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Name: West London Waste Authority
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Did you know that around 70% of what you throw away can be recycled or composted? This includes items like packaging, cartons, glass, food and plastics. Most of us have recycling collections from our front gardens or from bin stores at the flats we live in but many people don’t recycle everything they probably could.

Step 1

Check what you can recycle in your borough

Visit your local council’s website. You might find there’s something you can recycle that you didn’t know.

Step 2

Request recycling containers

You can order a bin, box or bag for your recycling services via the council’s website or phone. Make sure you can recycle all items your Council accepts.

Step 3

Make it easy to recycle at home

Try making more space and containers to make it easier for your friends, family and neighbours to recycle. Removing bins from other rooms like bedrooms and having only one place for rubbish could also do a trick.

Step 4

Recycle away from home

Each borough has at least one Recycling Centre where you can take items such as mattresses, electrical and electronic equipment, food and furniture. You can also make use of local recycling banks and home collection services.

Step 5

Reduce your waste

Repairing items, buying less and buying better quality items all help in making a huge difference in how much waste we throw away. If everyone in West London reduced waste by just 1kg, that's 1,700 tonnes in total!