Recycling Project

 

The Happy Hens Social Enterprise has established a recycling project at Henley Green Community Garden. This enables collection of the following troublesome items from the local community to be composted, reused or recycled. The benefit for all is the creation of precious nutrient rich soil for the Community Garden as well as a reduction in the quantity of items going to landfill.

 
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Composting

Carbon-rich, dry elements including;

  • Brown Leaves

  • Twigs

  • Shredded newspaper and other paper

  • Torn egg cartons or cardboard

  • Clean, dry, crushed egg shells

  • Untreated wood shavings or wood ash

Nutrient rich, wet elements including;

  • Fruit and vegetable scraps from your kitchen, cut flowers

  • Tea leaves, tea bags and coffee grounds

 
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Plastics

  • Bread tags - these will be recycled by OZ Bread Tags who raise money to buy wheelchairs for disadvantaged people in South Africa. NO teabag tags please. https://ozbreadtagsforwheelchairs.org.au/

    Plastic bottle tops and rings - these go to Lids4Kids https://www.lids4kids.org.au/

  • Glasses frames - The Lions Club collects and recycles glasses to redistribute worldwide via humanitarian groups.

 

All items can be placed into the labelled recycling bins located at Henley Green Community Garden.