Householders Being Urged to Ease Landfill Fines Threat With Free SnaffleUp Resource

Householders in London are being urged to ease the threat of landfill fines and beat the credit crunch with a free online resource called SnaffleUp.

London, UK (PRWEB) November 11, 2008 -- Keen recycling fanatic Chris Toynbee, who runs a London website design company, decided to put his skills to good use by launching SnaffleUp to reduce the amount of useful household items that are needlessly thrown away and place increased pressure on the use of landfill.

The www.snaffleup.co.uk site now provides a user-friendly location where people can donate unwanted household goods and search for items that others have already posted.

SnaffleUp members can enter their postcode to search for local items and do not need to register to browse through the various categories including: home, kitchen, furniture, baby, toys & hobbies, garden & pets, computer peripherals, clothing, and crafts.

Every item is free and all collection or delivery costs are negotiated between the site's members who can set up email alerts to inform them when items they require become available.

A forum facility has also been included on the site, as part of an ongoing improvement policy, to allow members to post their suggestions, which can be voted on by other members of the SnaffleUp community.

Chris is hoping London householders will join the SnaffleUp community and help to combat the throwaway culture that has seen the UK become the worst EU country for dumping waste into landfills - amounting to 27m tonnes, according to the Local Government Association (LGA).

"London boroughs now face huge fines from imminent landfill charges under the EU's Land Directive, yet a lot of household items that end up in landfill sites still have plenty of life in them," says Chris Toynbee.

"I hate to throw things away needlessly and so I created the SnaffleUp.co.uk site to allow people to donate their unwanted but useful goods to others who can give them a new home," continues Toynbee. "At a time when householders in London are feeling the credit crunch, SnaffleUp is an easy and convenient way to help save money, reduce the impact on the environment and prevent local councils from being issued with millions of pounds of landfill fines."

Online at www.snaffleup.co.uk.

For further information about SnaffleUp.co.uk please contact:
Chris Toynbee.
T: 0845 643 1786.
E: hello @ snaffleup.co.uk

Press Release issued on behalf of SnaffleUp.co.uk by Andy Slater.
T: 0161 612 9874
E: email @ andy-slater.co.uk

About SnaffleUp:
SnaffleUp.co.uk is a totally free online service that gives people with unwanted but useful household items a resource to donate them to other people.

The newly launched site was developed by website designer Chris Toynbee to ease the burden on landfill and help householders fight the credit crunch.

Chris has designed SnaffleUp.co.uk to be a user-friendly experience with the opportunity for user feedback.

There are 15 categories: Baby, Books & Magazines, Cars, Parts & Vehicles, Clothing Shoes & Accessories, Computer Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Crafts, DIY and Industrial, Furniture, Garden & Pets, Home, Kitchen, Music DVDs & Movies, Toys & Hobbies, and Everything Else.

Items already donated include TV's, dining tables, a sewing machine, a baby bath, books, toys, computer peripherals, printers and monitors, clothes, a brand new pair of Timberland boots, garden furniture, gardening equipment and even a garage door!

Notes to Editors:
London boroughs face massive increases in waste disposal costs and government fines totalling £2.5billion (cumulative to 2020) if they fail to meet EU Landfill Directive targets.

Source:
www.london.gov.uk/mayor/powers/waste.jsp
Londoners produce 3.4million tonnes of rubbish a year, which is enough to fill Canary Wharf tower every 10 days. Londoners only currently recycle 25% of their rubbish, yet research has found that around two thirds of the average household bin could be recycled.

Source:
www.recycleforlondon.com/index.cfm
According to local government figures, the UK's landfill sites will accommodate only seven more years of landfilling waste at the current rate of use.

Under the EU Land Directive, which has stipulated national targets to be met before 2013, waste-disposing councils that exceed their landfill allowances face penalties of £150 per tonne.

Source:
www.localgov.co.uk/index.cfm?method=news.detail&id=71620

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