| It may seem simple enough, but there are certain | | | | resource. |
| specifics to recycling that can help the | | | | 5. At home, reuse your plastic bags. Whether you |
| environment and your sanitation service. Recycling | | | | have extras from grocery shopping or you have |
| reduces waste that builds in landfills in order to | | | | empty bread bags or newspaper bags, they can |
| make new products from the old. This is | | | | easily be reused as smaller garbage can liners. Just |
| rewarding for us and the world in which we live. | | | | make sure they don't have holes - if they do, |
| But it may not be as simple as it seems. Haven't | | | | double up. If you still have extras you can bring |
| you ever wondered if you recycle this or that? | | | | them with you when you do your grocery |
| And if so, how? Does it go with the plastics, or | | | | shopping to hold your groceries or to drop off at |
| the metals, or the papers? Well prepare to have | | | | a recycle center at your local supermarket. You |
| all of your questions answered. | | | | can even use plastic bags in the car to hold |
| 1. First, find out what your sanitation or recycling | | | | scraps and stray litter. Plastic bags are also great |
| service requires. Some prefer to separate all kinds | | | | to clean up after your pets when you walk them |
| of products, like the plastic bags from the | | | | or clean out the litter box or yard (you can even |
| cardboard boxes and the cans from the | | | | bring them to the animal shelter because if you |
| newspapers. If this is the case, make sure to | | | | don't need them, they sure do). You can save |
| designate a specific area for each kind of | | | | them for packaging when sending boxes or use |
| recycling. | | | | them as stuffing for shoes to help keep them |
| 2. Some states provide cash for recycling bottles | | | | keep shape while drying. Plastic bags also have |
| and cans. If yours is one of them, save up and | | | | potential for art - you can make a wreath or |
| take them to a recycling center for some extra | | | | scarf by melding bags together. |
| monies. | | | | 6. There are tons of items that you may not |
| 3. Some services require that you wash or | | | | think of when you hear the word recycle. Here |
| remove lids from your recycling. | | | | are just a few: magazines, milk cartons, packing |
| 4. Paper is especially easy to recycle. If you work | | | | peanuts, cell phones, batteries (especially |
| in an environment that uses a lot of paper, keep | | | | important) Styrofoam (also takes forever to |
| some around to use as scrap by writing on the | | | | decompose) old televisions, and computers. |
| backs of it. Keep a bin under your desk or a | | | | Recycling is very beneficial for the environment |
| stack that you can easily move to the recycling | | | | and for the soul. It helps you to feel like you're |
| can. This way you save time by disposing it all in | | | | contributing to the good of the world, and is a |
| one trip and you help to conserve a valuable | | | | good habit for today and for future generations. |