Close that loop - buy recycled

Putting your old newspaper or tin can into your green bin is only the first step in the recycling process. Once the material has been collected, sorted and sent to the re-processors, it is then recycled into new products.

Making a conscious effort to seek out and buy products made from recycled materials helps to close the recycling loop. The future of recycling ultimately depends on there being a market for the materials collected.

Many of the everyday items that you buy may already contain recycled material, such as your daily newspaper. In fact 70% of the content of newspaper produced in the UK contains recycled paper! Glass bottles also contain a high proportion of recycled material, sometimes as high as 90%.

There is also a huge range of innovative and exciting products which are being made by some of the leading designers in the country, all of which contain recycled material.

Contact details

Waste and Recycling

recycling@basingstoke.gov.uk

01256 844844

Products for the home

	Black refuse sack made from 100% recycled material			Cushion made from recycled vintage shirts and ties

	Toilet tissue made from 100% recycled paper			Kitchen work surface made from recycled glass

	Salt and pepper shaker made from recycled pool balls			Coat hanger made from recycled plastic bottles

	Back-pack made from recycled plastic bottles			Coffee table made from recycled wood chips

	Aluminium foil made from recycled aluminium foil			Drinking glass made from recycled beer bottle

Products for the garden

	Pro-grow soil conditioner made from recycled green garden waste			Garden decking made from recycled timber and polymers

Fashion

	Trainer made from reclaimed jeans, surplus military jackets and recycled rubber			Handbag made from recycled leather belts

	Wallet made from recycled leather belts			TRAID T-shirt made from second hand textiles

	Fleece jacket made from recycled plastic bottles			Sock made from reused cotton fibres