Apart from the obvious – paper tins and glass – what other materials spring to mind when you think of recycled products? How about car tyres circuit boards and juice cartons for starters?! Amaze your kids with the myriad of recycled products that are available with a bit of searching [...]
Recycling at home needn't be difficult time consuming or a chore – with the right equipment, attitude and a bit of know how; it will soon become second nature! Children will be impressed by the various gadgetry that's around to make recycling easier – but remember, all you really need [...]
Recycling should be a family-wide effort that comes naturally to everyone – though like most household tasks is much easier said than done where children are concerned! It's no big secret that children soon begin to resent anything they perceive as a chore, so it makes sense to introduce recycling [...]
In our quest to be eco-friendly and to raise our children in a world where sustainable environmentally friendly living becomes second nature, reduce, reuse and recycle should be uttered mantra like each time we are tempted to simply fling something in the bin! Reducing, reusing and recycling are life skills [...]
Everyone knows that waste should be kept to a minimum with reusing and recycling being the buzz words on everyone's lips, from politicians to parents. With the UK producing more than 454 million tonnes of waste every year, recycling and reusing is in the forefront of everyone's minds. Encouraging children [...]
It has been estimated that UK households recycle less than 20% of their rubbish, a figure that is shockingly low compared with other European nations believed to recycle approximately 50% of their waste. This translates to millions, if not billions of tonnes of UK rubbish that could easily be avoided [...]
