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Recycling
Updated 2 July 2008
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above and at the bottom of the page: our local recycling centre at Whitburn, (Dixon
Terrace, Burnhouse Industrial Estate) opposite Buildbase on
the first turning right after Lidl, when travelling south through Whitburn. Monday - Friday: 8.00am - 8.00pm; Saturday - Sunday: 8.00am - 6.00pm; closed Christmas Day and New Year's Day The Centre takes: Glass, Paper, Cans, Textiles, Cardboard, Plastic Bottles, Bicycles, Building Waste, Car Batteries, Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Engine Oil, Fridges / Freezers, Furniture, Garden Waste, Gas Cylinders, Wood. |
May 2008: As part of West Lothian's latest green initiative, cloth, textiles, food and drink cartons ( often known as Tetrapack) can now be deposited in the blue bins kerbside recycling collections. Please note that items such as belts, shoes, duvets and blankets can not be collected at present. More Information from Tom McCormack 01506 777811 tom.mccormack@westlothian.gov.uk You will be interested to know that the Murray Court recycling site in Armadale is now at Watson Park (near the tennis courts). It provides facilities for the collection of brown green and white glass for recycling. |
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Council Recycling Hotline: 01506 777810 |
| Bathgate Freecycle If you have something that is no longer needed, but you would like to pass it on to someone who can use it, why not join this group? |
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Surplus Furniture?
Do you
have surplus furniture that could be useful to others in West Lothian?
Contact Home Aid at 12-14 Gideon Street, Bathgate EH48 4HD or phone
01506 652230 or email:
jackie@homeaid.freeserve.co.uk 2007: Jackie Agnew received an MBE from the Queen for her services to recycling in Scotland |
| Sort It Website with useful information on how household waste can be reduced, reused, recycled, in Scotland. |
| Material specific labels - know what packaged material you can recycle and how. |
| Have you seen Too Good to Waste: The A to Z of Practical Ways to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle in Edinburgh, the Lothians and the Scottish Borders? You can consult an interactive version online at www.changeworks.org.uk (click on Waste Prevention and Recycling) |
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Local Auto Recycling Campbell's Auto Salvage, Colinshiel Road, Armadale EH48 3HE, phone 01501 731876
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USEFUL Reduce, Reuse and Recycle LINKS |
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Have you visited 'Love Food Hate Waste' site yet? |
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| Have you seen the Sixth Edition (June 2007) of Too Good to Waste: The A to Z of Practical Ways to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle in Edinburgh, the Lothians and the Scottish Borders? You can pick up a copy at Armadale Library or consult an interactive version online at www.changeworks.org.uk (click on Waste Prevention and Recycling) Here are a few of the useful suggestions that one can find in the book and on the website: | ||||
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Send unwanted jewellery, even if broken
or part of a set to: OG Appeal, Alzheimer's Society, FREEPOST SW8 743,
Gordon House, 10 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1YY Or phone 0845 306 0898 |
How to make a fat trap which turns animal cooking fats into cakes to feed to birds | Give unwanted stamps, foreign coins and old greetings cards (used/unused) to charity, e.g Hearing Dogs for Deaf People c/o Mrs. A. Bernard, Tremorden, Donaldsons Brae, Kilcreggan G84 OJB |
Bikes can be taken to West Lothian
Recycling Centres or Units 4 & 5 Fairbairn Road, Livingston
or phone 01506 773 666 to be refurbished by The Community Inclusion Team for donation to community groups and schools |
West Lothian:
Bulky Uplifts: 01506 777 800 Recycling Helpline: 01506 777 810 Litter Hotline: FREEPHONE 0800 616 446 |
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Reduce Junk Mail:
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If you want to raise money for a local charity, school or community group, why not set up a scheme to recycle mobile phones? |
Take unwanted spectacles to any branch of vision express, Dolland & Aitchison or Specsavers who will send them to communities in developing countries via Vision Aid Overseas or Fight for Sight |
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Efreeko: Give away unwanted items or receive unwanted items for the cost of postage |
Free book exchange site |
Donations of unwanted items of value to the voluntary community |
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If you have something that is no longer needed, but you would like to pass it on to someone who can use it, why not join this group? |
Material specific labels know what packaged material you can recycle and how |
Useful information on how household waste can be reduced, reused, recycled, in Scotland |
Surplus Furniture?
or phone 01506 652230 |
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| Around Armadale | Armadale Gardens |
Environmental Links including identification of wildlife |
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