Drawdown Georgia’s new “How to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” Toolkit explains the benefits of recycling and reducing waste at home, answers common questions about how to make sure the materials you place in your recycling actually get recycled, and offers creative ways to reduce and reuse more at home, too.
Some common questions and ideas addressed by the new toolkit include:
How Do You Recycle in Georgia?
Different recycling processors have different rules for recycling, so the short answer to this question is: check with your local municipality to make sure you are following their specific guidelines around recyclables. However, there are some best practices around recycling that will be true for most recycling processors.
The toolkit shares useful tips to ensure you are recycling right and also demystifies common sources of confusion around how to recycle in Georgia.
What Can You Recycle in Georgia? What About Hard to Recycle Materials?
Different recycling processors have different rules for recycling, so the short answer to this question is: check with your local municipality to make sure you are recycling everything you can. And it’s important to avoid putting items in the bin that can contaminate other recyclables.
In this section of the toolkit, we also take a closer look at organizations that accept hard-to-recycle items--everything from Christmas lights to styrofoam to carpeting.
How Can You Reuse More to Reduce Waste?
Before you recycle an item, it’s often best to look for ways that you can get more use out of it first. Reusing things can help us consume less and waste less--which means fewer greenhouse gas emissions are produced, too.
This toolkit shares inspiration to help you reuse things more often at home, and explores ways that reusing can benefit your community as well as the environment.
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