Sort your bins for Recycle Week
It’s Recycle Week – a national campaign that aims to highlight how you can do your bit and reduce waste through recycling.
Most people believe they’re doing enough to recycle, but that’s simply not true – over half of what is currently sent to landfill could actually be recycled.
While you might be forgiven for thinking the actions of one household won’t make a measurable impact, you’d be amazed to know how small habit changes can have positive results for or communities and environment.
For example: if we all recycled just one newspaper or magazine a week we’d save enough energy to boil 2.2 billion cups of tea – that’s 518 cups a year for every adult in Scotland!
Recycling is easier than you think – here are a few of our top tips to reduce, reuse and recycle at home.
Use your supermarket or retail park
Large supermarkets and retail parks often offer recycling facilities both in store and in the car park, including bottle banks, textile recycling, plastic bag and film recycling, battery recycling and more. Check with your nearest superstore to see what they offer.
Find your local recycling centre
Community recycling centres are brilliant and can help you get rid of just about anything, from garden waste to electronics and more. Check with your local council to find what’s available to you nearby.
Recycle unwanted clothing
You can donate unwanted clothing that can be used by someone else to your local charity shop. If it can’t be donated, it can still be recycled. There are usually clothing recycling bins at retail parks or large supermarkets as well as community recycling centres. Many local charities also offer home pickups where they will come and collect any textiles you have.
Sort food waste
Many councils all over the UK are now offering food waste bins to recycle food waste so it doesn’t go to landfill. If you have space in your garden, why not create your own compost? You can create your own nutrient-rich soil to feed your garden for free.
Choose jars and bottles
When you’re doing your weekly food shop, choose products that come in glass jars or plastic bottles, as these are most easily recycled.
Don’t forget the bathroom
The kitchen isn’t the only room in the home filled with recyclables. Items like empty aerosol cans, shampoo bottles and face cream pots are just three examples of things that can be recycled.
Create a sorting station
Pre-sorting your recycling will help you cut down on landfill waste and make recycling easier, whether you have a curbside pickup or rely on communal bins.
Do you have any tips for recycling? Share your wisdom in the comments below.
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