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All you need is glove!
This feature was added on 1st December 2010
WasteAware have joined the Glove Love reuse campaign currently being run by Green Thing, a non profit making public service organisation who aim to inspire people to lead a greener life.
The idea is to take lost gloves that people have found, or spare gloves where the matching one has got lost, wash and repair them, match them up with a glove of a similar material and size (but with clashing/contrasting colour or pattern), and sell the new pairs at £5 per pair. Green Thing will add labels to make the gloves a proper pair, and include the story of the gloves' origins to their new owner.
Cllr Derrick Ashley, Executive Member for Waste says 'Hertfordshire Waste Partnership is proud to support this initiative as part of our commitment to sustainability and reducing waste. Glove Love is a reminder that almost everything can be reused or recycled. By finding creative ways to reuse things that might otherwise be thrown away, we can all do our part to protect the environment.'
Naresh Ramchandani, co-founder of Green Thing, said: 'It's the age old scenario when you root through your wardrobe as winter closes in only to find you have one solitary glove. Glove Love is about finding a sustainable solution to this problem but at the same time making green living simple and fun. The donations of single gloves so far have been fantastic and we're still appealing for more.'
WasteAware will be placing drop off boxes for lonely single gloves at locations across the county from 1 December 2010 to 28 February 2011.
Locations
- Reception - Dacorum BC, Hemel Hempstead Civic Centre, Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1HH
Monday to Thursday 8.45am - 5.15pm
Friday 8.45am - 4.45pm - Reception - East Herts DC - Wallfields, Pegs Lane, Hertford, SG13 8EQ
Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5pm - Front Reception - Hertfordshire County Council, County Hall, Pegs Lane, Hertford, SG13 8DN
Monday to Friday 8am - 5.30pm - Reception - Hertsmere BC, Civic Offices, Elstree Way, Boreham Wood, WD6 1WA
Monday to Thursday 8.30am - 5.15pm & Friday 8.30am - 5pm - Reception - North Herts DC , Council Offices, Gernon Road, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3JF
Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm - Reception - Stevenage BC - Cavendish Road Depot, Stevenage, SG1 2ES
Monday to Thursday 9am - 5pm & Friday 9am - 4.30pm - Reception - Three Rivers DC, Three Rivers House, Northway, Rickmansworth, WD3 1RL
Monday to Thursday 8.30am - 5.30pm & Friday 8.30am - 5pm - Reception - Watford BC, Town Hall, Hempstead Road, Watford WD17 3EX
Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.30pm - Reception - Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, Campus East, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6AE
Monday to Thursday 8.45am - 5.15pm
Friday 8.45am - 4.45pm
We hope to encourage everyone to get involved. This is a charming seasonal way to encourage people to recycle, buy sustainable goods, and not throw things away because no longer a pair! This is turn saves landfill space, and saves people from having to buy new.
Find out more about Glove Love or buy a pair of recycled gloves from www.dothegreenthing.com/glovelove.
Additional information
- Green Thing is a not-for-profit organization that continues to be reliant on the kind and generous donations and sponsorship of individuals, companies and trusts and foundations.
- Green Thing has reached people from 205 countries over 6 million times and has helped save over 1 million tonnes of CO2.
- Green Thing won the Best Green Digital award at the Green Awards 2008 and was described by judges as: 'Fantastic, original and laughter inducing; a very strong concept and high quality material that's got legs!'