I have always been interested in our environment but also very worried about our actions that have devastating effects on our planet and more importantly our local environment.
I feel so lucky to be living in an area where the air is so clean and fresh, that’s why I feel passionate about helping our local environment even more.
In October 2007, I asked my Mum if I could go on a school trip that’s happening in 2008. She told me that if I could save up half of the money to pay for the trip, then she would give me the other half.
I didn’t really know what I could do to make my own money and after a couple of weeks of us both trying to come up with an idea, we were just sitting having a conversation about our recycling problem and then it came to us.
My Mum and I were aware that although our local Council collects our waste, they were not collecting ALL of our recyclable household waste.
Where we live, we have a bin for paper and one for garden waste, but that's it, everything else gets put in a landfill and most of it is recyclable!
Fortunately for us, we have a Recycling Centre which is absolutely brilliant and handy for anyone to recycle most things.
Although we are lucky to have the Recycling Centre on our doorstep, I found out that a lot of people are still not using it for various reasons, these being:
ü Elderly people who don’t drive or who can’t physically get to the Recycling Centre.
ü Young busy families with children who are too busy working and looking after the children and just don’t get around to doing it
ü Busy students
ü Career people working long hours.
This is why my Mum and I came up with a solution to involve more people in recycling and also a way for me to earn some money to pay for a school trip that I really want to go!!
I decided to set up my own business offering a door-to-door recycling collection service on my bike, (also helping to reduce carbon emissions).
At the moment I have quite a few regular customers which I collect from every weekend and they have been great and supportive of what I’m doing, it gives me a boost when I’m on my bike and they tell me how what I’m doing is a great thing. I’ve had some letters from my customers who said:”
“I think that what you’re doing is a brilliant idea, good luck with your project.”
“What a great service Niall”
HOW DOES IT WORK?
- Niall provides each customer with a Go Green recycling bag for an initial payment of £1.
- Customer fills the bag up with recyclable household waste.
- Niall collects full bag and replaces with empty bag the following week. (During Winter, Niall is collecting at weekends only.
- Customer pays Niall £1 for each full bag he takes away.
- Niall takes all recyclable waste to the Recycling Centre in his trailer, where he sorts into correct bins.
The customer can purchase as many Go Green bags as they like or they can even use their own bags. I collect any recyclable household waste in whatever I'm given!
It’s quite hard work cycling everywhere, especially when the trailer’s full but I know that I’m helping the environment and keeping fit at the same time!l
As well as trying to save some money for my school trip, I am also donating 10% of my earnings to the Woodland Trust’s Tree For All campaign. You can read about that campaign on the Woodland Trust page I have set up.
If you live in my area:
HOW DO I SIGN UP?
- Call 07780 913044 and leave your name and address.
- I will call round to leave your Go Green bag and collect your initial deposit of £1.
- You can arrange with me your preferred collection day (Saturday or Sunday), when I will pick-up your bag of household waste recyclables.
“I would just like to say a big thank you to everyone who recycles with me already.”
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