| Recycling is now becoming part of our everyday | | | | garden centre you can have your own at home |
| lives in the UK. With most councils providing | | | | free!! If you do not have a garden most councils |
| recycling bins for household products such as | | | | run a green waste collection service so that those |
| paper, tins and glass, we could however be doing | | | | products can be turned into compost elsewhere. |
| so much more to help the environment. | | | | Other simple ways of recycling can be to just |
| Whenever we re-use something we save the | | | | take your unwanted clothes to charity shops |
| energy associated with manufacturing a new one. | | | | where they can be purchased reducing the CO2 |
| Did you know that to manufacture one cotton | | | | emissions used to manufacture new clothes and |
| T-shirt it could take up to 800 litres of water?? | | | | also fund the good charity work being done. |
| The other problem is landfill sites, which create | | | | There are many recycled products to purchase |
| CO2 emissions, and with the growing population in | | | | and these include: Wine glasses, clothing, bin bags, |
| the UK there wouldn't be enough space for all of | | | | newspapers, copier paper and furniture. When |
| our waste. | | | | purchasing these items look out for labels, which |
| Over two thirds of household waste can be | | | | show how much recycled content, the products |
| recycled. Many of those items include plastics, | | | | have. Many important things can be made from |
| glass, steel and paper but things such as old | | | | recycled materials such as parts for cars and |
| laptops, PC's and mobile phones can also be | | | | aeroplanes. |
| recycled. PC's and laptops can be corrected and | | | | Many artists and furniture developers have come |
| sent to schools in developing countries, something | | | | up with fun and funky ways of recycling, such as |
| the schools could not normally afford. | | | | using old CD's to make chairs and old guitar cases |
| Household waste such as vegetable peelings, egg | | | | for bookshelves. Recycle your waste and |
| boxes, teabags and shredded paper can be | | | | unwanted items today, you really could save the |
| turned into compost, so rather that going out and | | | | environment and who knows they could be used |
| spending money on compost from your local | | | | in the next car you buy! |