Do you recycle

Do you recycle?

If so, what items do you normally recycle? I have always recycled cans and bottles, but I am really wanting to start recycling any items that are recyclable.

Other Answers:

yes I recycle just about everything. Some things can be reused by others so I sell that on or donate it. It saves a lot of money if you recycle some things like printer-ink carrtridges, the more you get the same one refilled the cheaper your annual ink bill is.

I recycle:

Newspapers and cardboard as plant mulch.
other paper I recycle
tins
bottles
clothes
shoes
books
cds
household furniture
I donate old magazines to hospital waiting rooms
donate your old mobile to charity
plastics - mostly I avoid buying them, if I have to I use them and reuse them for years
old carpets I use as plant mulch
branches and scrap wood
metal (worth a bob nowadays ask at your scrap yard)
old glasses are recycled by optician

The two biggest components of household waste are paper and food/yard waste. If you compost your food/yard waste and recycle or compost your paper, you will reduce your trash by more than half (on average). Remember, composting is just nutrient recycling.

Beyond that, remember to recycle old clothing and fabric. There are usually drop-off bins in your town, or thrift stores will take direct donations. Your donations will help charity, reduce virgin fiber use, and clothe the poor here and abroad.

Also, recycling all electronics is very important. Most electronics contain toxic metals and chemicals, as well as industrially valuable metals like copper and gold.

edit: Sparhawk- do you have any numbers to justify that statement? Without a context of location, material, source, etc., it's just not true. Steel, copper, and many other metals are far more energy efficient to recycle than to produce new. Depending on the quality of the paper, area of the country, and many other factors, paper can also save many resources.

Yes, glass and plastic recycling may consume more energy to recycle, again depending on the situation.

yes

Yes i do recycle...