Ernie Clark. Hilperton Division, Wiltshire Council.

Now Christmas has passed don't forget your recycling.
1. If you got new clothes for Christmas then make room for them by taking your unwanted clothes to a charity shop, recycling site or put them in your kerbside black box.

2. A home composting bin will take most uncooked food waste while a food waste digester will take all food waste, including meat, bones, fish and dairy. To get subsidised prices click here

3. Jars can all be recycled: just give them a rinse in your leftover dish washing water and recycle them with your other glass. Don't worry about removing labels; they will come off in the recycling process.

4. Recycle your Christmas cards at all WH Smith high street stores and all major Tesco stores across the UK from January 2 to 31. Christmas cards can also be recycled at household recycling centres (HRC) along with other cardboard.

5. Wrapping paper should not be put out with other paper for recycling as it is not of good enough quality - but you can always save it for use next year.

6. A good way to reduce wrapping waste is to use 'furoshiki', a Japanese-style of wrapping presents with spare pieces of fabric which can then be reused. Watch the video in the section on Christmas recycling here.

7. You can get your old Christmas tree shredded at your nearest HRC and it will be taken away and turned into compost. Or put it out with your green bin - no need to stuff it in the bin.

8. Cardboard packaging from presents can be taken to your nearest HRC. West Wiltshire residents have access to cardboard recycling bins at some local bring sites but these fill up quickly over Christmas so it is often better to use your nearest HRC.

9. Many of us will ghave had electrical items as presents but it doesn't mean your old toaster, television or computer has to go in the bin. Take them to your nearest household recycling centre as many of them can be stripped of their essential materials for recycling.

10. With a mass of new gifts being given and received this Christmas, there are bound to be clear outs of old furniture etc. Why not contact The Community Recycling Network as they distribute unwanted furniture and household goods to those in need. Alternatively use your local online freecycle network.

As well as the 300 local mini-recycling centres people can use their kerbside black box to recycle paper, tins cans, foil, glass bottles, textiles and empty aerosol cans. If you've got more than the box can take simply put the excess in a plastic bag on top of your box.

For information on when your black box is collected click here.