Recycling
What is recycling?Recycling is basically turning old materials that we have used into new products that can again be used.
Why recycle?
When we recycle we are preventing wasting materials that are able to be used again and therefore reduce the expenditure of fresh materials and energy and this in turn reduces the greenhouse gas emissions compared to when a product is made completely from non recycled materials.
Think before you throw anything into the rubbish bin. Can it be recycled?
Here is a list although by no means complete of the household items that you can recycle.
Class bottles and jars
Empty aerosol cans
Cardboard
Plastic bottles and jars
Paper bags
Aluminium and metal cans
Aluminium foil and trays
Newspapers
Paper bags
Phone books
Paper or card boxes such as those used for frozen food
Mail and magazines
Cloth and clothing can be donated to charity shops for example
Check with your local council or local authority to find out where your closest recycling banks are. Your local library will more than likely have this information to hand also.
Think before you shop. Don’t always accept the shops own plastic bag. In the UK along an astonishing 150,000,000 plastic bags are used every week. Every one of these bags takes literally hundreds of years to disintegrate in a landfill site.
Use a canvas bag…Much more attractive than the plastic bags and less likely to split as you are carrying your shopping home!
Get involved, get recycling
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