Teaching Families About The Benefits Of Recycling

Want To Start Recycling But Don't Have A Lot Of Time? 2 Tips To Get You Started

The landfills in the United States are quickly getting filled up, which means more space will be needed for new landfills. If everyone in the world would recycle instead of throwing things away, there would be more landfill space. You can play your role in recycling so you do not play a part in throwing things into your local landfill. To help you, below are two recycling tips so you can get started.

Learn What Can Be Recycled

There are some things that you should never put into a recycling bin. For example, electrical cords, glass dishes, bubble wrap, and Styrofoam are just a few of the things that should not be recycled.  You should still contact your local recycling company, however, to see if they can help you dispose of these things.

There are many things that can be recycled, including:

• Plastics: Includes plastic bottles, such as water or soda bottles, as well as plastic containers you may use in the kitchen.

• Cardboard and paper: This includes cardboard boxes, food boxes from the grocery store, cereal boxes, and anything that is made of paper, such as greeting cards, newspaper, printer paper, and much more.

• Metal: This includes things like steel cans, aluminum, and tin.

• Glass: This includes glass jars or food storage containers.

• Polystyrene foam containers or cups.

There are many more things that can be recycled.

Set Up Recycling Center

Set up recycling bins in your home in order to recycle your items. This will allow you to keep things separated. For example, set up a bin for plastics, another for cardboard and paper, etc. If you do not have the room inside your home, you can set this up in your garage.

When the bins become full, take them to your local recycling center, and then start filing the bins up again. Most areas have recycling centers set up all over the city so you can find it convenient to recycle your items.

If you go through a lot of recycled items and are constantly filing up your recycling bins, there are curbside recycling services like Industrial Services Inc. With this, you place the recycling bin on the curb in front of your home, and the curbside service picks up the bins and takes them to the recycling center. This will make things much more convenient for you as it will save you a great deal of time. These services often provide you with the recycling bins, also. 

Talk to the recycling center in your area if you have any questions about recycling.