“We recognise the scale of the challenge facing us and that working collaboratively will be key to the success of this strategy. Our strategy sets out strong commitments that will improve our existing council homes and will deliver more environmentally friendly homes that our residents rightly deserve.” Essex Library Service Is your child starting primary school? Starting primary school can be scary for children and their families. You can take the scare factor out by coming to one of our Big School Meet Ups before the big day in September. You can get the chance to meet other children and their families who will be starting at your own child’s school. There have been several of these events already, but they’ll be continuing until the end of August. Check out your local library for details. And if you’ve missed the event for your own local school, don’t worry – you can still come along to one of the others, chat, listen to a story time and get some tips and tricks. Recycling at your local library Here’s a tip about disposing of your empty ink cartridges in an eco-friendly way. Take them to your local library. Every library has a new Ink Bin recycling box to put your empty home-use ink cartridges in. Once they’re collected, they’ll be sorted, refilled and put back on the market as remanufactured ink cartridges. This will stop them ending up in landfill. What else does your local library recycle? Most will take old batteries; some take small electrical items too. Save yourself a trip to the recycling centre! If you’re running short of recycling sacks or caddies for roadside collections, your local library may be the place to help. Food sacks, garden sacks and recycling boxes can all be found at some of our libraries. Coverage does vary, so check out the recycling facilities available at your local library. From inside the community 30
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