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Practical guidance on recycling common household materials like paper, cardboard, glass, plastic and cans. Articles cover composting methods and specific recycling processes for books and wood products.

Composting

Turn your kitchen scraps into garden gold with composting, a simple process that cuts household waste and helps the planet.

Recycling Books

Give your old books a second life by selling them, sharing with friends, or donating to people who'll actually read them.

Recycling Cans

Cans leak toxic chemicals into soil when mined and processed, but recycling them properly makes a real difference for the environment.

Recycling Cardboard

Cardboard makes up most of our waste, but it can be recycled up to five times before the fibres break down completely.

Recycling Glass

Glass is made from sand and limestone heated to extreme temperatures, and recycling it helps reduce the environmental impact of quarrying raw materials.

Recycling Paper

Recycling paper cuts down on the forests destroyed for new production and helps preserve mixed habitats that plantations can't replace.

Recycling Plastic

Most plastic can be recycled, but we're producing it faster than we can safely dispose of it, creating serious environmental problems.

Ways to Recycle Wood

The UK generates millions of tonnes of waste wood yearly, but reuse and recycling can give it new purpose instead of landfill.