To recycle, or not to recycle (and how) - an A-Z guide

Find alphabetically listed below details for common household waste on which bin it belongs in, tips for recycling, where to recycle hard to recycle items, and why you should recycle!!

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Newspapers

Newspapers belong with your RECYCLING.

Please Remember: Remove any plastic wrapping and free gifts from newspapers, magazines and flyers before recycling. These should go in your refuse bin. Newspaper and magazine plastic covers can be recycled at some supermarkets in their carrier bag and plastic film collection points.

Hints and Tips: Why not ask local schools if they would like your old newspapers for art classes?

Facts:

90% of Sunday newspapers are thrown away in Britain. This is the equivalent to half a million trees.
By recycling your daily newspaper, you can save your own body weight in paper in just one year.
We could fill 103,000 double-decker buses with the amount of wastepaper sent to landfills each year.