Pass It On Week

Moray Council’s waste management team is taking part in Pass It On Week which aims to encourage people to recycle unwanted household items rather than put them in the bin.

As part of the week-long campaign, the team is running a Big Electrical Amnesty and is appealing to the public to donated small electrical items which they no longer have a use for.

Items can be handed in at local recycling centres, council access points or libraries where they will be connected by Moray Waste Busters. Any personal data will be wiped from devices before they are repaired or refurbished and sold on.

Families are also being set the challenge of taking a bin bag and placing an unwanted household item – clothing, books, toys, kitchenware, bric-a-brac – into the bag each day this week before taking it to a local charity shop or donating it to some worthy cause.

To press home the Pass It On Week message, waste management staff are holding a roadshow and will be at the Tesco store in Elgin today, the Elgin branch of Asda tomorrow, Tesco in Keith on Wednesday, Cullen on Thursday and Dufftown on Friday.

Moray Council area stretches from Tomintoul in the south to the shores of the Moray Firth, from Keith in the east to Forres in the west. The council and its 4,500 employees respond to the needs of 95,510 residents in this beautiful part of Scotland, which nestles between Aberdeenshire and the Highlands.

Famous for its colony of dolphins, fabulous beaches and more malt whisky distilleries than any where else in Scotland, Moray is a thriving area and a great place to live.

Headquartered in  Elgin, the administrative capital of Moray.