Dorset Council is proud to ‘Step It Up’ this week in the biggest and best Recycle Week ever. Recycle Now and Dorset Council are asking residents to ‘Step It Up’ in the fight against climate change and take action to protect our environment through even better recycling habits.
This year Recycle Now welcomes a celebrity ambassador to front Recycle Week 2021 and is delighted to be working with TV Presenter, Invictus Games Medallist and Strictly Come Dancing Star JJ Chalmers for the national campaign.
JJ is a keen environmentalist and is partnering with Recycle Now to inspire the nation to ‘Step It Up’ in the fight against climate change. JJ Chalmers said, “I’m thrilled to be part of this year’s campaign. I’m passionate about the environment and how we can battle climate change. I am delighted to be working with the Recycle Now team on what has become a really important week of action across the UK. I really want to encourage people to look at what they are doing and how they can ‘Step It Up’ and do even more… even better.”
Recycle Now and Dorset Council are asking the nation to ‘Step It Up’ and perfect our recycling habits.
Getting recycling right
Latest research from Recycle Now reveals that almost 9 out of 10 people now recycle.
However, 55% of households put items in the general rubbish bin that can be recycled; including aerosols and plastic toiletry (shampoo and conditioner bottles), plastic trays and cleaning and bleach bottles. This, say Recycle Now and Dorset Council, is where we need to ‘Step It Up’. We can all help fight climate change by recycling because recycling currently saves 18 million tonnes of CO2 every year, which is the same as taking 12 million cars off the road.
Every year Recycle Week unites retailers, brands, waste management companies, trade associations, national & local governments and the media to focus on how recycling can play a part in limiting the pressure we put on the planet through our use of natural resources.
Recycle Now and Dorset Council are here to help! Dorset is a county of recyclers – but there are some simple things that we can all do to make our recycling even better.
Top tips for recycling in Dorset:
- Recycle more of these items: Food waste (use your food waste bin), toiletry bottles and pots (shampoo, soap, creams etc.)
- Make sure these never go in the recycling bin: Batteries (use a battery bag), tissue paper, used nappies, crisp packets, plastic wrapping and clingfilm.
And if you’re at all unsure about how to recycle a specific item, check out the Which Bin? webpages on the Dorset Council website, and remember that Recycle Now’s Recycling Locator can show you exactly what needs to go in the recycling bin where you live – just pop in your postcode!
Gemma Clinton, Head of Commercial Waste and Strategy at Dorset Council, “Despite the challenges we continue to face as a result of the pandemic and the national HGV driver shortage, Dorset enjoys one of the best kerbside recycling services in the country, which is reflected by our high recycling rates. The reduction, reuse and recycling of our county’s waste is a key part of our Climate and Ecological Emergency strategy, so it’s more important than ever that we keep recycling – for the benefit of our beautiful county and those of us lucky enough to live here now and in the future.”
Craig Stephens, Campaign Manager for Recycle Now, “This year we’re focussed on how recycling can help fight climate change and how by recycling even better we can have a bigger impact on our environment. Here in Dorset it’s no different – more and more of us are recycling, so the next step is to make sure we get our recycling right. So come on Dorset, keep up the great work and let’s make the county’s recycling better than ever before!”
For the second year running major brands are putting their support/backing behind the Week by donating to help fund it including: – Amazon, British Soft Drinks Association, Britvic, Coca-Cola, Coop, Danone, innocent drinks, Listerine, McDonald’s, The Natural Source Waters Association, Ocado, PepsiCo, Prevented Ocean Plastic, and Waitrose and Partners UK.
You can find out more about Recycle Week on the Recycle Now website.
How ridiculous, when we are having to put items in our household waste bins due to our recycling bins not being collected for a month , you need to sort the collection out first of the bins before hammering home about recycling
We’re sorry to hear you’ve experienced disruption recently Elaine (please have a read of https://news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/2021/09/08/national-driver-shortage-impacts-kerbside-collections-and-litter-bin-emptying-across-dorset/) but we will always accept extra recycling – especially from missed collections – provided it is kept separate and placed in a sturdy container (no bags) – James
This is the same commnet I recieved on Facebook . What are these suitable containers? Are we expected to go and purchase some storage boxes?
We have now been informed the recycling will be emptied with the black bins. IE staright to landfill, so Im sorry but your new campaign is a bit of a joke at the moment.
Plastic boxes, cardboard boxes, metal/plastic bins, crates etc. We’re really not too particular, as long as it’s safe – hence why we say no bags. For the record, we barely send any waste to landfill – have a read of http://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/where-waste-goes – James
What rubbish. Politicians were forecasting a return to ice age 40 years ago. Stop wasting our money.
Sorry Cuthbert, but currently between 80%-97% of the scientific community believes that humans are very likely causing most global warming and/or say that human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures. We all have to work together in reducing our impact on the environment and Dorset Council intends to play its part – James
This is a wonderful message for those who are not yet on board with the importance of recycling, but it is also promoting the message that solving climate change is the responsibility of the individual. Bearing in mind that it is widely acknowledged that we are now in the midst of a climate emergency, what else is Dorset council doing to tackle the real causes of climate change, e.g. fossil fuel companies, the fishing industry and global companies who push consumerism?
We agree Angela – while individual action is important, we all need to work together to tackle climate and ecological change. You can read our CEE strategy at https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/documents/35024/281288/Climate+and+ecololgical+emergency+strategy.pdf/ceaa97d4-aee8-e8a3-6dd0-c30ca64a0f36?t=1619381721614&download=true – James