From tin foil to bottle caps, families are urged to do their part for the environment and inspect everything before putting them in the trash.

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With the end of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, attention is focused on how the government can create a more sustainable society.

One way to achieve the goal is to figure out how to deal with our garbage.

In the Northeast, we lag far behind other parts of the UK in terms of recycling. The per capita amount of garbage collected in 2019/20 is staggering, with an average of 589 kilograms, while the United Kingdom as a whole is only 392 kilograms. To the data platform Statisa.

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However, although classifying our garbage as "general garbage" and recycling has become second nature for most households, in addition to remembering when each trash can is collected, how much do you think about recycling?

According to the consumer organization Which?, it pays to know the latest developments in terms of what can and cannot be recycled on your side of the road.

In the UK, recycling is managed by local authorities, and each authority has its own regulations, so figuring out what you can and cannot do at home can be confusing.

Although some city councils issued leaflets in April telling them which can and cannot be recycled, the situation has been changing, so it is worth checking whether anything has been added to the list from time to time.

Check the website of your local council to find out how much information they provide, or use websites such as www.recyclenow.com to find out which items you can recycle in a specific area and how to dispose of individual products such as textiles, aerosols, and electronics.

Although most households know what can be recycled at their address, do you know that there are some ways to make the recycling you are doing smarter?

Of course, the best way to increase your recycling stake is to reduce the amount of recycling in your home first. See here to learn how to reduce plastic use and remember the three Rs-reduce, reuse and recycle.

Here are five ways to better recycle-you may be surprised by some of them.

Squashing plastic bottles before taking them out for recycling not only saves space, but also prevents them from rolling off the conveyor belt of the sorter.

Screw the plastic cap back onto the bottle, then push the straw back into the carton before recycling.

Most recycling sorters reject anything smaller than 40 mm, so the cap and straw themselves are too small to pass, but as part of a larger bottle, they are more likely to be picked up.

3. Recycling films and carriers in supermarkets

Plastic film and plastic tote bags-called soft plastics-usually cannot be recycled in curbside collections. But now most large supermarkets have collection points for these items, so make good use of them.

You can collect soft plastic anywhere you store other long-lasting bags to make it easier to collect these soft plastics, and then when it is full, you will remember to bring the shopping bag back to the supermarket.

Kitchen foil can usually be recycled in household collections, but small pieces may be lost and may not be picked up by the sorter. It is ideal to knead it into the size of a tennis ball.

If you still have food in your collection, empty it and rinse it quickly. They do not need to be completely clean, but if there is a large amount of food remaining in the cans or tin cans, it may contaminate porous materials such as paper and cards in the same recycling load and render them all unrecyclable. For the people who sort your recycling at the other end, it also makes their lives unpleasant.

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