We all know we should be doing it, but fitting recycling into our everyday routines isn't always easy. The idea behind recycling is simple - it's all about making the most out of the materials we use instead of throwing them in the bin to waste. Actually doing it can be just as simple, with our guide to recycling in the home.Reduce and re-use waste Reducing the amount of waste we produce and coming up with ways of re-using materials we accumulate, is the best way of doing your bit for the environment. Here are a few ideas: * Re-use carrier bags * Avoid over packaged goods * Leave your unwanted packaging at the store.       Give them the responsibility. * Donate old clothes and goods to charity shops * Visit Hout Bay Recycling behind the Police    station and give away your unwanted items * Sort your recyclables from your rubbishNearly    two-thirds of what you put in the black bin or    bag can be recycled or composted. Get in the routine of separating your waste 3 ways. 1. Have one bin/bag for Recyclables, 2. One for Compost and 3. One for Landfill trash that goes into a black      bag or wheelie-bin. Print out this flyer for your kitchen wall  to help your family or business use the right bin.Ideally you should wash out containers and squash them into a smaller size so they don't take up as much room. What to do with your Recyclables? 1. Kerbside City Service All Hout Bay residents and businesses in the ‘Valley’ fall under the City’s Think Twice pilot project. WastePlan is the service provider that delivers and collects clear bags for recyclable good on a weekly basis. This service is offered on the same day as the wheelie-bin service. Call WastePlan ……… 2. Hout Bay Waste Sorting Centre (HBSC)  behind Police Station Mandela Rd)Hout Bay Recycling (HBR) Cooperative If your home or business is outside this recycling collection area, you can use the service of Hout Bay Recycling (HBR) cooperative who collect, sort and sell recycling 7 days a week. You can drop off your recycling at the depot behind the Hout Bay Police station which is open from 7h00 – 17h30 daily or call HBR 073 270 6375 for large collections. Garden Waste Composting is a great way of recycling your garden and food waste, as well as a free source of nutrient soil for your garden. Composting bins come cheap at your local garden centre. You can compost all sorts of items including vegetable peelings, teabags, grass cuttings and leaves, as well as shredded paper, ripped-up cardboard and egg boxes. To purchase your own recyclable worm-farm call Nolita 021 790 6352 or call Revolve vermiculture 084 809 5969 revolvevermiculture@gmail.com   Chipping of Garden Greens at the HBSC Each Hout Bay resident is allowed to drop off one load of garden refuse per day. Logs of 0ver 150cm diameter cannot be brought to the Centre. Greens are chipped into mulch which is then sold at about R36  per bag or R156 a bakie load. Reliance is the service provider Hout Bay Sorting Centre Contacts Trevor Carroll Xolisa Fumba Trevor Groevis Hazardous Waste Batteries. Drop off  in a bucket at Hout Bay Office National, Victoria Rd or   at Photo Cabin Digital Lab Mainstream Centre. Zero Waste team will safely dispose. CFL Lightbulbs (mercury). Drop off  in black box at Woolworths Mainstream Centre Hazardous liquids  - we’re working on this because believe it or not there is no facility for this in the whole of Cape Town ! Long Fluorescent light bulbs  Constantia Pick n Pay in front of tills Electrical itemsDrop off all electrical goods at the Hout Bay Sorting Centre where they will be repaired or broken down into parts for reusing. The Hout Bay Waste lobbyists will take steps to introduce a WEEE (see below) in South Africa as was introduced in the UK in 2007. (In the UK As of June 2007, when the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive came into force, all manufacturers of electrical appliances are obliged to offer you a service to recycle goods when they need replacing. This is great news when it comes to throwing out old TVs, CD and DVD players, as working parts will be put to good use rather than being thrown on the scrapheap. Building RubbleThere are two skips for building rubble at the Hout Bay Sorting Centre. 1. building rubble that can be crushed and reused. 2. contaminated rubble like ceramic tiles that is sent to landfill. There is a self employed worker who is recovering whole bricks  before they are placed in the skip. These bricks are sold at a reduced fee.  Furniture and wood reusing  Like with the building rubble there is a self employed worker who is recovering old furniture and wood before items are placed in the skip. The wood items are repaired or reused and sold for a reduced fee.   Dog Pooh Compost it separately from the compost used for growing Ad adipisicing velit sint magna fugiat. Proident anim eiusmod voluptate?  This panel stretches horizontally and vertically. Pariatur, ad ipsum velit fugiat deserunt consequat.  PRINT THIS EASY RECYCLING GUIDE FOR YOUR FRIDGE What can we Reuse or Recycle? All items to be placed in clear bag for kerbside collection or delivered to HBR CLEAN & DRY! Glass bottles and jars Aluminium cans, trays and foil Steel Paper Cardboard Plastics Polystyrene Tetrapac Textiles Electrical items At HB Sorting Centre All above items PLUS Oil Garden greens Wood Bricks Clothes Supermarket Lobbying Most supermarkets in Europe and America have recycling facilities on site. If you are interested in joining the lobby group which is inviting Hout Bay stores to do this, as well as encouraging greater producer responsibility for waste that is generated, call the Zero Waste lobbyists on 021 7907226 Useful Links The Story of Stuff a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever. Institute Zero Waste in Africa IZWA  working towards a world without waste through public education and practical application of Zero Waste principles City Solid Waste Department Envirochild Promoting a sustainable future in Hout Bay Hout Bay Green Faire A showcase of alternative products, services, healthy food and options for sustainable living Earthlife Africa                  Click here for Ecobuzz          video clip of the HB depot activities    www.790tv.co.za has 3 video clips -      Zero Waste, Imizamo Yethu (Donze Yakhi)        and the Zero Beach.