Why you should be your street’s binfluencer

Are you recycling your waste yet? Don’t worry if not – we’re here to help and make you your street’s top binfluencer! Read on to find out how recycling can help you manage your waste, and top tips to make it easy.

It creates more space in your bin

Did you know that over 40% of the items in your bin could be recycled from your home using recycling containers? Separating out items like cardboard, glass and plastics gives you lots more space for your non-recyclable waste.

It’s cleaner

Food makes up around a quarter of the waste we collect from Bristol’s wheelie bins. By recycling your food waste, you can keep food out of your wheelie bin, preventing unwelcome pests and odours. You can line your food caddy with newspaper, a plastic bag, a compostable bag or anything similar you have to hand. The food waste from your brown caddy is then recycled into biogas which powers 6,500 homes in our city – and even some buses.

It’s good for the environment

Recycling ensures valuable materials go on to become something new. Card can be back on the shelf in as little as 14 days, and the power from just one banana skin can recharge a mobile phone twice! Recycled materials also take less power to produce. The amount of energy saved from recycling just one glass bottle could power a lightbulb for 4 hours!

In Bristol, nearly all the materials collected from your home stay here and are recycled in the UK. Absolutely no household recycling goes to landfill.

Not sure how to get started? Just visit our Get It Sorted page. You can order any missing recycling containers by calling Bristol City Council on 0117 922 2100 or through the website: www.bristol.gov.uk/newbin.

Help us keep Bristol as the number one core city for recycling in England. Join your neighbours and start recycling today.