Nowadays, people are moving towards recycling waste products so that the environment will be much greener than before. By reusing the waste materials which keep on growing every day helps reduce the amount of waste that goes to our landfills thus provide us with a cleaner world for future generations to live in. Below are some of the tips and ideas of what to do with recycled waste.
What you need:
- Plastic tubs
Method:
- First of all, you need to gather information from your local recycling centers on whether they provide special recyclable trash pickup or one stop center. You may also want to know their recycling guidelines on what materials that they normally recycle and also how they handled the materials. Apart from that, you could also check with the local stores such as the one that sells batteries and motor oil whether they also received the used items and recycles them.
- You also have to sort the recycle materials accordingly to the specifications required upon by your local recycling center whenever you are ready to go to the center for disposing of the recyclable materials.
- You can either take the materials to the recycling center or just place them on the curb of any designated recyclable waste pickup location. The recyclable materials should be stored in an easy-to-handle plastic tubs thus providing easier handling of the materials by the recycle workers. Plastic tubs help easier sorting of the materials and also easy to carry if you decided to send it using your own vehicle.
- For recycling a huge amount of materials, it is recommended that you get a baler and a compressor because the machine will help to crush and also bind the recyclables into something more manageable.
- Try to get the cooperation of your family, friends, neighbors and community in having a combine collection of recyclables and this environment cleaning together.
- Always take extra precaution when dealing with heavy object for example a tub full with glass bottles. Try to lift any object by using your legs instead of your back and if it is too heavy, do not attempt to lift the items. Use other alternatives like a dolly or other options in order to get the task completed.
Additional Reading:
http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/sustainability/Older/Waste_Recycling.html
http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/ReduceWaste/Home/
http://www.ehow.com/how_5883611_recycle-waste-products.html
Image Credit:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martin_tod/465065471/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zappowbang/143991101/
