How To Incorporate Recycling Into Your Daily Life

How To Stay Organised When Recycling

5 April 2022 by Alberto Williams

Would you like to help save the planet? One effort that's within everyone's reach is recycling. With many local governments making recycling easy, committing to a regular routine is far from difficult. However, if you don't stay organised then recycling can feel like more of a chore than it really is. Here are some ways to stay organised when recycling.

Create A Recycling Station

You can eliminate any illusions that recycling is causing unnecessary clutter by dedicating a space in your home to the task. In a lot of cases, the place that makes the most sense is your kitchen. However, if you have a garage or utility area then that can work too. By creating a recycling station, you'll always have a go-to area for placing recyclable containers when you no longer need to use them.

Dedicate Specific Containers

Alongside creating a recycling station, make sure you use specific containers to keep everything separate. What you place into each container will probably depend on what your local recycling centre accepts. For example, a lot of centres want cardboard, metal and plastic to stay separate. Before placing items into the containers, make sure you clean them thoroughly. That way, when they fill up, all you need to do is take them to your local centre and offload them ready for recycling.

Set Days For Recycling

If you often find that your recycling boxes overfill, set a day to empty them. Setting a day for recycling also gives you a chance to offload any items that you no longer need. For example, large amounts of packaging following a furniture delivery. Or, big piles of clothing you no longer want. Setting a day for visiting a recycling centre also makes it easier for you to free your home from clutter. To decide on an interval for your recycling days, keep track of how regularly your recycling boxes fill up.

Commit To Recycling Larger Items

It's easy to let larger items languish somewhere in your home, especially when you have additional storage space. However, it makes more sense to commit to a day where you'll recycle them. For example, agree with yourself that you won't allow an unnecessary item to remain in your home for longer than 10 days after you don't require it. That way, your storage space will stay available for hosting the items you really need and you won't suddenly find yourself facing a pile of items that need recycling.

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