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And, as most people with allergies know, used tissues cannot be added to your paper recycling. 

All is not lost though. Warwickshire County Council is working with Recycle Now – the national recycling campaign for England – to let everyone know this summer that home composting is the best way to recycle paper hankies.

Cllr Martin Heatley, the county council’s Portfolio Holder for the Environment, said: “Home composting is this year’s hottest recycling trend and people up and down the country are learning how to turn their kitchen and garden waste in to top-of-the-range fertiliser for the garden.

“It is not just veg peelings and grass cuttings that can go in to your compost bin – it is important to add drier organic materials such as shredded paper and card, sawdust, twigs and, of course, your old tissues, to get a really good quality compost.

“Even though hay fever may be getting you down this summer, you can cheer yourself up with the knowledge that by recycling your old tissues you are doing your bit for the environment.”

And, if you don’t already compost at home, now is the time to get started. Warwickshire County Council and Recycle Now are offering 330 litre bins at an amazing £6 including delivery. Check out the website http://www.recyclenow.com/home_composting or phone 0845 073 2001 for more information.

*  Source of statistic – http://www.news.bbc.co.uk

1. For more information about Recycle for Warwickshire Campaign go to http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/recyclewarks

2. Recycle Now - Launched by Matthew Pinsent in September 2004, Recycle Now is the multi-media national recycling campaign, implemented and managed by WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) on behalf of the Government. The aim of the campaign is to encourage more people to recycle more stuff, more often.

3. WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) is a major UK programme established to promote resource efficiency. Its particular focus is on creating stable and efficient markets for recycled materials and products and removing the barriers to waste minimisation, re-use and recycling.

4. A not-for-profit company, WRAP is backed by substantial Government funding from Defra and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

5. A typical household’s total waste is made up of 20% of garden products and 17% of kitchen remnants. Encouraging recycling through home composting is essential to help minimise the amount of biodegradable waste going to landfill as the UK has a legal target of reducing this by 75% between 1995 and 2010.

6. Details of all WRAP’s activities are available at http://www.wrap.org.uk and for more information on the Recycle Now campaign visit http://www.recyclenow.com

7. A survey conducted by Exodus in Autumn 2005 interview 20,000 GB citizens revealed that 34% of GB households have composted something at home over the last 12months, with 23% composting both kitchen and garden waste. 

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