Recycle Bins: Cost Effective
And Easy To Use

All you need to begin using recycle bins is a little floor space. If you have cabinet space where you currently keep your garbage can, you can modify this to a recycling station using only a sliding track and two small bins. The track and bins can be purchased together in a kit. In the kitchen pictured here, the front bin is for garbage that will not recycle or compost. The rear is for recyclable items. An excellent product is suggested lower on this page.

If you don't have this space or want to try another configuration, scroll to the bottom of the page to see our picks for excellent alternatives.

Nearly all curbside recyclers allow you to recycle plastic with No. 1 or 2 recycle triangle codes, all types of paper, cardboard, glass, aluminum and tin. You can recycle grocery bags at the store.

Outdoors, use two curbside bins--one for paper and cardboard and the second for everything else, plus a small plastic bucket for your plastic grocery bags. Better yet, buy some grocery tote bags and never use paper or plastic again!

It takes less than two minutes each day to sort the small kitchen bin into these three categories.

What do you get from this besides a pat on the back for doing your part? You contribute to keeping raw material costs down, which translates to lower prices for you. You help prevent landfills from overflowing and becoming toxic, requiring higher taxes for expansion and cleanup.

You teach our young by example that save is a good four letter word. You do what our natural environment does—stay in balance.

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