THE City of Edinburgh Council has relaunched its Christmas campaign which urges residents to recycle and reuse as much waste as they can over the festive period.
It follows last year’s ‘tremendous’ effort that resulted in residents recycling some 6,722 tonnes of waste – which the local authority said is the same weight as 57,000 Santas.
Further to the previous effort, the council is also asking people to fold up their cardboard neatly before putting it in the recycling bin – a move which it said will leave enough room for all the extra recycling anticipated to be generated over the festive season.
Councillor Lesley Macinnes, environment convener, said, “It’s really important that we all do our bit to help the environment and the festive season is a perfect opportunity to get creative and reduce waste by making delicious dishes out of leftovers, making gifts for our loved ones and reusing cards and wrapping paper as festive decorations for future years.
“Many more people are still shopping online due to the current health pandemic which means a lot of cardboard is being used. When clearing up this Christmas, please remember to fold cardboard up neatly and recycle it responsibly and I think it is also important to point out that when shopping remember that while foil and metallic wrapping paper and cards may add sparkle to your Christmas, they can’t be recycled.”
