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What You Can’t Recycle; 5 Bad Recycle Habits

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Recycling is the process of using waste materials so as to make it suitable for reuse. Recycling is an environmental friendly activity that is practiced all over the world. Most environmental organizations have been set up to educate and help people understand the advantages of reducing, reusing and recycling waste materials. To be able to recycle, start from home and the areas around you. Recycle things that you use on a daily basis. For the items you have over used, you can dump them and call the waste removal services to pick them up. Even though recycling offers an eco friendly environment, there are some bad recycling habits that people have picked up.

They include;

  1. Assumptions; most people are used to assuming some items are not recyclable. Yet majority of food and beverage companies have added the recycling logo signs on their packaging. This is to create awareness that the package can be recycled. If one doubts the product can be reused, you can always confirm at the local county council’s website. It has wealth of information on what to recycle and where the nearest stations are located.
  2. Throwing away plastic; before recycling your bottles, one should throw away the bottle caps in the garbage bins. The bottle tops hamper the process of regeneration and the sorting machine will not be able to process the bottle.
  3. Recycling cardboard and paper; cardboard boxes are used as a packaging products in most companies. Cardboards can be used and reused a couple of times. However, people throw away cardboard and dirty paper after it has been soiled with grease or dirt. The cardboard and dirty paper can still be recycled. One should not throw the items away in a garbage bin but put it out as a recycling material.
  4. Plastic bags; majority of people all over the world use plastic bags to carry shopping, groceries and other items. The bags can take a long time before they break down at a landfill. When thrown away, they can be blown away and end up in the sea or a place it can harm wildlife. Make use of cotton bags instead of plastic bags.
  5. Recycling before repurposing; try to reuse products as much as possible. Purchase durable goods, buy second class outlets and donate unwanted items to the charity.

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