WORLD RECYCLING DAY 5 JUNE

The School Shop was created to offer people an online facility to re-cycle and re-use anything to do with the school going community and with that re-ducing over consumption. Tomorrow is world recycling day and we should all take a moment and see how we could implement some of the tips below in our own households.

Recycling is the third of the three Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). So before we list the four reasons to recycle, we need to remind you that …

■The first step is to try to reduce the amount you consume – if you don’t need it, don’t buy it – and you’ll reduce the amount of waste you generate.
■When you do buy something, choose a brand that has the least amount of packaging or the kind that can be reused, recycled or composted. And look for products that are as Earth-friendly as possible.
■Look also for products that are made from recycled material, if there’s a demand for recycled plastic products, for example, more plastic will be recycled and less will end up in landfill or polluting the oceans. Also less virgin material will have to be mined or grown. Remember, what you buy influences what’s made.
■Before you throw something away, think first if there’s any way it can be reused. Can you grow seedlings in it or use it to hold paper clips or wrap a birthday present? Can it be given to a charity shop or a children’s home? This may sound obvious, but we’ve been living in a disposable culture for so long that some of us forget to ask these kinds of questions.

To find out four good reasons to re-cycle visit:

 http://www.treevolution.co.za/guide-to-recycling-in-sa/

Janneke van Ysendyk