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 Choose recyclable products and containers and recycle them
- Consider products made of materials that are collected
for recycling locally; in many communities, this includes
glass, aluminum, steel, some paper and cardboard, and
certain plastics. Check with appropriate community officials,
volunteer groups, or recycling businesses to determine
what materials are collected for recycling. If a system
is not in place to return a certain type of material,
that material may not be easily "recyclable".
- Participate in community recycling drives, curbside
programmes, and drop-off collections. Call community officials,
the local recycling center, or a nearby recycling business
to find out if and how materials should be separated.
- If a recycling program does not exist in your community,
participate in establishing one.
- Take used car batteries ("lead-acid batteries"), and
motor oil (saved in clean non-breakable containers) to
participating automobile service centers and other places
that collect these items for recycling.
- Consider writing to companies to encourage them to reduce
unnecessary packaging and the use of hazardous components
in products. In addition, let companies know when they've
made positive changes.
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