Go Green for Life
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 materials made from recycled materials helps maintain the recycling circle and its part in the circular economy.
Reuse fosters creativity and innovation, encouraging individuals and communities to find inventive ways to extend the lifespan of products before finally recycling safely. Reuse promotes a culture of sustainability and responsible consumption, empowering people to make environmentally conscious choices in their daily lives
35 reuse and recycling tips
- 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 tubs
- Books can be reused by donating them to libraries, schools, or community centers.
- Rent or hire school books and other school supplies (yearly reuse)
- Hire gardening tools that you only use occasionally
- Reclaim your plastic bottle deposit by recycling for reuse.
- Think about getting a sparkling water maker to reduce plastic bottles
- Make a bird feeder by reusing any medium size plastic bottles you have at home.
- Opt for low-energy light bulbs
- 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 packaging
- Buy regularly use products in bulk, e.g. canned and jarred products.
- Reuse shopping bags
- Use refillable products e.g. coffee, loss tea
- Drink tap water from a reusable glass, cup or bottle
- 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 to create a natural fertilizer
The 4 Rs
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.
About Recycle IT
Recycle IT offer recycling opportunities to home and business customers for all types of electronics equipment. AT Recycle IT, recycling is available using free, drop-off, free community collections or through a cost-effective personal or business collection. Our team will accept any old household or small office electrical items alongside all types of metal and electrical or rechargeable garden equipment.
Recycle IT as a social enterprise works in partnership with WEEE Ireland. Recycle IT is supported by Pobal, South Dublin County Council and authorized by the National Waste Collection Permit Office.
To learn more about recycling electrical equipment please call Recycle IT on 01 4578321, email us or visit www.recycleit.ie
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