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Recycling doesn't have to be this complicated! For at-a-glance information about your recycling service, including what you can and can't recycle from home, head on over to our website (link in bio) and enter your postcode on the 'services at a glance' page!

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Save money and reduce waste by swapping disposable facemasks for reusable ones!
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If you’re doing an online shop soon, stick a recycling bin in your basket. Let’s face it, the kitchen floor isn’t working. 😜

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Having a ruff time with your recycling? Be like these good boys and become a paw-fect recycler! Have a look on our website (link in bio) for info on what you can and can’t recycle from home, see what your service looks like, and find out where your recycling goes!

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#ValentinesDay 💚 Keeping our community clean takes all our efforts, but it could also help you find love. 😱😍 Here are Veolia's Top 5 tips for having a eco-friendly Valentine's (obvs you can do all these for or with friends and family instead! Who said you have to miss our just because you're single?) 1. Make your own cards 2. Go on a virtual date 3. Opt for living plants over flowers Roses are red, violets are blue, houseplants last longer, better for the environment too! 4. Try a farm-to-table dinner 5. Choose to reuse #PlanetLoversFindLove #LondonRecycles @veoliauk" />

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Thought of the day: disposable gloves and masks belong in the rubbish. Empty bottles of hand sanitiser belong in the recycling!
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Single-use facemasks can't be recycled. Even though they look like paper, they're actually made from mixed plastic and paper and the materials can't be separated for recycling. If you see any disposable facemasks being promoted as recyclable, it's false advertising (as aside from being made out of hard to recycle materials, for hygiene reasons, recycling plants won't accept them for recycling)

Unfortunately, recycling plants keep finding disposable masks in the recycling, especially mixed in with paper and card, meaning they're having send whole loads of recycling for incineration/landfill instead :(

Please throw disposable facemasks in your rubbish bin, or consider investing in some reusable ones!
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