What+can+you+do?

As a citizen and consumer, there are several things you can do to decrease plastic waste: You can help by:
 * Recycling Plastic at Home and Work**
 * Reduce waste by reviewing your purchasing options and by finding ways to reuse disposable plastic items.
 * Participate in your local recycling program
 * Separate your recyclables from your trash
 * Separate your recyclables from each other in accordance with local programs.
 * Prepare your plastic for recycling by rinsing it and removing the caps, cap rings and base cups from plastic bottles. These accessories may be made from other types of plastic and by removing them you will help reduce processing time and expense
 * Seek products made from or packaged in recycled-content plastic or other readily recyclable material
 * sorting your plastic carefully
 * checking to see what is able to be collected at kerbside in your area
 * always rinsing and removing lids
 * close the loop - buy products with recycled plastic in them!!