Organizing recycling

Re: Organizing recycling

• jennymae303

  March 2013

  I put a smaller garbage can in the cupboard with the regular one and labled it and posted a sign with pictures of what can be recycled, to help my 6 year old stepson remember what can go in. He thinks it's so much fun to recycle!  We have a larger bin that goes to the curb every two weeks.  When the can inside fills up, I load it into the bin.  It's really convenient and works out well!

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• kipnus member

  

  March 2013

  We have two big recycling bins in our storage room (we live in an apartment, so it's not far from the kitchen). 

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• gymbugmj2k member

  

  March 2013

  we have the big bin from the town that we keep in the garage.  we currently have piles (one upstairs in our office, and one in our kitchen), and every 2 days or so we carry the piles to the bin. horribly inefficient.

   

  I'd suggest having a smaller bin in the areas where you create recyclables.  Some kitchen garbage cans are split to do this, too.  http://www.simplehuman.com/trash/recyclers
  

  
  

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• Uberoom12

  April 2013

  Two bins, one for cans and glass bottles, the other one is for everything else. They are both in the kitchen and it's basically simple discipline to go to the kitchen to toss away the recyclables.
  

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• ClaryPax member

  

  April 2013

  Our method could be better, but I can't think of how to do it because the kitchen is small.  I have a recycle bin by the back door because the kitchen is too small for one.  I keep tote bags in the Kitchen and by where we keep the mail to put recycle in, and then I carry the tote bag to the recycle bin.  We also just take it down the few steps to the back door, but I end up recycling so much that I am constantly back and forth, so that's why I use the tote bags. 
  

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• broncoalum97

  

  June 2013

  We have the bin from the city on our garage but right next to the door so I can just open my door to the garage and drop stuff in.  My 5 & 3 year olds love to take it from me & throw it in.  For papers I have this from Ikea that I have next to the door going out to the garage and I put the papers in a brown paper grocery bag when ithe bin gets full.  

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• music11 member

  

  July 2013

  We have a can right next to our garbage for the recycling, and just empty that into the larger recycling bin outside.  I also have a separate place to stick yogurt containers (#5) because our curbside pick up doesn't take them.  We take those to Whole Foods.
  

  

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