Councillor Rory Colville, Policy Lead for Roads and Infrastructure Services, is urging us all to join in the drive to create a Climate Friendly P站色情片 and Bute by pledging to reuse or recycle.
He says:
鈥淔or those of us having an early year clear out, remember that a lot of what we plan to throw away won鈥檛 have reached the end of its useful life.
鈥淎nd although we don鈥檛 want it, someone else might.
鈥淩eusing unwanted items, by donating or selling them, is much better for the environment. It cuts down on waste, the associated carbon impacts and can create jobs.
鈥淶ero Waste Scotland estimates that, every year, around 5,000 tonnes of sofas, 9,700 tonnes of washing machines, 6300 tonnes of TVs, and 21,000 tonnes of T-shirts, are thrown away.
鈥淚t鈥檚 really important to think about reusing household items when you consider the average piece of furniture generates around approximately 47 kilogrammes of carbon dioxide equivalents. That鈥檚 about the same amount of greenhouse gases produced by burning around 5.3 gallons of petrol.
鈥淪ofas take the top spot in terms of carbon footprint, generating around 90 kilogrammes of carbon dioxide equivalents, with foams and fillings making up more than 40% of this.
鈥淚f you want to find out how you can donate unwanted household goods to a local organisation, you can visit the council website, where they are listed as part of , or separately towards the end of the page. also has a national reuse line to help people donate bulky items to charity.
鈥淒on鈥檛 forget, buying second hand is often cheaper than buying new and you can find some unique one-off items.
鈥淭here does come a time when a much-loved item has had its day. At that point, I鈥檇 urge you to get it recycled.
鈥淚t takes a lot less energy to create a product from recycled material than producing new products from raw materials. It also reduces the amount of waste to landfill - on average, 59% of what goes in the non-recyclable 鈥榣andfill鈥 bin could have been recycled using existing household recycling services.鈥
Details on local recycling points can be found on the council鈥檚 website: