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Families® is a registered trademark A summer of wonderful woodland adventures 24 July – 3 September Weekly woodland events and wonderful play spaces For details visit kew.org/wakehurstkids 2 Families Surrey East familiesonline.co.uk News Tudor Towers Take a Trip to Splash Play at Priory Park It’s divided option with local parents, but the Tudor Towers new splash play area at Priory Park is due to A visit to Hever Castle is a open in early July – just in time for the Summer Summer staple in the Families hols. Gone is the sand and the slippy stones, household, so we can’t wait to replaced with a wet pour rubber floor made up check out the Tudor Towers, the of two colours to depict sand and water, making new 9-metre tall castle in Hever’s adventure playground. the pirate ship look close to the beach. 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Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 7QW Tel: 01344 354400 www.facebook.com/thelookoutdiscovery familiesonline.co.uk Families Surrey East 3 News Help save £3 million a year Did you know that recycling your food waste through your collection service rather than putting it in your rubbish bin will help save over £3 million a year? That’s because it costs less than half to recycle food waste through anaerobic digestion than it does to dispose of it. So putting all your food waste in your caddy every week means you’re helping to protect other council services like social care, libraries and schools. The food is taken to an anaerobic digestion plant where it’s used to generate green electricity and fertiliser used in While most Surrey residents use their caddy there’s more farming. we can all do to help make the savings. Surrey’s councils will be working with residents this autumn to encourage Mike Goodman, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member them to recycle all of their food waste every week. But to for Environment and Planning, said: “Putting food waste in start making a difference today, visit recycleforsurrey.org. your caddy for collection is clean and easy when you use uk where you can find out more about your food waste plastic bags instead of the old compostable liners, which collection, and how to order replacement indoor kitchen cost more and could easily leak or tear. caddies and outside food waste bins if yours are missing or If everybody put their food waste in their damaged. “caddy, your councils would have more money To make it cleaner and easier to recycle your food waste, to spend on the services you value most. you can line your caddy with a plastic bag or liner. Using plastic bags or liners is the cleanest and easiest way to The Recycle for Surrey website also has tips on how” you deal with your food waste – you can use them to line your can reduce the amount of food you throw away – which kitchen caddy and minimise drips, or put smelly food in can save the average family £60 a month. Simple things a bag, tie it up and put it straight into your outside food like storing your food correctly and not being tempted waste bin. All types of plastic bags can be used, including by offers at the supermarket can make a surprising old shopping bags, pedal bin liners, or bread, cereal, fruit or difference to how much food you waste.