Your essential recycling guide
- The Which? guide to recycling household waste and electricals
- What to do with those difficult-to-recycle items
- Tips and advice for making the most of recycling services
- How you can practice the ‘reduce, recycle, reuse’ mantra
What's in this guide
Recycling basics
Get started with the Which? guide to recycling basics. Follow our simple tips for recycling at home, and find out what you can recycle.
Recycling plastics
Expert advice on recycling plastic household rubbish. Tips on recycling plastic bottles, plastic packaging and plastic carrier bags.
Paper recycling
Guide to recycling your paper and card waste. Tips on recycling books, newspapers, envelopes, cardboard and shredded paper.
Food and garden waste
Eco-friendly options for disposing of food and garden waste. Find out how to reduce food waste and compost your leftovers.
Household recycling
Discover how to recycle everything from CDs to clothes. Household waste can be easier to recycle than you think.
Recycling electrical goods
The rules governing electrical product disposal and recycling. Find out what the WEEE directive means, plus tips on recycling things like computers and mobile phones.
Recycling symbols
What those common recycling symbols actually mean. Use our at-a-glance guide to decipher recycling symbols for plastics, glass, the WEEE directive and more.