2021 Recycling Tips!

February 19, 2021

This is a new year and the best time to stick to your new year resolutions. If recycling is part of your new year resolution, you’re doing good! And if you’re not planning to pick up recycling, well, pick it up! Trust us when we say recycling doesn’t have to be hard and stressful for you in Adelaide.

In fact, there are ways you can make recycling part of your lifestyle easily. So, sit up in your chairs because we’ll be dropping helpful tips for everyone, regardless of where you live. Here are some recycling tips you should try out this year!

Only recycle the recyclables

There’s no point in recycling if you don’t recycle right. You must know what can and can’t be recycled. Only recycle recyclable items , and to do this, you’d need to do some research. For example, items like paper, cardboard, bottles, aluminium cans etc., are recyclable. And even then, there are exceptions.

Look around your home, and make sure you recycle everything recyclable.

Don’t dispose of electronic waste

The improper disposal of electronic waste can lead to land, air and water pollution. So, one thing you don’t want to do is to throw your batteries or electronics anywhere. Always keep your electronic waste or scraps till you see an Adelaide company that accepts them.

So, if you have a bad laptop, phone etc., don’t throw it away. Instead, keep them.

Make your recyclable wastebasket stand out

Nothing makes recycling more frustrating than mixing up your recyclable items with the regular trash. And this mostly happens when you don’t have a unique basket for recycling. Avoid any mix-ups with your recycling. Get a basket, paint it green and label it “recycling”.

This may seem elementary, but it actually works and prevents any form of mix-ups. Because it’s hard to put trash in a green basket labelled recycling.

Differentiate your green waste from your recyclable waste

Don’t make the mistake of putting your green waste in your recycling bin. Putting waste from your garden into your recycling bin isn’t a good idea. And that’s because the green waste isn’t recyclable; instead, it can be reused in another garden.

So, while you have the right idea, the approach is wrong. You can have an agreement with an Adelaide landscaping business near you to supply them with green waste.

These recycling tips will make recycling a breeze this 2021. Thorntons Recycling will also make recycling easy for you by taking your bottles and cans off your hands. Already have a collection?

Contact us so we can come to pick it up.