Please Read Our Recycle Recital!

Hello, thank you for taking the time to read our blog. Our aim is to raise awareness of this environmental issue and encourage you to embrace the changes to our rubbish collection services by Torbay Council who aim to be recycling 50% of our rubbish by 2012 ~ 5 years ahead of schedule.

At the moment, recycling is a big local issue with the launch of the new recycling scheme. All households have been provided with 3 new boxes for different kinds of recyclable materials and this will reduce the amount of rubbish ending up in landfill sites ~ which has to be a good thing!!!

Reduce, Re-use, Recycle!

Reduce the amount of landfill!

Re-use as many everyday items as possible. For example, carrier bags, printer cartridges (by re-filling them), plastic water bottles etc.

Recycle-make use or your new recycling boxes!

Did you know .............

• 9 out of 10 people would recycle more if it were made easier!
• 70% less energy is required to recycle paper compared with making it from raw materials.
• The largest lake in Britain could be filled with rubbish from the UK in 8 months!!!
• Plastic can take up to 500 years to decompose!!!!
• Glass is 100% recyclable and can be used again and again.

Both shocking and interesting! ... and only a few reasons to kick start your recycling habits! Sorting your rubbish may seem inconvenient but it has just been made a whole lot easier ~ just sort it, leave your boxes outside and someone comes to collect it ~ what could be easier?? So, start making a difference, spread the word and do your bit in getting everyone involved in helping our world survive. If we don’t act now, the world will slowly fade away, and eventually die.

Thank you for reading our blog. I would be extremely grateful if you would leave your comments below. Please would you take your time on answering these questions:

• Has your opinion changed on recycling as a result of this Blog? If not why?
• Have you recycled before? If not why?
• Would you now be more prepared to spread the message of recycling to others to help?

“Don’t complain, in vain, about the aim, of the game....... which is to ........
....... SAVE OUR PLANET!!!”

Thank you