The Truth About Recycling

We have the problem that we live in a complex - on the 1st floor - and our flat is a small 2 bedroom flat - we have had to hav thegarbage bin built intoa cupboard & have almost no cupboard space for our food and our dishes. I used to recylcein he UKwhen we used the Green Box scheme' - we could place all recyclabls in the one rate and leave it outside on Recycling collection day. But ow wehave no space for a separate recycling bin in our kitchen trust me - there really is nowhere for it to go. Im moving to a place soon where I will have space for another bag but what can my mum do - ? She hates throwing recyclables away - but she cant be running down the stairs and across the complex into the rubbish building each time she has used a tin or finished a plastic milk carton.... Tough one. Thanks for any advice - my email is allwhitelight@gmail.com

Many thanks - have a great day!

http://another-green-world.blogspot.com/2008/11/mob-recycling-assination-in-tel-aviv.html

which goes to show there is cash in recycling, by the way I stick a lot of my stuff in the worm bin this cuts out a lot of the problems...

Landfills work great and we have enough land in the U.S.A to last THOUSANDS of years. The gas produced by a land fill is turned in to power through steam generation.

I refuse to buy anything that is recycled. They always sell recycled stuff at about the same price as virgin, but their cost is only 10% of total price. I see that as a 90% markup to take advance of people.

Stop smoking pot and let your brain clear.

@Edward and Sid - thanks for explaining recycle vs reuse

@Miss Cellania - that's some great reuse

@Kev - "lukewarm about plastic recycling" fits me pretty well too.

hah hah... I said "rapid", when I meant "rabid". :-)

Yeah, recycling Alumin(i)um is a no brainer it saves a ton of energy. The other materials get more questionable. The PM article (I read the print version) is pretty good.