Knowing how to recycle is something that should be better known, but it’s not. Recycling involves certain kinds of materials, and different ways to recycle them. in this, we’ll go over how to do it, and the different symbols that are on these products. 

Paper 

Paper is mostly recyclable along with cardboard. The exceptions are paper that’s shredded and cardboard that’s shredded, or anything that has plastic or wax coatings over this. This is because it will not break down effectively. For newspapers and other books and media, it needs to be bundled together, delivered to the drop-off point, and you can have a recycling service also come up and take this. 

You do need to break down cardboard boxes into smaller sizes before you use it. You may wonder if it’s worthwhile to recycle it. The simple answer is yes. With more and more recycled fibers being the major selling point for people who buy, this is important. Cardboard boxes also are used for most products, and when you recycle, you’re saving at least one tree for every three feet of paper. 

Plastic 

Plastic is something that you should try to recycle because it can take up to a millennia to degrade. This is now clogging up the oceans, and a ton of our landfills. Here are some things about it, and it’s scary if we let this continue to degrade. 

You do recycle this based on the type of plastic, so check the bottle and whatnot to see what it is. You can recycle most of these, so long as they are plastic, and fall into a category. With over a tenth of the waste being plastic, and over 2.5 million bottles get discarded every single hour, it’s something we should get better about doing. 

Plastic bags and cling wrap are recyclable too. You ca n actually get specific boxes that help you store and also recycle these. Recycling bags especially is really important since it stops landfills and oceans from getting polluted, and it does protect the animals from danger. 

There are also bag bans too, which stop people from using plastic bags. In the end, plastic recycling is really important, since it does otherwise stop the oceans and places from building this up, and it can help stop environmental problems from happening. 

Electronics 

Electronics are something that you can recycle, but the thing is, people don’t to correctly, so it ends up in landfills, and this causes major pollution issues. Cell phones, tablets, laptops, computers, and appliances are small and can be recycled. To recycle them, you should check the EPA to see how you should do this, and the best way to ensure that it’s safely done you’re going to probably have to put it in a drop-off point, and you also need to take out the batteries if you’re recycling a laptop or cell phone. 

Cell phones specifically though does have a specific place that you dump it off, you get paid for, and then, you can let them handle it. So is it worth it to recycle electronics? Yes, since it accounts for 70% of the toxic waste in a landfill, despite being just 2% of the trash that’s there. The less electronics in landfills, the better. 

And there you have it, the basics of recycling a lot of these items. Next time you have them, consider looking into each of these to get the best strategy to recycle these items so that they stay out of the landfills and ocean, and helps you really be successful as well too.