(Metals, hazardous waste)

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Local supermarkets, including Sainsbury’s and Tesco's. Superdrug, Pound shops and other electrical retailers.

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Notes: Most shops selling batteries also have collection boxes instore for recycling them.

(Hard and soft plastics, metal, composites, other materials)

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Maybelline Beauty box in Tesco, near chemist counter. 

Larger Boots and Superdrug stores;

Online “recycleme” and other schemes.

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Notes: 

Leftover make up should be scraped out first. Glass, cardboard and pressurised containers are generally not accepted but most everything else is, check online first as different schemes accept different things.  Plastic pots tubes and bottles (clean) can go in local council’s blue bin. Some cosmetic companies take back their own containers in store, some with discount incentives. Apothecia in Faversham, L’OCCITANE and LUSH in Canterbury do this.

There are several online schemes which offer incentives, such as Boots No. 7, and “Recycle me”, ( LOOKFANTASTIC and Cult Beauty) All brands accepted.

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(Aluminium, plastics, corn based bio plastic)

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Shrine of St Jude’s, Tanners Street, “All Waste” box - 12 Market Place (Visitor Information Centre)

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Notes: St Jude’s hosts the Lavazza Eco Caps Composting Programme. Coffee sachets are accepted in “All Waste” boxes. Coffee grounds and paper filters, as well as tea bags without plastic can be included in your council food waste bin

(polymer- or silicone-hydrogel)

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Optima recycle them. Boots Optician, via ACUVUE/ Terracycle.

Vision Direct runs an online freepost scheme.

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Notes: It is advised not to throw lenses down the toilet or sink. Packaging and solution bottles go in local council blue recycling bin.

Download a freepost label from Vision Direct website. (you don’t have to be a customer).

(Fabric scraps and larger quantities of material)

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Mothers of Invention - Nicky Baldwin (find her on Facebook), and Hospices of Hope Charity shop in Preston St.​

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Notes: Nicky collects fabric to repurpose it into a range of items, bags, sanitary pads, draft excluders are just some of her many items that she produces, most of which are gifted to those in need.

(Plastic and foil laminate)

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12 Market Place (Visitor Information Centre), Lady Dane Vets, Graveney Rd, ME13 8UR and there is a 

bin outside of 19 Athelstan Rd

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Notes: Must be emptied of medication. Larger branches of Superdrug and Boots recycle blister packs (via teracycle).

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(Hard plastics, metal or wood)

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All shops selling clothes, “All Waste” Box 12 Market Square (Visitor Information Centre)

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Notes: All supermarkets and clothes shops will take back their own hangers; Tesco’s has a box in store. Broken plastic hangers are accepted in the “All Waste” box. Wooden hangers are better donated to charity or recycled as wood.

(single use and multi use vapes)

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Tesco - near the newsagent section and Sainsbury's.

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Notes: According to the Tesco website: Tesco will recycle free of charge anything with a plug, battery or cable (including TVs, power tools, electrical toys and vapes). Please note that we can only accept smaller electrical items at our Express stores, but larger items can be recycled at our Extra or Superstores.

(all types of eye glasses)

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Faversham Health Centre, Bank St

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Notes: The box is inside near the front door.

(Usually polythene, polypropylene or low-density polyethylene (LDPE))

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Supermarkets and many other shops take bread bags

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Notes: Bread bags and soft plastic bags are made of the same type of plastic and widely recycled. However, plastic bags are not (currently) accepted in local blue bins, and can cause a mess on bin days.

(Usually Polypropylene or low-density polyethylene. Often with aluminium, as a laminate)

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Shrine of St Jude’s Tanner Street, 12 Market Place (currently), All local supermarkets, including Coop

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Notes: Dedicated schemes for recycling snack packaging are preferable to local supermarket collection points, due to the complexity of recycling laminated materials. St Jude’s Shrine supports several of these which raise funds for the shrine. Crisp and snack packaging is not currently accepted in local council blue bins.

(Usually polythene, polypropylene or low-density polyethylene (LDPE))

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Most Supermarkets accept bubble wrap when it is deflated.

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Notes: Bubble wrap is made of the same type of plastic as bread bags and accepted for recycling in supermarkets, but should be popped first. Clean bubble wrap is also welcomed by charity and antique shops for reuse to protect delicate items.

(Flexible plastic packaging, Usually polythene, polypropylene or low-density polyethylene (LDPE). Coloured wax. netting)

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The Shrine of St Jude’s supports Cathedral city and Babybel brands. Babybel has a free postal recycling scheme too

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Notes: All brands are accepted in the Cathedral City box scheme. No wax or cardboard please.

Babybel accepts only Babybel brand wrapping, including nets and does accept Babybel wax.

(Brita water filters)

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Sainsbury's​