Making recycling easier

[butterfly76]

I really want to make an effort to start recycling anything I can at home. What I need to know is, does anyone have any tips that will make this nice and easy for me?

Thanks

[logman]

Good on ya butterfly, I must start by saying that I'am highly biased, but my mother who is in her 80s recycles almost every day !

Cans, papers, cardboard,plastics, textiles are all graded andplaced in her shopping trolley and taken about 3/4 of a mile to the local sainsburys which has all the recycling fecilities in their car park.

All green waste is put into the councils wheely bin and emptied every other week (or they're supposed to any way)

So if you can find a supermarket in easy reach, you could do your shop and recycle all in one go..

[Plocket]

It really depends on what you are going to recycle. Check out what collections your Council do, if any - ours collect clear plastic bottles/milk containers, glass, fabrics, paper and tin cans. If you can save everything separately you'll find it a lot easier when the time comes to put things out for collection. You'll also find it easier to sort if you have to go to your recycling depot! We also save any cardboard packaging and take that to our recycling centre on a regular basis, along with household batteries.

If your council don't do recycling collections it's up to you to take your stuff to a centre. Many supermarkets now have recycling bins so check out what they recycle and make it a part of your shopping routine.

Getting keener, if you have a garden you can compost your uncooked household waste (vegetable peelings, eggshells etc.), and small amounts of paper, along with grass cuttings and prunings from plants. You'll probably get a cheap bin from your council if you make enquiries.

The main thing is for you to make the effort!

[BillyBB]

It's amazing how little rubbish we put out now compared to when we only recycled paper.

[jas1002]

We have a small plastic basket and we pop things in there throughout the day and take it to out altogether. That way you're not going outside all the time and it's only the same effort as putting it in the rubbish.

[WendyS]

And don't forget to recycle your used postage stamps too. There are lots of charities which will welcome them for fund raising purposes.