The ultimate guide to recycling
Before you bin something today, think about how you can reuse or recycle it
The amount of rubbish each household produces annually is increasing. In the UK a lot of waste is buried in landfill sites, which has huge environmental impacts. Throwing away things wastes raw materials – recycling uses less energy and causes less pollution than using raw materials.
But we know that recycling can sometimes be confusing and it can be difficult to know whether you are following all the right rules. You can find out how to recycle different materials and how to go about it with our product-by-product guide.
- Aerosols
- Alumnium cans
- Alumnium foil
- Batteries
- Bathroom tiles
- Bicycles
- Books
- Biowaste
- Bras
- Car batteries
- Cardboard
- CDs and DVDs
- Clingfilm
- Clothes
- Computers
- Furniture
- Junk mail
- Mixed packaging
- Motor oil
- Paper
- Paint
- Phones
- Phone books
- Plastic bottles
- Plastic carrier bags
- Plastic food packaging
- Polythene
- Printer cartridges
- Shoes
- Spectacles
- Tetra Paks
- Tools
- Tyres
- Vehicles
- Wood
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