• How can I recycle?
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  • in schools (+)
  • in the garden (+)
  • in the home
    • Reusable Bag for Life
    • Buy Recycled
    • Become a Recycling Champion in your area
    • Love Food, Hate Waste
    • Join a local Freecycle group
    • Donate your old furniture for reuse
    • Stop unwanted junk mail
    • Your guide to real nappies
    • What happens to Plastic Bottles?
    • Your local Household Waste Recycling Centre
    • Recycling Where I Live
    • Sizzling Summer recipe tips
    • Recycling your electrical and electronic items

Buy Recycled

Help close the recycling loop

When you put your recycling out for collection or use a recycling bank you are helping in the first part of the recycling loop. These items are made into new items that are then sold as new products.

By buying products made from recycled materials you are helping to create a demand for recycled products which helps to make the products more economically viable.

Recycled products also use a lot less energy to make.

There are many everyday products you can buy that contain recycled materials such as:

• toilet paper - made from recycled paper
• writing paper and envelopes - made from recycled paper
• bin liners - made with recycled plastic
• kitchen roll - made from recycled paper

As well as more specialist items such as:

• mouse mats made from recycled tyres
• notepads made from recycled paper
• pencils made from plastic vending cups
• soil improver for your garden may be made from composted green garden waste
• fleece jumpers that used recycled plastic in their fibres
• wine glasses - made from recycled wine bottles
• beautiful glass floor and wall tiles made form recycled blue and green glass bottles
• CD Cases made from old circuit boards

To find out more about buying recycled visit Recycle Now or Recycled Products.