Separate your waste – keep wet (waste) and dry (recyclables) apart Find out which recyclables are accepted for recycling in your community (a school, drop-off site, buy-back centre or curb-site) by the Municipality Educate your household – post a list of the things that are recycled somewhere visible until you and your family get into the habit Set up a holding area for your recyclables – it could be a box or clearly marked bins. Once you have collected enough recyclable materials, plan a trip to your nearest drop-off site (saves fuel!!) or support your curbside collection. Special Notes: Clean the recyclables of heavy soiling e.g. foodstuff Flatten the plastic bottles, cartons, cardboard boxes and cans to reduce volume A plastics identification code appears on the product to identify packaging plastics