Recycling in the lounge
We’re coming to the end of Recycle Week 2015 and we’re onto our final room of the tour: the lounge. If you missed them, check out our posts about recycling in the kitchen and in the bathroom to make sure that you’re recycling all that you can around your home!
Letters and junk mail
From pizza menus to bank statements, we all receive a lot of mail and it can all be easily recycled – so there’s no reason to avoid recycling in the lounge! If you’re recycling your post, don’t forget to shred any confidential documents or rip out your details! TOP TIP: If you find that you receive a lot of junk mail, then consider signing up to the Mailing Preference Service to reduce it. This is a free government scheme that aims to remove your name from up to 90% of mailing lists – simply head to the website to sign up.
Catalogues, newspapers and magazines
Watch out for those mail order catalogues, newspapers and magazines – they might make your way into your rubbish but they can be recycled! Paper from newspapers, for example, can be recycled and turned into a new newspaper in as little as 6 weeks!
Packaging
Received any parcels recently? Then the chances are that it came in a cardboard box – which can be recycled! Any other cardboard or paper packaging can also be recycled – as can padded envelopes or ‘Jiffy Bags’ (just make sure that you remove the plastic inners first!)
