Household Recycling Tips
Help the environment by recycling as much of your household waste products as you can.
Here are a few helpful tips to help with the recycling;
- Reuse plastic carrier bags when shopping.
- Use a bag for life.
- Start composting your food and garden waste.
- Reuse glass jars for homemade jams and pickles.
- Freeze homemade soups and meals in reusable plastic packaging.
- Take lunches to work in reusable plastic packaging.
- Reuse polystyrene or plastic takeaway cartons for packed lunches.
- Reuse clear plastic bottles for germinating seeds and protecting plants in the garden.
- Reuse plastic containers or glass jars for storing nuts, bolts and nails in the garage or shed.
- Buy refillable products.
- Buy bulk items.
- Buy loose meat, cheese, fruit and vegetables rather than prepacked items.
- Buy items using recycled content.
- Regularly visit a recycling bank.
- Put a container near your kitchen bin to separate out paper, plastic containers, glass jars and tin cans that can be recycled.
- Recycle old clothes, books, videos, dvds and toys by taking them to a charity shop.
- Reuse suitable old clothing as cloths for washing the floor or dusting the furniture.
- Reuse paper for messages, lining the bottom of a pets cage or burning on the fire.
- Add paper to the composter or recycling bin.
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I hope you find these tips useful, let me know if you have anymore helpful recycling tips.
Recycling
I use gallon size plastic milk containers to provide water in my garden when we go away for a slow and steady drink. Poke pin point size holes in the bottom, fill with water and place the cap on. Set in places where more than one plant will benefit.
Comment by Lynn — June 17, 2007 @ 2:50 pm
Hi Lynn,
What a great recycling tip. I have been putting my milk carton in my recycling bin but that is a much more useful use for them. This tip will really benefit me in my vegetable garden. Thank you so much for sharing this tip.
Sara @ Farming Friends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — June 17, 2007 @ 3:19 pm