Helpful tips Your blue bin City Council blue bins take paper, cardboard, food tins, drink cans, and plastic bottles made from PET and HDPE. Make sure that you rinse out items before disposal. They DON’T take Tetra Paks, glass, plastic bags, foil, yoghurt pots, margarine tubs and many other types of plastic food packaging. But if an item can’t Where to go in the blue bin then try the recycling centre at Polmadie. Food waste Turn your vegetable peelings, teabags, coffee grounds, paper tissues and eggshells into nutritious compost. South Seeds offers loads of support, either to start composting in your own backcourt or by signposting you Reuse, Repair & Recycle to local community spaces where you can drop off your compostable waste. Call us on 0141 636 3959. Alternatively, is planning separate food waste collections from July this year. For more information call 0141 287 9700. in On-street recycling Glasgow City Council has on-street bins where you can recycle glass, textiles and paper and cardboard. Batteries Check your local shops or supermarkets for battery recycling facilities. When you donate Ensure items can be reused by keeping them clean, dry and free of rips or stains. Upholstered items to be Your map and guide reused must have a fire label attached. Other resources

Freecycle / Freegle - someone local may need your unwanted items! Find your local group at www.freecycle.org or www.ilovefreegle.org Why reuse and repair? National Re-use Phone line (0800 0665 820) - will match you with a local charity which can pick up your reusable furniture or electrical goods for free. Save cash, make space Save energy Declutter your home by giving unwanted items A huge amount of energy goes into the On-street recycling banks - find your nearest recycling bank at www.recycleforscotland.com/bank-locator to someone who’d like them, while someone production, packaging and transport of new Glasgow City Council special uplifts (0141 287 9700) - arrange collection of nonreusable or nonrecyclable might give you items you need if they are items - so reuse items where possible and bulky/hazardous items (free for most items except trade/construction waste). having a clear-out. encourage others to do the same. Car boot sale (07786 516144) - Polmadie has a car boot sale every Wednesday 8am - 2pm, Saturday and

Sunday 6am - 2.30pm. There’s a good chance someone else will love the stuff you don’t need any more. Protect the environment and conserve Reduce waste going to landfill Ebay, Gumtree and Preloved - sell your items online, and make a bit of money while saving someone else a resources Transporting waste creates pollution, fortune. Mining, quarrying and logging to make while landfill sites produce huge amounts of new items creates pollution. The destruction of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Rags to Riches - learn how to repair things yourself. They also accept donations - including duvet covers, natural habitats is devastating to both humans In 2014, Scots sent a total of 1.2 million tonnes fabrics, haberdashery and wooden furniture. 0141 433 2999, Govanhill Baths, 99 Calder Street, G42 7RA. and other forms of life the world over. We can of waste to landfill - just under half of the help reduce this by reusing or repairing items. country’s total household waste. 168 Butterbiggins Road, Glasgow, G42 7AL Email | [email protected] Tel | 0141 636 3959 By taking simple actions, we can all help to Web | www.southseeds.org Facebook | www.facebook.com/SouthSeeds Twitter | @SouthSeeds

reduce this figure. South Seeds is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered in (number: SC042244).

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1 Willy Bain, bicycle repair, 22 Glasgow City Council Polmadie Recycling Centre 25 Barnardo’s, charity shop, 359 Road, 0141 423 9010 425 Polmadie Road, 483 Victoria Road, 0141 423 7845 Mon - Sun, 8am - 8pm Oxfam Bookshop, charity shop, 2 1st Class Upholstery, furniture repair, 26 Accepts a wide range of waste for recycling 437 Victoria Road, 0141 423 4317 674 Pollokshaws Road, 0800 652 1723 and disposal

27 Salvation Army Shop, charity shop, 3 The Cobbler, shoe/ leather goods repair, 23 Glasgow South East Foodbank 433 Victoria Road, 0141 423 7612 128 Calder Street, 0141 424 3461 173 Butterbiggins Road, 28 Callanders, second-hand furniture shop, 0141 423 2418 4 Bikes Plus, bicycle repair, 328 Victoria Road, 0141 423 4403 Mon, Wed, Fri 1pm - 2.30pm 613 Pollokshaws Road, 0141 423 5634 Marie Curie Shop, charity shop, Accepts tinned and dry foods 29 353 Victoria Road, 0141 423 6057 5 Olivia’s Alterations, clothing/soft furnishings R o a1 d alterations/repair/dry cleaning, 535 Victoria Road, 24 Madrasah Al - Farooq Masjid and 30 UCare Foundation Shop, charity shop, 0141 423 2625 Community Centre 320 Victoria Road, 0141 423 4242 Foodbank and soup kitchen 23 6 Domestic Appliance Service, large kitchen appliance 32-38 Dixon Avenue, 31 Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice Shop,

repair, 70 Kingarth Street, 0141 423 0102 Mon - Sat, 5.30pm - 6.30pm charity shop, 689 Pollokshaws Road, 0141 422 1118 Open to all in need 7 Goldsmith and Jewellery, jewellery repair, 32 Human Relief Foundation, charity shop, 393 Victoria Road, 0141 423 2282 577-579 Pollokshaws Road, 0141 424 1110 8 MJ Upholsterers, furniture repair, 33 Merry-Go-Round, second-hand baby/toddler clothing

73 Calder Street, 0141 328 9077 R o a d & accessories, 34 Nithsdale Road, 0141 423 2299

9 Sunshine Electrical, kitchen appliance repair, 34 Southside Music, second-hand instruments, 6 526 Victoria Road, 0141 424 1573 30 599 Road, 0141 423 5474 P o l l o k s h a w s 8 29 G o v a n h i l l 35 Allison Street Furnishings, second-hand furnishings, 10 Elen’s Tailoring and Alterations, B a t h s 34 Allison Street, 07946 426301 clothing/soft furnishing repair/alterations, 516 Victoria Road, 0141 237 4991 32 38 36 Cancer Research, charity shop, 2 L i b r a r y 14 420/424 Victoria Road, 0141 422 2121 11 La Chique Boutique, clothing alterations, 4 509 Victoria Road, 0141 423 0055 15 28 37 Glasgow Play-Resource Association, 12 V i c t o r i a R o a d C a l d e r S t r e e t 3 craft supplies charity, Lane, 0141 423 3033

12 iStore Glasgow, laptop/mobile repair, C a t h c a r t 16 621 Pollokshaws Road, 0141 433 9065 33 17 35 13 7 Top Class, mobile phone/laptop repair, 18 10 Dixon Avenue, 0141 423 4477 Training 31 2726 14 The Computer Nerd, computer/laptop repair, 36 A l l i s o n S t r e e t 38 Rags to Riches 368 Victoria Road, 07412 777992 26 Learn to make or repair items yourself 19 Govanhill Baths, 99 Calder Street, 15 Mobile Zone, mobile phone repair, 0141 433 2999 374 Victoria Road, 0141 316 6761 34 16 Z Mobile, mobile phone repair, 13 25 384 Victoria Road, 0141 423 5816 24 17 Fady Electronics, mobile phone repair, 9 11 387 Victoria Road, 0141 328 3528 22 10 5 Fone Valley, mobile phone/tablet/laptop/PC 18 37 repair, 147 Allison Street, 0141 424 4010

19 Repair I.T., laptop/PC/mobile phone repair, 21 21 20 445 Victoria Road, 0141 423 8711 20

20 The Phone Garage, mobile phone repair, 685 Cathcart Road, 0141 246 1079 Reuse Repair Recycle... 21 Music ’N’ Light, laptop/PC/TV/ small electricals repair, 686 Cathcart Road, 0141 423 5717