Reduce, Recycle and Simplify Your Move
Seriously excited? Or seriously stressed? While moving into your new home is an amazing adventure, it’s also full of fusses and faffs and inner conflicts. Believe it or not, here’s where reducing and recycling can help you on your way…Here are some ideas:
Make sure you keep these separate when you unpack and bring them down to your local recycling centre.
You could also use sealed bags of rice, cous cous, lentils, nuts, sugar…
And remember that towels, blankets, cloths, pillows, sheets and other soft textiles can also be used to cushion small and breakable objects instead of the mess of plastic wrap.
What colour are they? When are they collected? What can go into each of them? What can’t?
This will stop waste accidently piling up and getting in the way during your first few weeks (while you have 100million other things to think about…)
Pop a few more wastebaskets around your house bathroom for different types of recycling and food waste so less ends up in landfill.
Sorting it all out into separate bags and boxes (soft plastics, hard plastic, cardboard etc…) as and when you unpack will make things much easier when it comes to disposing of it.
Don’t be tempted to chuck everything into your black bin – it isn’t worth the fuss of overfilling it!
Sort it, and bring it down to your local recycling centre.
Likelihood is that with all of that packaging, a few left-behinds and some actually-we-don’t-need-thats you’re going to need to make a few visits while you move in.
Getting into the habit of making a regular trip will start you off with a great habit that will make staying organised a lot easier in the future.
And if you’re new to the area, getting out to your local recycling centre is a great excuse to have a look around, get orientated, and meet some people from your local community.
Find your local household recycling centre
Make your visit faster and easier by pre-sorting your waste into different recyclables before you visit the household recycling centre.
Click the ‘Where’s yours?’ button below and find your nearest Household Recycling Centre.