How can I start recycling?

Question

There is no centers around my area. I discard alot of paper in the garbage with regular items.

Answer 1

You can check with people that you work with to see where they take there recyclables. Also paper is good to be used in making starter containers for seedling, as the seedlings grow bigger you can plant the new paper container right into the ground where it will biodegrate into soil. If you work alot with plants you could shred the paper and add it with your compost.

Answer 2

3 diffrent trash cans.. glass, paper, bottles and just start recycling and ask your friends or family if they can maybe place them with there recycling..

Answer 3

Have you checked with your County Conservation Office? I'm sure they can tell you where you can take recycles.  If not, maybe you should get them started!  We keep 4 large plastic garbage cans under our basement stairway and just toss the stuff in after use (there labelled glass, cans, grocery bags, paper).  Once a month my husband just loads it all up and takes it to the centers.  If the County doesn't yet have a program, see what you can do about getting a group of people to start one, funding might be abailable through grants, especially Growing Greener.

Answer 4

just buy a big blue tub that says recycle or  buy a blue tub and piant ur adress on it an recycle i have 1 i recycle all the time

Answer 5

See if there are any programs in your area that will take recyclables. You may have to search surrounding towns but you can store your recyclables for a couple weeks and then take them all at once. Also remember there are usually seperate programs for recycling electronic waste. Most office supply stores will take your old ink cartridges to recycle and give you money for them. Most cell phone stores will take old cell phones. School and fire departments often collect cans to raise money. You could also start composting there are lots of in house small space options and this will eliminate alot of products that are usable from going into a landfill and you will get great soil in return. You could even use worms (vermicomposting) to speed up the process. The best solution though is to limit your need to recycle. Don't use plastic bags at all. Bring your own bag when you go shopping. Buy from bulk bins (to reduce packaging) and use your own containers. Buy products with the least amount of packaging possible. A lot of bar soaps have no to little packaging compared to the plastic containers used for liquid soaps. If you have to buy something with lots of packaging buy in bulk. Take usable clothes, household goods etc to goodwill, salvation army or Freecycle them (http://www.freecycle.org).

You can check out what else my fiance and I are doing to limit our ecological footprint on our blog http://badhuman.wordpress.com

Answer 6

use what normal people throw away as something useful,

sew pieces of garbage into a nice vest,

use banana peels as socks,

it sounds weird but people respect you more for improvising like this.

stuff old Kleenexes into old shopping bags and you'll have a good pillow.

urine can be filtered through a water purifier and you'll save water,

take a bath and never drain the water, you can use it like a thousand times,

use an outhouse rather than wasteful toilets that use gallons of water with each flush,

try some of these methods and you'll be on your way to grade A recycling!

Answer 7

i just started to return bags to Wal mart and putting my paper and stuff in those blue things and put it out with my trash and they take it

Answer 8

call your local waste management center and ask about your current curbside recycling program and how you can participate in it. There should be a list of items that your particular waste management center accepts, but universally, there are items that can be recycled anywhere. Here is a website of items that are typically accepted in a recycle bin. Thanks for making a change that will help the environment and tell others to recycle, too!

http://www.ilacsd.org/recycle/r_items.ph...

Hope this helps!

Answer 9

HI!

I recycle electronics.   Research of landfills in the US and overseas shows that they are filling up rapidly with electronics.  There are lots of chemicals in electronics from lead, mercury, and copper to other deadly chemicals.

I propose that you contact me for a FREE consultation and we can schedule a pickup for any of your electronics or if you know of others at work or neighbors.  We take basically anything with a cord--computers, monitors, fax machines, copiers, etc....

I can help--I'm in Canton and I am into recycling electronics for FREE.  I dispose of them in an environmentally friendly manner. Often times we dismantle the products for scrap and that scrap is used to make new electronics or in some rare cases we are able to refurbish the electronic and then we reuse it in schools and other non-profits in communities like the ones in your area.

Thanks for your time and feel free to check out our site at www.recyclingneeds.com or contact me directly at my office 903-714-5369.

Thanks,

Dee Smith