Recycling
Well, for the past four weeks we have been giving recycling a go. Emma had watched a programme on TV some time ago that was based around a rubbish dump and living of it (don't sound pleasant). Anyway she was shocked at the amount of stuff that is dumped that can be recycled, so we started.
In overview, we recycle tins, plastic bottles, glass, card and paper. I think in reality its the plastic bottles like soft drinks and milk bottles that take up so much room and we do go through an amazing amount - unfortunatley they don't recycle at doorstep for these, the rest they do.
We have seen our rubbish bin reduce from full to less than a third full, just incredible if not a bit frightening.
In overview, we recycle tins, plastic bottles, glass, card and paper. I think in reality its the plastic bottles like soft drinks and milk bottles that take up so much room and we do go through an amazing amount - unfortunatley they don't recycle at doorstep for these, the rest they do.
We have seen our rubbish bin reduce from full to less than a third full, just incredible if not a bit frightening.
posted by monty at
11:36 PM
1 Comments:
I used to have all of those things picked up from the door until I moved house 4 months ago. Now nothing is picked up.
So our kitchen is just full of bags of recycling - especially when we forget to take it anywhere! Weekly trips to tesco soon gets rid of it all.
It's easy to do once you get in the habit - and like you say, our bin is so less full! Usually one small bin bag a week from a house of 3!
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