Our local authority asks residents to separate a variety of materials for recycling (or landfill) as follows:
- Glass in a dedicated plastic box.
- Other recyclables (cardboard, metal, plastic etc) in disposable council-supplied pink sacks.
- Kitchen waste (via a grey caddy) and garden waste in a green council-supplied wheelie bin.
- Corrugated cardboard folded and packed in a corrugated cardboard box.
- Textiles in a bag with a special council-supplied label.
- Non-recyclables in a black bag.
It’s important to dispose of waste properly as some materials will take an extremely long time to break down naturally causing them to accumulate in the environment.
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Many of these things including steel and aluminium (or aluminum for our US readers) are not only greener but cheaper to recycle than make new ones.