Food Waste Action Week 2025
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Recycle Week 2024ā
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Halloween Costume Swapā
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Food Waste Action Week 2025
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Recycle Week 2024ā
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Halloween Costume Swapā
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Food Waste Action Week 2025
Weāre proud to announce that on March 17th until 23rdĀ March we’ll be supporting Love Food Hate Wasteās Food Waste Action Week campaign.
The campaign helps households develop the tools they need to cut food waste at home. This year, Food Waste Action Week will continue to focus on raising awareness of the benefits of buying loose fruit and veg. And putting all foods craps in the brown bin.
Throughout the week weāll be posting fun and informative content on our socials. Find out how you can save time and money.
Take the quiz atĀ lovefoodhatewaste.com/fwaw
Recycle Week 2024
The Rescue Me – Recycle campaign will launch during Recycle Week 2024, from 14-20 October.
By giving commonly binned items a personality, Recycle Now is helping people realise that more and more of the things theyāve been putting in the bin can be recycled after all.ā Itās easy to rescue aerosols, yoghurt pots, perfume bottles, cleaning sprays and toilet roll tubes from the rubbish and recycle them instead.Ā
Halloween Costume Swap
Ready to give your Halloween costumes a second life? š» Does last years costume not fit or have your little horrors grown out of their superhero phase? š¦ø We have got the perfect solution!
, or an an eyepatch for your DIY pirate’s costume 
Either way, you’ll find lots of treasures in these troves! 
Gum Buster Campaign
Derry City and Strabane District Council have received a special grant from Keep Britain Tidy towards the Gum Busters Campaign which will clean up chewing gum and reduce gum littering on the Council areaās streets and pavements.
The Foyle Street will be a pilot area for the equipment to be used.
Brown Bin Roll Out
Householders in rural areas waiting for brown food waste bins can expect notification of the roll out of the next phase of the scheme, with 4,000 of the new bins now ready for delivery in the coming weeks.
Paint Reuse Scheme
When you drop paint off at Pennyburn, Strathfoyle or Strahans Road recycling centres, staff will check whether the paint is in a good enough condition to be reused. If it passes this test, it will be placed into the onsite Community RePaint paint collection areas of these centres where residents and local community groups can then collect the paint, free of charge, for DIY jobs and use in local projects.
Laptop Donation
Repair CafĆ© FoyleĀ in partnership with Council are looking to rehome your old or broken laptops to help end digital poverty š»
You can leave unused laptops to any of these drop-off points:
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Foyle Hospice Furniture Outlet
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The Guildhall, Derry
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Eglinton Community Centre
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Waterside Shared Village, Derry
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Strahans Road Recycling Centre, Strabane
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The Alley Theatre, Strabane
Food Waste Action Week 2023
Weāre proud to announce that on March 6th until 12th March we’ll be supporting Love Food Hate Wasteās Food Waste Action Week campaign.
This yearās rallying cry āWin. Donāt Bin ā is a week of action which brings the nation together to save time and money by making the food we already have go further.
A soon-to-be-revealed celebrity ambassador along with a team of exciting influencers will be occupying the internet and shining a light on how the correct storage of food can provide a second (or third!) meal for free.
Throughout the week weāll be posting fun and informative content on our socials and maybe even a competition or two so thereās even more chance you could feel like a winner! Get involved. Find out how you can save time and money.
Take the quiz at lovefoodhatewaste.com/fwaw
Love Your Planet: Top Tips for an Eco-Friendly Valentine's Day
Introducing RIA , our Recycling Information Assistant
DCSDC’sĀ Chatbot RIA (Recycling Information Assistant) has been launched www.derrystrabane.com/recycling
RIA will assist you with any of your waste and recycling queries and will be available 24/7. For more information visit: www.derrystrabane.com/chatbot
Download the Derry Strabane Recycling App & win a tablet!
Council have launched a new, free Recycling App. It includes handy features like reminders to leave out your bin & everyone who downloads will be entered into a competition to win a tablet. The app is now available to download for free on Apple & Android.Ā
We are asking residents to āStep It Upā in the fight against climate change and take action to protect our environment through even better recycling habits. Simple steps like recycling bathroom plastics can make a huge difference to our carbon footprint and environment.
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Sorting out rubbish
Sorting out what can and cannot be recycled is an important part of every meal. Thanks to Noah and Eva from Long Tower Primary School for showing us how itsā done.
These simple steps help everyone at home and importantly help our environment.
Shopping sustainably
Hereās our top tips for eco friendly shopping:
- Bring a shopping bag
- Reuse containers
- Buy loose veg
- Choose food thatās locally grown/made
Thanks to Ethical Weigh in Eglinton for letting us use their lovely eco store to do this short video on how to shop sustainably.
Changing a banana into a carrot
Did you know that recycling banana skins can help grow carrots? Little Lily takes us through a demo on how food waste recycling creates compost for vegetables to grow. A lovely activity to do at home.
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Fairtrade!
As a Fairtrade City and District, Derry City and Strabane District Council are committed to promoting and using products with the Fairtrade Mark. Many activities take place throughout the year. Help us by organising your own activity or become part of the districtās Fairtrade Steering Group.
Derry & Strabane is proud to āStep It Upā this Recycle Week and are asking residents to help in the fight against climate change and take action to protect our environment through even better recycling habits.
Sorting out our rubbish
Sorting out what can and cannot be recycled is an important part of every meal. Thanks to these two eco-warriors from Long Tower Primary School for showing us how it’sā done.
These simple steps help everyone at home and importantly help our environment.
