Charity shop cutting down on its waste
A HERTFORD charity store has started recycling most products that come to it.
Oxfam Hertford Bookshop in Maidenhead Street has its books, cardboard and plastic recycled by Choice, which sends some of the material to Africa and India.
Shop manager Pauline Wilby said: “We’re reducing waste costs by not having so many bins outside.
We did have five bins emptied three times a week. Now it’s one bin emptied once a week.”
The store receives 80p for every bag of recyclables and saves £150 a week.
A HERTFORD charity store has started recycling most products that come to it.
Oxfam Hertford Bookshop in Maidenhead Street has its books, cardboard and plastic recycled by Choice, which sends some of the material to Africa and India.
Shop manager Pauline Wilby said: “We’re reducing waste costs by not having so many bins outside.
We did have five bins emptied three times a week. Now it’s one bin emptied once a week.”
The store receives 80p for every bag of recyclables and saves £150 a week.