National Recycling Week
Factsheets
Recycling is made easier to understand with Planet Ark's Recycling Factsheets. These factsheets cover the benefits of recycling, how to recycle and what happens after collection for each material.
- Aluminium Recycling Factsheet (932kb pdf file)
Recycle Right all your aluminium ... to help combat climate change. - Battery Recycling Factsheet (807kb pdf file)
Find out all about batteries and how to recycle both single-use and rechargables. - Cardboard Recycling Factsheet (1.48MB pdf file)
Check out how to recycle cardboard from egg cartons to pizza boxes, and the environmental savings you make. - Cartridge Recycling Factsheet (937kb pdf file)
Find out why cartridges should be recycled, what happens in the recycling process, and how you can divert 100% of your used cartridges from landfill. - Cork Recycling Factsheet (1.31MB pdf file)
Find out all about natural corks and their recycling, as well as plastic corks. - Food Scraps Recycling Factsheet (891kb pdf file)
Information on reducing food wastage and what to do with unavoidable food scraps. - Garden Cuttings Recycling Factsheet (892kb pdf file)
Compost and mulch your garden cuttings and trimmings - find out how! - Glass Recycling Factsheet (1.28MB pdf file)
Find out about how to reduce, re-use and recycle glass. - Lead-Acid Battery Recycling (1.43MB pdf file)
It's easy to take car batteries and other lead-acid batteries for re-conditioning and recycling. - Milk and Juice Carton Recycling Factsheet (802kb pdf file)
Find out all about the environmental benefits of recycling milk and juice cartons - Paper Recycling Factsheet (1.43MB pdf file)
Check out how to reduce your paper use and what happens with recycling all types of paper. - Plastic Bags Factsheet (1.45MB pdf file)
Information about plastic bags, biodegradable bags, handy hints to reduce plastic bag usage and more. - Steel Recycling Factsheet (914kb pdf file)
Find out about recycling all kinds of steel.
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