Waste & Recycling
Reduce
Here are some good ways of avoiding waste and saving money;
- Cooking on a Shoestring budget
- Make your own all-purpose cleaner
- Storing fruit and vegetables
- Using food leftovers
Reuse
Things you no longer have a use for can often be donated to charities, offered to others or sold online. Here are some places to make unwanted items available to others;
- Find a local charity shop through the Charity Retail Association
- Bradford Council's 'New To Me' reuse shop is based at the household waste recycling centre at Bowling Back Lane, Bradford
- Donate your stuff at Freecycle or Freegle
- Furniture reuse organisations - CHAS at St Vincent’s Bradford, Newlands furniture Service Bradford, New4U at Sundale Trust Bradford, Keighley Furniture Project, Sue Ryder Bradford
- Usable paint can be taken to your local Council Recycling Site for reuse by - Bradford Community Repaint, Seagulls Reuse Leeds
- There is a cycling hub in the centre of Bradford, run as part of ‘Bradford Capital of Cycling’ campaign; you can also get low cost bikes and repairs in Shipley at MCF Bikery
- Leeds Wood Recycling
Recycle
Your council is usually the first port of call for recycling advice;