10 Creative Ways to Recycle

Recycling is a key component of modern waste reduction and is the third component of the “Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” waste hierarchy. Recyclable materials include many kinds of glass, paper, metal, plastic, textiles, and electronics. Many apartment complexes have recycling bins for residents to use, and allow for regular city pickup of recyclables. Everyone can play a part in recycling and recycling can start right from your home and your neighborhood. Recycling is not a new concept. It helps to cut down on pollution and making this world a little greener. Here are some ways to recycling to prevent waste.

• Always buy recycled paper for business stationeries and to use in printer. Never waste paper in printer or copying machine. Use printer that can print on both side, this helps to save paper.

• Use toilet papers from recycled materials and are earth friendly. Use earth friendly toilet papers and help to reduce cut down of trees.

• Most of the waste or garbage from households is kitchen waste, old newspaper and plastics. These can be either recycled or reused. Kitchen waste such as leftover food stuffs and vegetable peels can be put in compost pit. Compost from kitchen waste is eco-friendly manure for your plants. Old newspaper and plastic can be reused or sell them to those who buys these items from homes.

• Recycling aluminum saves 95 per cent of the energy used to make the material in the first place. This means that 20 recycled cans can be made with the same energy it takes to make a brand new one.

• Look for the recycled option in all the products you buy. It’s not just paper that is recycled.

• Use Rechargeable Batteries. This helps not only to reduce garbage, but also keeps toxic metals such as mercury from getting into the environment.

• Purchase rewritable CDs and DVDs so that you can reuse them from project to project.

• Use a mug or glass for your drinks instead of disposable cups, and encourage your family, friends and colleagues to do the same.

• Remanufactured inkjet cartridges cost at least 30 percent less than those sold by printer makers. It takes about one gallon of OIL to make one brand new laser cartridge. Each remanufactured cartridge keeps metal and plastic out of landfills and saves about a half gallon of oil.

• Recycle your outdated technology or e-waste. There are several plants established for this particular purpose where large amount of electronic waste is recycled using best of technology.