Household Waste Recycling Tips

admin — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:21:00 +0000

Over 50% of most people’s household waste can be recycled, and this includes glass bottles, drinks cans, plastic food wrapping and paper. Kitchen and garden waste such as vegetable peelings and hedge clippings can also be made into compost, and if you don’t have a garden yourself then many councils are now offering garden waste collection (for a small additional fee), which are then fed onto the councils compost heaps used for municipal gardens and borders.

Here a few tips on how to recycle more effectively and reduce the amount of waste your household produces:

All UK councils now provide recycled collections every fortnight, but some of these can exclude items such as glass or aluminium. Set up an extra bin or box for those items that are not collected from your door, and take them to your local recycling centre yourself once a month.
Kitchen Waste – shopping every day can reduce food waste by as much as 50%, as you will only buy what you need for that day, and vegetables and fruit will not go off. Weigh everything you cook carefully, to avoid leftovers that
could be thrown away and wasted, and try to cook craftily and use up foods that maybe going out of date such as bread, which can be made into a breadcrumb topping or bread and butter pudding.
Junk Mail – nearly 80% of junk mail gets thrown in the bin without being read, so contact the Mail Preference Service and get your name taken off the marketing mailing lists, to reduce junk mail to your address.
Buy recycled packaging and paper whenever possible, as this supports the recycling chain and helps to save materials such as wood and fuel.

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Recycling Clothing

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:53:57 +0000

Fabric Industries have a significant impact on the environment, from materials through to production, and although it is wonderful to have the latest fashions if you are trying to live a more eco-friendly life then it is much better to recycle clothing, and utilise all those millions of perfectly good garments that get thrown away every year.

Charity Shops
This is an excellent way to recycle your clothing and pick up new outfits, and charity shops are making much more effort these days to sort through clothing and present it in a more appealing manner. You can pick up good quality
clothes, bags and shoes here at rock bottom prices, and there are plenty of gems in amongst the unfashionable items if you have a good look around.

Online Auctions
eBay and other online auction sites are an ideal place to pick up bargains, but you should avoid the eBay shops selling new clothes and instead look through auctions from private sellers, as they are often clearing out cupboards and
selling good as new clothes that would otherwise be thrown away (not everyone can be bothered to go to the charity shops!). You can pick up second hand designer clothes here very cheaply, and no one but you will know they were second hand.

Swap Parties
The next big thing is swap parties, where groups of friends organises a huge event, where they bring all of the clothes they don’t want to swap with other items from friends. These Swap Parties are great fun, and a fantastic way to
recycle your clothes, accessorise, bags and shoes, and you can make an evening of it by providing drinks and nibbles.

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