Community Christmas Reduce and Recycle Hub

Acton Reduce and Recycle hub is relocating to inside St Mary’s Church Acton due to gusts of high winds on Saturday 7 December from 11 am to 3.30 pm.

The Christmas Reduce and Recycle hub is having a special Community Christmas event. Acton Reduce and Recycle hub wants you to make a difference this Christmas by helping others.

Christmas holidays are a great time to relax, recharge and enjoy ourselves. However, are you a frustrated by the waste created, the unwanted gifts, food that goes to waste and mountains of wrapping paper that end up in the bin?

Small changes can make all the difference in reducing our environmental footprint. So come along and be inspired by the great local organisations and volunteers that come to the hub to tackle waste reduction and encourage residents to extend the lifespan of existing items, avoid unnecessary purchases, recycle clothes, small electrical items, and books. With the aim to create a sustainable future for Acton, Ealing and beyond.

The Reduce and Recycle hub was set up by Action West London who won a Lottery grant from their Climate Action fund in 2021. In 2024, Ealing Council, funding extended the hubs activity to early 2025. The hub runs monthly on the first Saturday of the month. For full list of dates see Reduce and Recycle events.

This Christmas, give back and embrace sustainability with the Acton Market Reduce and Recycle Hub!

Why buy new when you can swap?

This winter why buy a new Christmas jumper, when you can swap for a different Christmas jumper, top or t-shirt. Come along to the Acton Reduce and Recycle hub at St Mary’s Acton on 7 December from 11.30 am to 3.30pm where we will have our Christmas jumper swap. We will be accepting donations on the day. At our swaps, you can either give donations, take donations or both. It is all about getting everyone to wear clothes for longer.

Drop off Christmas adult and children’s jumpers; Christmas themed tops and t-shirts. All items need to be clean and in good condition.

Upgrade your jumpers with a Christmas design

Ealing repair cafe has some great ideas how to add or upgrade a jumper for Christmas. Lots of Charity shops have a great selections of Jumpers and tops too, so pop along to one of the local Charity shops and support these great charities by getting a preloved jumpers. Local to Acton we have Cape Charity Shop on Churchfield Road or Scope Charity Shop on the Uxbridge road. Further afield there are more Charity shops in Ealing Broadway, Shepherds Bush and West Ealing. Pop into your favourite charity shops and share with us the pre-loved gems you have found at on Instagram @MarketW3 or Facebook at www.facebook.com/MarketW3

Make a difference: Donate this Christmas

Winter Coat & Accessories collection: Donate your unwanted winter coats and accessories such as hats, gloves, scarves, jumpers to help those in need. McLaren Group, a local construction company, is spearheading this initiative. Their staff will be at the hub to receive your donations. Can’t make it? No problem! Email lexden@mclarengroup.com to arrange a drop-off at their Acton office. Together, let’s ensure a warm winter for everyone!

Donate to Ealing Foodbank: Drop donations to their them to support them in their ambition of anyone in our community should not go hungry. They provide three days of nutritionally balanced emergency food and support local people who are referred to us in crisis. They opened their first client centre in Acton in October 2013 and now have grown to 8 foodbank centres. So please support this great cause.

Exclude those drafts this winter

Ealing Repair cafe will also be providing materials for anyone who wants to come along and make a free draft excluder. Draft Excluders are great for keeping the warm in and heating bills low. The team will be helping anyone who wants to come along and make one.

Live entertainment from:

11.30am – Rock Choir performs on the steps of St Marys
1.00pm – Jazz band
3.30pm – Elevate Arts will close the event with dance performance

For the families you can have a look inside an emergency vehicles including:

Metropolitan Police vehicle
Fire engine will be on the mount unless they are needed for an emergency

December Reduce and Recycle Hub

At our Christmas Reduce and Recycle hub on Saturday 7 December at St Marys Acton we have a variety of organisations, helping to reduce our waste. These organisations will help you recycle, as well as repair and reuse at Acton Market and beyond.

RECYCLE:

Bring along your old and unloved:

Clothing, Shoes and accessories (10am – 2pm) Donations for TRAID charity www.traid.org.uk/wlwa
Small electrical appliances (10am – 2pm). These must be small –small enough to fit in a shopping bag to TRAID, see details www.traid.org.uk
Ealing Waste Team collecting for Terracycle:
- Biscuits and Snacks wrappers: All brands of plastic biscuit wrappers, all brands of plastic cake wrappers and all brands of plastic cracker wrappers (Not included is recycle paper or foil wrappers)
- Pringle Tubes with the metal bases only
- Coffee bean and ground coffee pouches and sachets: Not included is coffee capsules, coffee grounds) Cardboard packaging can be recycled in Ealing doorstep collection.
- Bulk bags of tea bags and loose leaf tea packs: Cardboard packaging can be recycled in Ealing doorstep collection and teabags in food waste doorstep collection. Not included is individual tea bag sachets.
- Plastic toothbrushes and electric toothbrush heads: Plus electric flosser nozzles, flossing sticks and interdental brushes and dental floss containers. (Not collecting battery or electric toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, dental floss)

Ealing Council Waste team will be there giving advice on the doorstep recycling and food waste collection. Find more tips and information here https://www.instagram.com/ealingrecycles/

REPAIR:

Learn to fix your Clothes with Ealing Repair Café www.ealingrepaircafe.org
Get your Bikes checked with Dr Bike (2 pm-5 pm)
Sharpen your Garden and Kitchen tools Contact RenewSharpening on 07860 518576 and speak to Dave, as they are unable to come to our December hub. He can sharpen your Garden and Kitchen tools and is available in the week to collect items for sharpening.

REUSE:

Book Swap – Bring a book and take a book, with Churchfield Community Association

Pushing for Change

Ealing Friends of the Earth: Updating us on the local issues and campaigns around air pollution, climate change, nature and biodiversity.

Come along to Reduce and Recycle hub and join the growing community of people who are helping Acton reduce, reuse and recycle more. For more information and links to all the great organisations involved in Reduce and Recycle hub.