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Tip Top Balloons launches balloon recycling service

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Dave Stansbridge, owner of Tip Top Balloons

Andover-based balloon and party retailer Tip Top Balloons has launched a new recycling service to help combat the littering which can be caused by people not discarding balloons correctly.

The recycling service – which will be free of charge – will take both latex and foil balloons, in a bid to stop people leaving them behind as litter which can then go on to cause damage and harm within the local environment.

“We have been concerned about the release of balloons – both latex and foil – for some years now,” said owner Dave Stansbridge, explaining why he has started the initiative. “We don’t like them being released as they are not good for the environment or the wildlife.”

He continued: “So we have come up with a solution! Anyone that buys balloons from us – or anywhere else – can bring them to us when they have finished using them. We will strip the balloons down and recycle them into various components to help do our bit in saving the environment and the wildlife.”

Dave also revealed to PartyWorldwide.net that he will be introducing fancy dress accessories to his offering over this Halloween and Christmas period, for the first time in ten years.

“The supermarkets came in and killed us off, they were selling costumes cheaper than we could buy them,” he said, explaining why the company initially decided to focus on balloons rather than fancy dress. “We won’t be doing costumes just accessories.”

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