IF every household in Barnsley recycled one more hand soap dispenser, it would save enough energy to power Barnsley Hospital for eight days.
The recycling tip is just one of many being given out by the council to support a national recycling week scheme. It also held a recycling road show in the town centre when officers were on hand to given advice.
The authority wants people to rethink their recycling habits to make sure people are really recycling everything they can - from all over the home, every day.
Research from Recycle Now reveals that almost 90 per cent of packaging in the UK is recycled from the kitchen compared to just over 50 per cent from the bathroom. Barnsley residents are being encouraged to head straight for the bathroom to freshen up their recycling habits. Many bathroom items are often forgotten about to be recycled including toilet roll tubes, shampoo and shower gel bottles, cleaning bottles, toothpaste boxes and medicine bottles.
Residents are also being urged to give their recycling habits a makeover in the bedroom with over a third of the UK’s population being guilty of not always bothering to recycle glass such as perfume or after shave bottles. The bedroom is full of items that can be recycled including cosmetic bottles or jars, hair gel or lip balm tins, old shoe boxes and more.
The council is keen to highlight that little things really do make a difference and says if every household recycled two more toilet roll tubes, it would save enough energy to power a local primary school for three days, and recycling one more bleach bottle would save enough energy to power a local primary school for 28 days.
