Recycle

Recycle makes new things out of things that have already been used. Only recycle when you can't reduce or reuse. For more information on recycling in Darlington click here. If you have any more ideas e-mail us at communications@darlington.gov.uk

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Kerbside recycling - Darlington residents can recycle steel and aluminium cans, glass bottles; PET marked plastics, newspapers, junk mail and paper, textiles, Yellow Pages and telephone directories as part of the kerbside scheme. To get a free green box or blue bag to store your recycling call (01325) 347434.
The Household Waste and Recycling Centre is on Whessoe Road. A wide variety of material can be taken to the site. Click here to find out more.
Take glass, cans, paper, textiles and books to the recycling banks around the Borough. Click here to find the one nearest to you.
Make or buy a compost bin or worm composter to recycle your food scraps and garden waste into compost, which you can use to grow new food or flowers.
Five million Christmas trees are bought in Britain every year. If you buy one, make sure it's composted afterwards. The Council collected 1,200 Christmas trees in 2007 and created 9.68 tonnes of chippings.
Buy recycled. It's only by buying things made from recycled materials that you will make it worthwhile to recycle things in the first place
Even old bras can be recycled. Breasttalk collects old bras and distributed to charities who give them to homeless and under-privileged women. Damaged bras are made into quilts for the homeless and for the emergency services to give to people suffering shock. Visit www.breasttalk.co.uk to find out more
Unwanted prescription glasses can be donated to Vision Aid Oversees who send them to the developing world. You can leave glasses at any branch of Vision Express and many independent opticians. Visit www.vao.org.uk to find out more
Donate old mobile phones and jewelleries to companies that repair them and give the proceeds to charity, such as The Rainbow Trust Children's Charity. Visit www.rainbowtrust.org.uk to find out more.

The last thing that should cross your mind is to throw it in the bin!