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Sound Bites is commited to reducing waste. Here are some of the things we do to reduce, reuse and recycle. Aluminium Although recycling facilities for aluminium drinks cans are increasingly available collection points for the recycling of aluminium foil are still few and far between. Aluminium is extracted in open pits and huge areas of rain forest have been destroyed to mine it. Sound Bites acts as a city centre aluminium foil collection point. We take the foil to the recycling centre on the corner of Lodge Lane and Bridge Street so if you live on that side of town you could take it there directly. Otherwise bring it in to Sound Bites and we'll happily recycle it for you. Please check our guidelines to be sure you are bringing the right stuff. Biodegradable Packaging Sound Bites packs down the majority of the wholefoods we sell as well as some of our cakes, flapjacks and pasties. We use biodegradable cellophane packaging for this. We also use paper pots for the salads sold at the deli counter and for our soup. Cardboard The bulk of the waste that Sound Bites generates is cardboard (approximately 4 times the quantity of general waste). We are lucky to have two volunteers who take the cardboard for recycling for us on alternate weeks. Without their help we would produce a lot more rubbish. If you have a large car or van and would be prepared to help out with this occassionally we'd be very glad to hear from you. Plastic Bags We have never bought new plastic bags to give away in the shop. We encourage customers to bring their own shopping bag from home. But if you forget, there are several options for sale: sturdy paper bags for 20p, fair trade cotton shopping bags for £1, or beautiful red jute bags for £3.50. Refill Scheme Sound Bites has always refilled some bottles of household cleaning products as a matter of principle. From July 2011 we have taken a big step forward by making it our policy to refill all washing up liquid, laundry liquid, fabric softener and multi-surface cleaner bottles – buying in returnable 25litre drums rather than lots of 1 litres. We are also getting BioD washing powder in bulk and packing that ourselves, for the same good reasons. (We recommend keeping the powder in a re-used plastic tub - which we can supply for customers who don’t have anything suitable.) It’s cheaper for all of us; it saves lots of packaging, and it requires less transport (fewer “cleaning miles”). You will now find all products on the shelves in the household section of the shop. They are all biodegradable, free from animal products and are not tested on animals Please help us by returning empty bottles for refilling (washing-up liquid, laundry liquid, fabric conditioner and multi-surface cleaner). Further Information Sound Bites takes no credit for this, but visitors to this page may be interested to know that there is now a brown bin at Raynesway for battery recycling and you can take aluminum foil there too! Return to Sound Bites' Home Page
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