When George does his shopping, he takes re-usable bags. The ones in the picture are made out of recycled cotton, and can be used over and over again. Many supermarkets also sell extra-strong bags that you can re-use. This cuts down on the number of plastic bags we use – how many people have a drawer at home full of plastic bags??!

So much of what we buy can be recycled. A lot of the rubbish in our bins is paper – which could be recycled. So instead of throwing all his newspapers and magazines in the bin, George has a bag to collect them all. Once it is full, he takes the paper to his nearest civic amenity site where there is a recycling bin for it.

George also has some boxes which he stores under a shelf in his kitchen. He uses these to collect all his used food and drinks cans, as well as his plastic and glass bottles. Once they are full he takes these to the civic amenity site so that they can be recycled.