Top 5: Recycling Tips

Recycling is important as it reduces the amount of waste sent to landfill sites.

In doing a bit of research online, I discovered this: In the UK in 2007/08 it is estimated that 25.3 million tonnes of household waste was collected and of that 16.6 million tonnes is sent to landfill sites. Not only are existing landfill sites filling up, they produce dangerous levels of methane gas – contributing to the Greenhouse effect.

The government has put in place targets to reduce landfill, but to reach these targets; it is essential that we all do our bit and help the environment.

1. Reduce he amount of rubbish, only buy the things that you need
2. Look for items with less packaging
3. Instead of throwing things away see if you can give them away or sell them
4. Try and reuse as much as possible
5. Make recycling bins easy to get too, some people buy separate recycling bins for the kitchen