Clutter and Hoarding - Recycling to Reduce Your Clutter

Does your clutter seem to build and your garbagelonger needed. You may find this not only reduces
fills too fast? We are all guilty of throwing into theyour clutter and helps you maintain your home
trash things that were recyclable just because weoffice but you might find just how much truly is
didn't have a recycling bin handy. I am going torecyclable in that office and what an impact it can
show you how having recycling bins in severalhave.
places throughout your home will make it easier3. In Your Bathroom
for you. Hopefully you may find that the idea ofYou may find it surprising just how many
having them in each area of your home will notproducts that we use today come in recyclable
only reduce clutter, but also reduce garbage andcontainers. Shampoo and conditioner bottles, body
help our environment.wash containers. Many of today's hygiene
1. In Your Kitchenproducts are packaged for recycling. You can
There are so many things that you can recycle ineven recycle that little cardboard roll at the end
the kitchen. To name a few, you can recycleof your toilet paper. How much of that would
clean cans from canned foods, aluminum cans,have just gone in the garbage if you don't have
plastic drink bottles, some plastic packaging, mostthe recycle bin right there?
glass, used energy efficient light bulbs, some card4. In Your Laundry Room
board, some paper board, card or paper boardYou can recycle laundry soap packaging, boxes or
egg crates, milk containers, some plastic foodbottles. You can also recycle many of the
container, and even cardboard in the middle ofpackaging for many of your other laundry needs,
your rolls of paper towels.for example, the box from your dryer sheets.
2. In Your Home OfficeYou also may find papers in the pockets of some
This may help you keep the clutter down andclothing or maybe even a paper or two that has
stay organized. You can recycle junk mail,snuck its way into the laundry basket that can be
misprints, old mail that doesn't need to berecycled. Simply look for the recycle logo; and
shredded, an empty tissue box, even scrapremember every little bit helps.
papers with little notes on them that are no