Tag: energy

Electrical recycling

Did you know that you should avoid throwing ALL electrical items in your bin? They count as hazardous waste which can leak dangerous chemicals, contributing to water and air pollution. You can read more here

Alternatives?

You can recycle ALL electrical items at the Waste Depot site in New Road. They have a bin for recycling small electrical items at the entrance during opening hours which is accessible to people without cars. Most shops who sell batteries take them for recycling. And B&Q have a chute at their entrance for unwanted electrical items.

Tech-Takeback is a scheme where you can take broken electrical items to.
They now have a branch in Pavilion Buildings in Castle Square, Brighton (just next to Pavilion Gardens) which is open Wednesdays-Saturdays where you can take things and also buy refurbished items at a low cost.
You can find out more here

And they’re offering workshops in things including bicycle maintenance, knitting with plastics, electrical Disassembly and repair, basic sewing and more besides on Saturdays 11-1pm. Find out more here

Change your lifestyle habits and save money

Change your lifestyle habits and save money

At NGC, we’re great believers in buying second hand where possible. It creates less waste and packaging, it means that there’s less need for new stuff, and it saves you money!

You can check the local Freegle  & Freecycle groups or Facebook ‘everything free‘ pages.

Newhaven has some great charity shops including Sense and the SCDA main shop and their children’s shop. And if you need furniture, there’s always Age Concern at Units D1 and E on Ranalah Trade Park, New Road, Newhaven, BN9 0EH.

Any primary school uniform you can get from the Newhaven Uniform bank or the Uniform lady

And there’s always ebay, Music Magpie and World of Books for second hand online shopping.
Music Magpie will even pay you to send them old phones / CDs / laptops too.

Of course, sometimes you have to be buy new – you can’t always find what you need when you need it.
But there’s a huge amount of good quality second hand goods around if you have time to look.