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Recycling in London
📣 Hey North Londoners! Did you know you can get up to £50 off to fix broken tech? 🔗 Get your Repair Voucher at the link in bio #repair #techrepair #repairvoucher
🎃 Ready to have more time and more fun this Halloween? Swipe through for a roundup of Halloween hacks that are great for half-term (and the planet too). #EatYourPumpkin @hellohubbub
🎃 The scariest thing about Halloween? The waste! 12million pumpkins are chucked every year 😱 Visit @hellohubbub's page for tips and tricks to make the most of your pumpkin. #EatYourPumpkin
Looking for half term fun for the whole family? Get involved in Green Libraries Week! There's lots of free, low-waste workshops happening across London next week - check out our top picks 👇 👚 @Loanhood clothes swap event @islingtoncouncil 📌 North Library, Islington 📅 11:30am- 4pm, Sat 25 October ☔ Broken Umbrella Challenge @wandsworth_council 📌 Southfields Library, SW19 6NL 📅 11am-12.30pm, Tues 28 October 🌻 Craft cardboard flowers @lbofhavering 📌 Romford Library 📅 12-1pm, Tues 28 October Visible Mending Workshop @wemakecamden 📌 West Hampstead Library 📅 4:30-6pm, Weds 29 October 🍲 Love Food Hate Waste cooking workshop @newhamlondon 📌 Canning Town Library 📅 12-2pm, Thurs 30 October 🎨 Craft Club with Balham Climate Action @wandsworth_council 📌 Balham Library 📅 2pm, Sat 1 November Check out the full list of events at the Green Libraries webpage! #greenlibrariesweek #lowwaste
🔋Batteries can cause fires when thrown in your recycling or waste bin, so its important to drop them at a designated battery recycling point. ♻️ Visit the @recycleyourelectricals_ website to find one near you. #recycling
📣 Fix it, don’t ditch it – get up to £50 off professional electronic repair on your local high street with a Repair Voucher. 🔗 Get yours at the link in bio. #repairday #repairforeveryone #repairvoucher #techrepair
Do you have a ‘drawer of doom’? 😱You know the one - filled to the brim with broken cables, old chargers and tangled headphones. You're not alone! 🔌This International E-Waste Day, we’re proud to support the Great Cable Challenge. By recycling our cables and other electricals stashed in our ‘drawer of doom’, we can save valuable materials like copper from being wasted and instead reuse them for medical equipment or clean energy. ♻️Visit the @recycleyourelectricals_ locator webpage to find your nearest electrical recycling point. #EWasteDay #GreatCableChallenge #RecycleYourElectricals
Don’t miss those bathroom recyclables! The bathroom sometimes gets forgotten but it's a treasure trove of recyclables, from shampoo bottles to perfume bottles, and bathroom cleaner sprays to deodorant aerosols. #recycleweek #recycling #rescuemerecycle
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Reduce my waste

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Food recycling

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Business recycling

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