People who succeed at recycling make it part of their day-to-day routine. Try some of the following tips while at the supermarket or at home :

Reduce the amount of waste you produce by reducing the amount of packaging you take home.

At the supermarket :

• Buy larger sizes, concentrates and refills.
• Check to see if you can recycle the packaging, for example, paper, cardboard, glass, cans and plastic types ‘1’ and ‘2’.
• Take your own shopping bags or box to take your shopping home in.

In the kitchen

Try these easy steps to make recycling easier :

• Rinse tins, plastics and glass when you’ve finished washing the dishes.
• Sort your recycling straight after rinsing.
• Keep your kerbside recycling crate close by so it’s easily accessible.
• Have a container for your kitchen scraps and add them to your compost (remember no meats or fats).

In the garden

Composting is a great way to reuse your kitchen and garden waste. Try these composting tips :

• Sprinkle your compost with water to it keep moist and add a shovel of soil now and then.
• Don’t add any dairy products, meat, fat or cooking oil.
• Don’t add any diseased plants or persistent weeds such as oxalis and dock, to your compost.