Festive Waste Aware Aberdeen
Recycling your waste over Christmas
New sofa? New TV? If you are replacing items why not think about giving them to an organisation that can reuse them? There are various charity organisations who will take your donated items. Many electrical retailers may offer a collection service for your old electrical goods and the delivery people may take away the packaging of your new item.
Christmas presents? If you have excess cardboard packaging and polystyrene after unwrapping your presents why not take it along to your local Recycling Centres. Please check for the holiday opening times. Also, Perwinnes Moss does not take cardboard but the other three centres do take it.
Twelve tips for a green Christmas
Why not follow this simple list of Twelve tips for a green Christmas from Aberdeen's Waste Aware team.
Waste Collections Services over the Christmas Period
- All waste, recycling and garden & food waste collections will continue as normal over the festive period. Collection times may vary so please place your containers at the kerbside by 7am on the day of collection.
- Neighbourhood Recycling Points will be available throughout the festive season.
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The four Household Waste and Recycling Centres will be closed on the 25th December and 1st January. - On Street Recycling will be available throughout the festive season.
- The four Household Waste and Recycling Centres will be closed on the 25 Dec and 1 Jan.
- Please note that households receiving the fortnightly waste and recycling collection can see their collection date at Fortnightly Collections calendar page.
Aberdeen Christmas Tree Collections
Please see the Christmas Tree Collections page.
Waste Aware Team Festive Events Programme 2011
The purpose of all the events is to promote waste reduction this Christmas, and to give information and assistance to householders who may have recycling queries.
| Date | Venue | Time |
| Sat 12th Nov | Tesco, Danestone | 0900 – 1600hrs |
| Wed 16th Nov | Asda, Dyce | 1000 – 1500 hrs |
| Tues 22nd Nov | Waste Aware Bus, Nicholas Street, (Outside M & S) | 0900 – 1500 hrs |
| Sat 26th Nov | Country Fair, Belmont Street | 0800 – 1600 hrs |
| Tues 29th Nov | Trinity Centre | 0900 – 1500 hrs |
| Fri 2nd Dec | Waste Aware Bus, St.Nicholas Street, (Outside M & S) | 0900 – 1500 hrs |
Additional recycling containers can be ordered at these events also. Caddy liners for the food waste collection service will also be available.
Santa's Dreaming of a Green Christmas
Aberdeen City Council's Waste Aware team has once more teamed up with pupils at local primary schools for the annual Green Santa toy collection campaign.
The generous youngsters from across the city have been clearing out their unwanted toys to help charities raise money in the run up to Christmas.
Pupils from Ashley Road, Hanover Street, Milltimber and Tullos primary schools will take part in the campaign by gathering up the toys they no longer need to help raise vital funds for Shelter, Sue Ryder Care, The New Hope Trust, Somebody Cares, Barnardos and PDSA Torry. The Green Santa campaign also aims to drive home the Waste Aware team's Reduce, Reuse and Recycle message.
Santa has enlisted the help of city councillor John Stewart to collect the toys.
Cllr Stewart said: "This is a fantastic initiative and it is heart-warming to see Aberdeen's youngsters demonstrate their generosity once more. I know for a fact that everything we collect will be warmly received by the charities and they too will be impressed with the children's kind gestures, especially at this time of year."
The Waste Aware team will co-ordinate the collection effort and ensure the donated toys meet Health and Safety regulations and the charities' specifications.
Council community waste worker Dawn Tatton said: "The Waste Aware team love this project and look forward to it every year. A toy that has been loved by someone else can make a wonderful new gift for another child. By donating unwanted toys we can help teach youngsters the importance of sharing, caring for the environment and lending support to good causes. We would like to say a heartfelt thank you to all the children, schools and charities involved in the Green Santa toy collection for their valuable contribution to this project."
Councillor Aileen Malone, convener of the council's Housing and Environment committee, added: "An estimated 44 million toys, which are still in working order, are discarded every year in the UK, with more than 13 million ending up in landfill. Christmas is the ideal time to encourage children to clear out their old toys to make room for the new ones that Santa might bring."
There are a number of ways of ensuring unwanted toys do not end up on landfill, including:
- donating to local charity shops;
- asking your local nursery or playgroup if they would like some toys;
- taking the unwanted toys to a youth club;
- passing the toys to family members, friends or neighbours if they are willing to give them a good home;
- trying to sell the toys in a car boot sale, advertise them on the Freecycle website or on an online auction site like eBay.
For more information about Waste Aware Aberdeen's festive campaign and to find out ways of reducing waste,
visit www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/wasteawarexmas.
Alternatively e-mail wasteaware@aberdeencity.gov.uk or call 08456 08 09 19.
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