DID YOU KNOW? Every year in the UK we use 12.5 million tonnes of paper and cardboard.   Recycling paper could easily reduce the amount of rubbish in your bin by a third!

Newspapers, magazines and junk mail can be put in virtually all paper recycling containers. Other paper items in the following list may also be acceptable – check the instructions on the bank or contact your local council for details.

What can be recycled?
	White and coloured office paper
	Cereal boxes and shoeboxes
	Computer printouts
	Corrugated cardboard
	Envelopes - even window envelopes - but not padded envelopes and Jiffy bags
	Junk mail - what an excellent use for it!
	Magazines
	Newspapers are ideal candidates for recycling. The entire newspaper, including inserts, is acceptable, except for things like plastic, product samples and rubber bands.
	Phone books.
	Mail order catalogues.
What can't be recycled?
	Carbon paper
	Food contaminated paper
	Oil-soaked paper
	Plastic laminated paper such as fast food wrappers, juice boxes, and pet food bags.
	Sanitary products or tissues
	Stickers
	Thermal fax paper
	Waxed paper and waxed cardboard milk and juice containers
	Padded envelopes
Other things you can do
	Take unwanted books to your local charity shop so they can be re-used, or donate them to schools, care homes etc
	Don't just throw away unwanted paper at work, use it as scrap paper for writing notes or use it for internal photocopying or faxing.
	Photocopy on both sides of a piece of paper, it could cut paper consumption at work by half.
	Stop junk mail, write to Mailing Preference Service, Freepost 22, London W1E 7EZ, Tel: 01272 913 310 and Door to Door Royal Mail, Beaumont House, Sandy Lane West, Oxford, OX4 6ZZ, Tel: 01865 780 400