“A woman should wear fragrance wherever she expects to be kissed”-Coco Chanel
Laura Reynolds looks at some of the cheapest beauty products available
This week’s procrastination brought with it another eco-challenge. Wary that everything I have managed to accumulate over three years in York is never going to fit in my parents' car come the end of June, I have had a massive sort-out and now have a pile of stuff to be thrown out. But eco warriors don’t throw things out. They recycle. Is it possible to recycle everything in my ‘to go’ pile?
Clothes are relatively straightforward to pass on to another, just bag it all up and take to the nearest charity shop. There are millions in York to choose from. If you want to try and make some money, you could try selling some outfits on ebay. This can be a bit hit and miss - I’ve never managed to sell anything – and risky because you have to pay a listing fee even if you don’t sell. But it might be worth it if you have any really nice/expensive/designer stuff.
Paper is also pretty easy (burning your notes is not particularly good for the environment). If you don’t have a recycling collection at your house, bring them to campus where there are recycling bins outside every college. Plastic bags (if you aren’t re-using them) can be taken to Sainsburys or the Somerfield on Hull road where there are recycling points. Books, if you can bear to part with them, can be sold on Amazon or to any first or second years that you know on your course. Amazon is useful because, unlike ebay, they don’t charge a listing fee if you don’t manage to sell anything.
My eyes have the annoying habit of getting progressively shortsighted each year, leaving me with a lower bank balance than I would like and a number of pairs of glasses that I can’t wear anymore. Usefully, the Specsavers branch in York collect old pairs to send to where they are needed in Africa.
Oxfam collect any unwanted mobile phones, iPods, PDAs, inkjet cartridges or digital cameras. Simply send them in a jiffy bag, FREEPOST, to: Oxfam Recycle Scheme, Freepost LON16281, London, WC1N 3BR. More information can be found on their website.
I still have a giant foam hand, a souvenir from the 2008 YUSU elections, that I have no idea what to do with. Answers on the back of a postcard please.
The unbeatable Morrisons do carrier bag recycling too!
It's a crying shame that St. Nick's fields don't collect cardboard, plastic, foil or food/drink cartons. I end up taking them to the municipal tip myself. If you have the chance and don't have an alternative, I'd recommend it - it's a surprisingly clean, tidy, well-organised tip.
Oh, and if you have a garden, you can always ask your landlord if you can start a compost heap/bin for your leftover fruit/vegetable and garden waste.
Or you could put it all in a blender and make an organic waste smoothie. PROVE TO ME THAT IT'S A HAZARD... 
Kudos to Kate. Hopefully people will do it! 
Also, since this thread is about environment stuff I think it's a little ironic that Tom calls Morrison's "unbeatable" when they're absolutely terrible at anything approaching ethical. A by-product of being owned by Walmart, I guess.
Morrisons isn't owned by Walmart. Asda is.
Yay! I love Morrisons!
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