The Yateley branch has teamed up with Hart District Council to launch and promote the national ‘Buy Recycled’ campaign in Hampshire. To celebrate General Waste, the mascot leading the War on Waste in Hampshire, will be shopping in Waitrose for products made from recycled material on Tuesday 27 April.

Hart residents are already showing magnificent support for Hart’s recycling schemes by using their blue recycling bins and local recycling banks. By buying products made from recycled materials, they help to support these schemes and close the recycling loop.

Many ‘Buy Recycled’ products are already available in supermarkets such as toilet rolls, tissues, writing paper, plastic bin liners, but some items that people buy every week are also made using recycled materials such as glass bottles, tin cans and cereal packets.

Mr John Bowles, Branch Manager at Fleet Waitrose said, "More and more customers are showing concern about the products they buy in store. By supporting the ‘Buy Recycled’ campaign Waitrose are demonstrating their commitment to the environment. Waitrose’s Bag for Life scheme is another example where by using the same bag time and again our customers help to reduce the amount of carrier bags thrown away."

26 April 1999