gov.uk/wasteandrecycli…
#SCRAPflytipping #HampshireRecycles

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☕ Celebrate #NoDisposableCupDay by getting more from your reusable cup!
✅ Morning coffee
✅ Afternoon tea
✅ Iced drinks
✅ Water on the go
✅ Hot chocolate treats
One reusable cup, countless refills. How do you use yours? 👇♻️ #Hampshire Recycles
Do you know the truth about recycling? ♻️
Separate the facts from fiction
Recyclable materials are a valuable resource. After being collected, they are sorted at a Materials Recovery Facility before going to specialised facilities to become new products. #HampshireRecycles
Put leftover apples to good use with a delicious Apple & Blackberry Crumble Loaf Cake! 🍰
👉 Recipe: supperinthesuburbs.com/2018/…
❄️ Freeze leftover cake for up to 3 months. Slice, wrap well, and defrost at room temperature when needed.
This #SustainableFashionWeek, don't let unwanted clothes go to waste.
👕 Sell your pre-loved items online
👗 Organise a clothing swap
🤝 Donate wearable clothing to charity
🧵 Repair damaged garments
♻️ Recycle textiles that are beyond repair
#HampshireRecycles
Did you know? In Hampshire, your recycling bin should only contain these 5 items:
🥫 Tins & cans
🧴 Plastic bottles
💨Aerosols
📄 Paper
📦 Card
Putting the right items in the right bin helps us recycle more and waste less
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