Recycling!
February 24th, 2008I have just emailed the council regarding their almost brilliant kerbside recycling scheme…. It is worth a try…. I did format the paragraphs properly but for some reason they are not working on here!!
Dear Sir/Madam,
I would firstly like to congratulate you on your fantastic kerbside recycling scheme, I really appreciate the fact that you provide the green boxes and come to collect them every fortnight - what a brilliant idea to help people recycle. Thank you so much for investing in this initiative, as since using the scheme and buying a compost bin, our waste has significantly diminished and we are far more considerate of what we throw away.
I just wondered if I could possibly offer a few ideas/suggestion in order to make this service even better…? The main problem we have in our household with ‘waste’, is packaging and plastic bags. Now I know that we can re-use our plastic bags and that Sainsbury’s has a plastic bag recycling scheme. Is there any possibility that in the kerbside collection, a move could be made towards collecting plastic bags, or polythene food packaging (such as salad bags etc)? Even if there were ‘bag bins’ at the end of roads where plastic bags could be recycled then this would be a great step towards keeping ‘binned rubbish’ to a minimum.
I appreciate that we should really get our act together and take our used bags to Sainsbury’s (we will do eventually!) and also other items such as old clothing, shoes, foil etc which can all be recycled, but the problem with encouraging people to recycle is that you really have to make it easy for them (in my humble experience) or they won’t bother, tragic as this is. The reality of the matter is that few people will want to spend their precious day off in the week, carefully washing and squashing their cans, sifting through different coloured bottles and posting them through the holes in the bottle bank (although this is a very good service for those of us who use it). I believe that this is why the kerb side scheme is so effective, because it does exactly that, it makes recycling easy, so any way to diversify that service would be a good investment.
The only other suggestion I have is that it is made possible to recycle magazines and junk mail. It drives me mad that so much rubbish comes through my letterbox, but more so that if I put it in the recycle box, it is left in there as I cannot recycle glossy paper. Is there not a way? It seems irresponsible to just throw it away.
I hope that these suggestions have been helpful and I would like to thank you once again for the service that you provide.
Many thanks,
Naomi Turner
February 25th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Odd. The council takes all our paper.
February 25th, 2008 at 10:40 am
RETURN YOUR UNWANTED MAIL FOR RECYCLING.
The PO Box listed on the back of that annoying junk mail will return to people like Veridata in Chester. By sending it back you can help the environment and have your name removed from the mailing list.
We have been processing the no mail returns/’gone aways’ for the largest credit card issuer in UK since 1996. Their returns have been reduced from 5%/6% to fewer than 2%.
Large quantities of undelivered mail/’gone aways’ direct mail create a huge amount of waste paper
Once the information required has been captured the waste paper accumulated can then be confidentially destroyed, pulped and recycled.
This is ecologically sound and environmentally friendly - Making paper from recycled materials results in 74% less air pollution and 35% less water pollution
On top of this:
One ton of paper from recycled pulp saves
? 17 trees
? 390 gallons of oil
? Prevents 60 pounds of air pollutants
? 7,999 gal of water
? 4,200 kilowatt hours (enough to heat your home for half a year)
? 3 cubic yards of landfill space
Call Veridata, we have eleven years specialist experience in processing returned mail for the UK’s largest credit card issuers and provide a complete scanning service for all document management.
The cost savings are considerable and the reputation of any company making large mailings can be much enhanced
Tim.craig@veri-data.co.uk 01244 350700
Yours
Tim Craig
February 25th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Return your unwanted mail
The PO Box listed on the back of that annoying junk mail will return to people like Veridata in Chester. By sending it back you can help the environment and have your name removed from the mailing list.
We have been processing the no mail returns/’gone aways’ for the largest credit card issuer in UK since 1996. Their returns have been reduced from 5%/6% to fewer than 2%.
Large quantities of undelivered mail/’gone aways’ direct mail create a huge amount of waste paper
Once the information required has been captured the waste paper accumulated can then be confidentially destroyed, pulped and recycled.
This is ecologically sound and environmentally friendly - Making paper from recycled materials results in 74% less air pollution and 35% less water pollution
Call Veridata, we have eleven years specialist experience in processing returned mail for the UK’s largest credit card issuers and provide a complete scanning service for all document management.
The cost savings are considerable and the reputation of any company making large mailings can be much enhanced
Tim.craig@veri-data.co.uk 01244 350700
Yours
Tim Craig