Recycle

Why should I Recycle?

Recycling reduces our reliance on landfill.

When our rubbish decays in a landfill it emits methane, a damaging greenhouse gas. Space in landfill is quickly running out and as taxes on using landfill continue to rise it is getting increasingly more expensive to dispose of our rubbish in this way.

Recycling conserves resources

By reducing the consumption of raw materials, the extraction of which can involve mining and deforestation, which are damaging to the surrounding environment.

Recycling saves energy

As it requires less energy to reprocess items compared to making new items from raw materials. For example there is a 70% energy saving when recycling paper compared to making it from wood pulp (source: www.recycling-guide.org.uk).

Recycling helps to protect the environment

As reprocessing items produces less greenhouse gas emissions than making new items from scratch, helping to tackle climate change.

How can I Recycle?

There are three main ways to recycle, follow the links below for further information:

• Kerbside collections from your home

• Bring banks

• Your local Community Recycling Centre:

Fasinating Recycling Facts

• Each tonne of recycled paper can save 17 trees (source: www.uk-energy-saving.com).

• By recycling one plastic bottle you can save enough electricity to light a 60w lightbulb for up to 6 hours (source: www.recoup.org).

• 25 two litre fizzy drinks bottles can be recycled into an adult size fleece jacket (source. www.recyclemore.co.uk).

• It takes 75% less energy to make steel from recovered metal than it does from mined ores which means you can make 4 recycled cans for the energy used to make 1 new one (source: www.wasteonline.org.uk).

• The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle will power a computer for 20 minutes (source: www.wasteonline.org.uk).