Whether it’s your daily newspaper, the letters you receive, something you print out or a post-it note you stick up as a reminder, we’re surrounded by different types of paper at home.
Paper is a useful material that can easily be recycled but you can also reduce and reuse it easily too
Reduce
- Use email or phone for correspondence
- Print double sided
- Reduce junk mail
- Sign up to online news services
- Share magazines and newspapers with your friends and family
Reuse
- Make a scrap pad from odd bits of paper
- Use paper for arts and crafts such as papier mache
Recycle
- Use your local recycling service
- Put small amounts of shredded paper in your compost bin
- Buy recycled paper products
