Recycling seems pretty straight forward, but can be, if you want it to be, a tiny bit complicated. Right?

Here are just the basics.


Recycling is really easy to start. Call your local waste management company and request some bins, they should either deliver them to you or you can pick them up. While you're at it, do your neighbors need bins? Try ordering for them, you might be surprised that some companies will let you do this.




We started recycling years ago, and at first there was a whole lot of garbage picking. After a while though it seems everyone's gotten the hang of it, even most of our familiar houseguests. After you receive your bins, designate a spot near your garbage to place all recycling. We chose a counter over our can. To make it easy to sort, we taped color-coded paper that coordinated with each colored bin onto the counter, and place the items there. Then as recyclables accumulate we place them in the larger bins out in our garage. Easy as cheese.
Some other ideas would be to place hooks with color coded bags, get some small colored bins, or recycle: grab some old shoe boxes, paint, and voila-- mini recycling bins to be emptied at a later time.



Just remember a few key things:

1. Contact your county and find out what is and isn't recyclable.
2. Empty and rinse out all containers.
3. Remove and discard all caps and straws.
4. Try and flatten any boxes.
5. Junk mail, lightbulbs, broken dishes, and plastic bags are usually not allowed.
6. Check your grocery store most of them have a place you can recycle plastic bags.
7. Don't forget that reusing is the best form of recycling.

Have fun, and you wil be amazed at how much there is to recycle, you just might have to request some more bins.