Are you a "Wishcycler" part 2 - Reduce the use

Are you a "WichCycler" Part 2

Is your Kerbside offside????

It is very easy to treat your green waste as a bin, once it's gone it's gone, out of sight out of mind etc. The bigger picture though is the dreaded landfill pictures, or the oceans full of waste even down to seeing third world countries living on mountains of waste sent by the UK governments because we are doing it all wrong. 

Your green waste bin outside your home should be treated as green waste meaning keeping it clean, pitting in the correct waste so that it can be repurposed and reused. 

What can you put in your green bin?

1. Plastic bottles e.g shampoo bottles, drinks bottles etc

2. Plastic pots e.g yogurt pots

3. Plastic Tubs e.g quality streets

4. Plastic trays e.g meat/fruit trays

5. Aerosols e.g deodorants

6. Food Tins e.g Baked Beans, soups, veg, fruit 

7. Drink Cans e.g fizzy drinks cans, beer cans

8. Cartons, e.g tetra pak

9. Carboard flattened not 3d maximum size A2, not stickers or Sellotape attached.

10. Paper - no glitter

11. Glass bottles e.g All colours

12. Glass Jars e.g all colours

DO NOT RECYCLE

1. Food waste

2. Nappies

3. Sanitary items

4. Crisp packets

5. Plastic wrapper 

6. Black plastics e.g gardening bags

7. Wet wipes

8. Tissues, kitchen or toilet rolls

9. Polystyrene

10. Animal litter or Bedding

11. Plastic bags

Where can you take items that cannot be put in to the green bin?

Crisp packets, plastic bags, bread bags, plastic veg wrapping, cleaned food pouches can all be recycled at many supermarkets. On the entrance to the supper market there is a huge recycling basket where you can put your waste. Alternatively you can recycle quite a lot at home independently TerraCycle. Personally try not to buy items that cannot go into your green bin reduce the use is definitely the best idea.