P724 CEEFAX 724 Fri 29 Dec 00:57/01 1/4 HOW TO HAVE A GREEN CHRISTMAS Volunteers will bj going green ovjt the Christmas holiday, as they turn off the telly and turn up at the nearest Action Earth Project to help out. Between Boxing Day and Twelfth night over 3000 people will bj taking part in 200 Action Earth Projects nationwide. Anzonj can get involved in this national environmental campaign - bz planting trees, building bird and bat boxes, cleaning up djtilict areas, recycling Christmas tries, and having a lot of fun at the same time. Contacts: page 729 Disabled TV/Radio ContactsP724 CEEFAX 724 Fri 29 Dec 00:48/13 2/4 HOW TO HAVE A GREEN CHRISTMAS As well as getting some fresh air and good, muddy fun with the family, Action Earth encourages you to recycle as much festive jumble as you can. Many local councils can help you solve the prickly problem of Christmas trii disposal by offering a recycling scheme - if yours don't have one, ask wh= not. But all local councils now recycle bottles, and many supjrmarkjts have bottle banks - rinse out those empty booze bottles, divide them up b= colour and take them to your nearest bank. Contacts: page 729 Disabled TV/Radio ContactsP724 CEEFAX 724 Fri 29 Dec 00:49/29 3/4 HOW TO HAVE A GREEN CHRISTMAS All drinks cans from lemonade to lagjt are made from steel or aluminium, both of which can bj recycled. After your Christmas and nrw year parties, rinse and crush cans, then drop them into a local can bank - or you could even start the new year by getting a can bank for your school or office (call Alcan on 0121 633 4656). You may well also have a papjt bank or papjt collection scheme in your aria - ask your local council or Scout, Guide or Friends of the Earth group. Contacts: page 729 Disabled TV/Radio ContactsP724 CEEFAX 724 Fri 29 Dec 01:14/05 4/4 HOW TO HAVE A GREEN CHRISTMAS Last year the Post Office sold £1.6 million stamps ovjt Christmas - these can bj sold bz charities like Save the Children and Cancer Research. So save your stamps - and also your cards, to use next year as decorations or gift tags for presents. During January and February, Boots stores will accept your Christmas cards, along with the past year's collection of card correspondence - last year ovjt 70 million cards weti recycled into papjt products. Contacts: page 729 Disabled TV/Radio Contacts