What Can and Can’t I Recycle?
By Phoebe Clark yr7
Recycling is a great system because it reduces the amount of items that go into landfill by taking precious materials that are otherwise wasted and giving them a second life. If harnessed, recycling will stop making the Earth sick but the sad reality is that we just don’t know enough about recycling so we put all our rubbish into general waste and that is not okay. Here is a list of things you can and can’t recycle so that you can be more informed when choosing which bin to put rubbish in.
What to recycle:
- Glass jars and bottles (not broken)
- Plastic containers - soft drink, juice and water bottles, milk bottles, detergent and cordial bottles, margarine, yoghurt, ice cream containers and takeaway food containers.
- Aluminium and steel cans, completely empty aerosols.
- Milk and juice cartons.
- Newspapers and magazines.
- Cardboard boxes (crush and tear large boxes to prevent jamming).
- Letters, envelopes and advertising material.
- Work and school papers, telephone books.
What not to recycle:
- Plastic bags.
- Crockery, pyrex, glassware or broken glass.
- Motor oil containers.
- Hazardous or chemical waste.
- Polystyrene.
- Waxed cardboard.
- Paper with food remains (e.g. pizza boxes).
- Nappies or household rubbish.
- Syringes.
- Plant pots.
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