| Rubbish and litter is an inevitability. Everybody | | | | cities to deal with it. |
| accumulates waste and rubbish that has to be | | | | * Ceramics and glass - Both can be recycled so look |
| disposed of. The average person in the United | | | | out for bottle banks or glass recycling bins. |
| Kingdom disposes of over 5 kilos of rubbish a week | | | | * Organic waste - from lawn trimmings to the garden |
| in their rubbish bin - a quarter of a tonne a year. | | | | to food scraps fro the kitchen. The least harmful to |
| All that waste has to go somewhere too. It is either | | | | the environment, organic waste is useful as compost |
| buried in landfills, burnt or it can be recycled. | | | | and fertilisers. |
| However, not everything can be recycled and much | | | | Recycling |
| of what we throw away in our rubbish bins isn't | | | | Recycling is essential if we are to keep in check our |
| biodegradable, meaning it can linger around landfills for | | | | growing need for landfill and the increase in rubbish |
| decades - damaging the environment in the process. | | | | that is being discarded. Different types of recycling |
| Types of rubbish | | | | bins are available for both public and home use. |
| The type of rubbish we throw away can be divided | | | | Household recycling bins, for inside the home, are |
| into five different categories. Some of which is | | | | often separated into compartments to make |
| biodegradable, some which isn't: | | | | recycling easier. The rubbish can then be disposed of |
| * Plastic - Most plastics aren't biodegradable. Many | | | | in the relevant outdoor bins. Often recycling bins are |
| can't be recycled either which is why the use of | | | | colour coded to make the process easier. |
| plastics is becoming an increasing environmental | | | | Non-recyclable waste |
| concern. | | | | Waste that is thrown in the rubbish bin and can't be |
| * Paper/card - from packaging to newspapers most | | | | recycled can become a nuisance, especially many |
| paper can be recycled in some for or another. Paper | | | | plastics that linger in the environment. Look to ways |
| recycling bins and recycling containers make it easy | | | | to reduce the amount of plastics and packaging you |
| to store before it is taken away. | | | | consume to reduce the amount of waste that ends |
| * Tins and metals - Most metals can be recycled and | | | | up in landfill. You will be surprised at how little you |
| special recycling facilities exist in most towns and | | | | really do need to throw away in the waste bin. |