How To Recycle

Have you ever been somewhere that was covered with litter? How did the place look? Did you want to spend a lot of time there? And how much of the litter do you think would actually have been recyclable?

In this series, we’ll be giving you inspiration on how you can challenge yourself to recycle more and generally live a greener life.

In a world where we are all encouraged to Reuse, Reduce, and Recycle, recycling has become part of daily life, but with so many different recycling bin colours in the UK to choose from, the whole process can be confusing. Here we take a look at recycling bin colours, and what you should be putting in them, and more importantly perhaps, what you should not...

It's Recycle Week 2019 and organisers WRAP is asking people to take action and rinse, crush, squash, sort, and separate recycling from their bathrooms, kitchens, and offices, and really make a difference...

How many times have you stood in the kitchen with packaging in your hand and agonised over whether you can recycle it or not? Hands up who just chucks it in the recycling bin anyway and hopes for the best?

It seems like we read headlines on plastic pollution and global warming almost every day. We might think we’re doing our bit by recycling, and while you might religiously rinse out and recycle your tins of beans and your plastic bottles, what about the products you use in your bathroom?

It’s not Easter if you don’t feast on a chocolate egg or three. The first chocolate Easter eggs in Britain were introduced by Fry’s in 1873, and now they make up around 10% of our annual spending on chocolate. Just incase you were wondering, we munch our way through about 80 million chocolate eggs every year. Not great for our waistlines, or for the environment.

Walkers Crisps has announced that over 500,000 empty crisp packets have been sent back to the company for recycling in the 3 months since they launched the UK’s first crisp packet recycling scheme.

Protecting the environment is everyone’s business, and even though we might pat ourselves on the back for religiously rinsing our cans of beans and putting them in the recycling, it appears that kids are head and shoulders above us when it comes to recycling knowledge.

Things can get confusing when it comes to recycling. Can you recycle yoghurt pots, pizza boxes, and foil? Should you put the lids on jars and bottles when you put them in the recycling? Well when it comes to plastic bottles, the answer is yes.