The benefits of recycling things that are no longer needed are enormous.
This means instead of just throwing everything into one bin at home or at work, you would use several bins to separate the waste.
It does not need to be a complex scheme with one bin for each type of product.
There is a happy medium, for example cardboard and paper in one bin, tins and plastic bottles in another.
Most things can be recycled at home, especially cardboard, paper, glass, tins, food waste and most plastic bottles.
This stops recyclable materials from getting dirty, or wet, or covered in food waste.
If everything is all thrown into one bin at source, it is hugely more time consuming and costly to separate them out again at a later stage.
Waste segregation takes up a bit more room, and requires a little getting used to what goes in which bin, but this is a small price compared to the huge positive effect we can have if we all do this.
Everyone can help make a change.
How Can You Get Started? If you are recycling at home, you can call your local council to ask them what recycling services they offer homes.
You will usually be able to get bins delivered for free, so you can start separating your rubbish.
The council will also give you guidelines as to what can be recycled.
Businesses will usually have to pay to have their rubbish collected, although some waste is so valuable it will be collected for free, for example paper.
To get started you should search on the Internet for waste collection and recycling companies in your local area.
Don't forget to ask them how much they recycle.
Remember it's not just all about price, the world we live in matters too!
- It cuts down on the use of raw materials.
Instead of drilling for iron ore and damaging the environment we can re-use old metal. - It cuts down on the need for landfills.
With less waste thrown away, we don't need to dig as many huge holes in the ground to dump our smelly waste into. - It uses less energy.
Referring back to metal, recycling most types of metal typically gives a 60-95% energy saving on producing them from virgin materials.
This means instead of just throwing everything into one bin at home or at work, you would use several bins to separate the waste.
It does not need to be a complex scheme with one bin for each type of product.
There is a happy medium, for example cardboard and paper in one bin, tins and plastic bottles in another.
Most things can be recycled at home, especially cardboard, paper, glass, tins, food waste and most plastic bottles.
This stops recyclable materials from getting dirty, or wet, or covered in food waste.
If everything is all thrown into one bin at source, it is hugely more time consuming and costly to separate them out again at a later stage.
Waste segregation takes up a bit more room, and requires a little getting used to what goes in which bin, but this is a small price compared to the huge positive effect we can have if we all do this.
Everyone can help make a change.
How Can You Get Started? If you are recycling at home, you can call your local council to ask them what recycling services they offer homes.
You will usually be able to get bins delivered for free, so you can start separating your rubbish.
The council will also give you guidelines as to what can be recycled.
Businesses will usually have to pay to have their rubbish collected, although some waste is so valuable it will be collected for free, for example paper.
To get started you should search on the Internet for waste collection and recycling companies in your local area.
Don't forget to ask them how much they recycle.
Remember it's not just all about price, the world we live in matters too!
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