Going Greener – Making it Easy!

Recycling is an easy way to protect our environment and climate while ensuring the wellbeing of our community for the next generation. However, the success of recycling depends on the active participation of every member of the community including kids of all ages.

By everyone doing a little, we all can reduce the amount of waste that is deposited in the landfill or incinerated. Thinking about the reuse of items made from recycled materials helps maintain the recycling circle and its part in the circular economy.

We have listed 35 reuse and recycling tips – You might adapt some!

• Use both sides of the page when writing or drawing.

• Give your kids or local schools part used printed paper for drawing.

• Bring your food to school or work using a reusable tub.

• Rent or hire schoolbooks and supplies (reuse).

• Hire gardening tools that you only use occasionally.

• Make a bird feeder by reusing a medium size plastic bottle. 

• Choose low-energy light bulbs at home and in the office.

• Give your unwanted clothes a second life.

• Reuse and repair as much as possible – shoes, clothes etc.

• Offer seasonal kids costumes to clothes to others as your kids grow!  

• Choose to buy bars of soap.

• Choose long life or durable products e.g. reusable razors or ink pens.

• Use rechargeable batteries in home appliances.

• Avoid unnecessary purchasing of occasion products, e.g. Christmas, Easter

• Offer gifts, such as tickets for a show, sports event or concert leading to reduce material content.

• Choose eco-friendly products – read the labels.

• Buys product with less or no packaging.

• Buy regularly household products in bulk, e.g. canned and jarred products.

• Reuse shopping bags.

• Use refillable products e.g. pasta, rise, coffee, loss tea.

• Drink taps water from reusable bottles.

• Bring lunch to school, college, or work.

• Prepared food at home for picnics while reusing flasks, tubs, knives, forks, and reusable carry bags.

• Choose fresh food rather than processed food, healthier and less packaging.

• Bake cakes and muffins instead of buying! 

• Limited home and office printing, share files over email or file sharing tools e.g. Dropbox.

• Recycle ink cartridges – where you purchased your ink! 

• Bring a mug and glass to work to refill coffee, tea or water during the working day.

• Approach office supply companies about purchasing used office equipment.

• Cycle to work or college rather than taking the bus or car.

• Car share where distances are longer and where public transport is not accessible.

• Take your uneaten food home from restaurants in a doggy bag.

• Composite garden cuttings and waste plant-based food to create a natural fertilizer.

• Reuse school uniforms and junior football club kits – Kids grown fast!

• Sort waste like plastics for reuse or safe recycling.

Reduce, Reuse, Repurposing and Recycling

In Ireland and across Europe, the focus on the 3 R’s has increased over recent years as recovery of resources through, reduce, reuse, repurposing and recycling has increased it has become increasingly important for consumers to take ownership and steps themselves to ensure products purchases can be reused, repurposed, or recycled using accessible and economically sustainable solutions.

Recycle IT – What we are doing?

Recycle IT offer electrical, electronic, and pure metal recycling services directly to people’s homes. We work with local area reps and residents associations to offer free residents recycling in estates in many areas of Dublin.

We encourage people to take advantage of this free drop off and cost-effective personal and business collections. We do offer and safely manage services to community groups, charity organisations, schools, and colleges so rest assured we have a service to match your needs.

By recycling your waste electrical and electronic equipment you help the environment and our organisation create training and employment opportunities that otherwise would not exist.

If you have questions or would like to arrange a personal collection from your home or business, please call 01 4578321 or email: info@recycleit.ie.  You can also visit our website to learn more about our work and our recent awards.

You can click here to read 15 recycling facts.

About Recycle IT

Recycle IT is an award-winning, not-for-profit, social enterprise established to create employment and promote environmental awareness through recycling and reuse. We work in partnership with WEEE Ireland and are authorized by your local authority to provide electrical, electronic, and pure metal recycling collections across Dublin since 2007. Recycle IT are fully compliant with WEEE Recycling Requirements and permit details are available here.

Over the last 20 year Recycle IT have happily offered safe electrical and electronic recycling services to households and small and medium size organisations across a range of sectors. We offer our services all over Dublin and in surrounding areas

For more information about Recycle IT please click here.