Recycling Most of the goods we use can be recycled in one way or another, and there are many different schemes now available to make it easy for you to recycle and reuse unwanted goods. Some interesting facts about recycling The UK only recycles 17% of its rubbish, yet Switzerland, Holland and Germany recycle half their waste. Paper The demand for paper places pressure on the world's forests. Instead of using paper once and throwing it away, recycling paper and cardboard is better for the environment. Compost It isn't necessary to use up natural, valuable peat bogs to make compost. You can make your own organic compost from vegetable peelings, tea, coffee and garden waste. Plastic Most plastic is made from oil which takes hundreds of years to degrade in landfill sites or produces toxic smoke from incinerators. Companies need to stop over-packaging items whilst reducing the amount of plastic they use. Metals Two-thirds of the metal wasted comes from steel or aluminium cans and foil. Recycling these is easy, profitable and saves resources and energy. Aluminium cans could be recycled indefinitely saving 95 per cent of energy needed to make new. Glass 30 gallons of oil are saved for every tonne of glass which is recycled. Others Old clothes, toys and furniture can be re-used. Other products can be reprocessed if they are broken down into component parts. Manufacturers should be making products that last and are recycleable. In fact, virtually everything can be recycled!           Freecycle helps to match people who have things they need to get rid of with local people who can use them. It's goal is to keep usable items out of landfill and enhance local community spirit. For free!       The Laundry is a not-for-profit recycling service especially for small businesses in Central London. They take paper, cardboard, cans and plastic bottles, CDs, IT equipment, printer cartridges and mobile phones. They can help your business save money because their bags are cheaper than local rubbish collectors'. The Laundry recycle 100% of what they collect, you don't have to sign a contract and they collect every week so you can get rid of the bags a regular basis and keep your office tidy. Visit their website to place your order and get started recycling within a week. www.thelaundry.biz               FoneAid – The free and easy mobile phone recycling campaign that raises you money.               Efreeko is a national website of items that people recycle for free. Do you want free stuff - or have you got items you no longer need? Efreeko is the answer, free to join, free to list and free to get items. Help to reduce, reuse and recycle at efreeko.         Recycling Supermarket.com is an information service for up-to-date news, information and guides on everything to do with recycling, waste management and the environment.     Green Removals are a Central London based domestic removal and storage company specialising in all aspects of moving for flats and apartments within the Central and Greater London area, they have a specialised fleet of modern fully equipped removal vehicles and they cover all postcodes within these areas and up to 100 miles radius destination.   Renew-Reuse-Recycle   Renew-Reuse-Recycle is an online community all about what we can do to stop or mitigate the effects of climate change. The site includes news and information about renewable energy systems, blogs of people's own experiences in adopting some of them and forums where you can ask for advice.           Greengonzo lets you find and recycle things people are giving away in your area. Its like eBay, except everything's completely free.             Green Home Electronics repair, refurbish and sell used hi fi equipment from the industry's leading manufacturers. Their aim is to reduce landfill by putting used equipment back to use, all items are fully tested for function and safety before being sold. Green Home Electronics exists to deliver value to our customers, the environment and the community in which we live and work.             Digital Links is a charity that provide a top-quality IT disposal service and then refurbish equipment to be reused in the developing world.           Recycle-more - the one-stop recycling information centre, with help and advice on all aspects of recycling at home, at school and in the workplace.           Don'tDumpThat is all about helping people reduce the amount of perfectly useful but otherwise unwanted household items going into landfill sites. By registering in a local Don'tDumpThat forum, you can post items you no longer want so that other Don'tDumpThat members who do want them, can take them off your hands.         If you have goods you want or do not want, then you can advertise them for free on reuze and help with recycling.