Steve Brine has welcomed news that Sainsbury's Winchester and Badger Farm are providing local residents with a solution to make use of their Christmas cards this year. The stores, situated in Middle Brook Street and Badger Farm Road now have a Christmas card recycling bin in place and residents can bring in their cards up until 15th January.
The bins are situated at the front of the store and Sainsbury's is making a donation to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) based on the volume of cards collected.
Sainsbury's Winchester Store Manager Stuart Purdy said: "We know that our customers care about the environment and reducing their impact on landfill so we're providing really simple and hassle-free ways for them to live more sustainably and recycle their Christmas-waste once the holidays are over".
The stores are also offer other recycling facilities including Batteries – Sainsbury's was the first UK retailer to offer a safe way for customers to dispose of batteries in every store with over 21 million batteries recycled by in the past year from in-store collections (equivalent to over 50 per cent of all the batteries it sold in that time).
Andy Dawe, Head of Food & Drink Programme, WRAP said: "We are delighted that Sainsbury's Winchester and Badger Farm are working with their customers to help them find ways to recycle during the festive season. Such a wide range of Christmas items can be recycled, from your Christmas turkey foil to your Christmas cards. To find out more about what can be recycled where you live visit www.recyclenow.com."
Local MP Steve Brine said: "I am really pleased to hear that Sainsbury's are offering this simple-to-use facility and I am sure that many of my constituents will be keen to recycle their Christmas cards in this way."