Recycling Household Waste
Plastic: plastic bottles account for 40% of household waste. Making plastic bags from recycled plastic consumes nearly two thirds less energy, releases lower levels of pollutants and uses nearly 90% less water than making them from new plastic.
Paper: recycling paper requires 28-70% less energy, produces 95% fewer emissions, and requires less water and far fewer raw materials.
Glass: around 3.6 million tonnes of glass is used in the UK and it suffers no loss in quality when reprocessed.
Going Carbon Neutral
For a practical guide to being carbon neutral see http://www.goingcarbonneutral.co.uk.
Vicar Raises Waste Issues
Jon Hale, a Church of England Vicar from Crawley, West Sussex, developed Earth Resources.
This is the first place to go if you want to know more about waste recycling.