From wastes to treasures, did you know that these 5 daily items can be recycled? Read on to find out how.
The recent pressing news about Ipoh’s landfill that has piled up to 6-metres tall worth of plastic waste has truly shocked Malaysians!
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It’s time we learn to cultivate the habit of recycling before our beautiful country turns into a wasteland. Truth to be told, recycling is easier than you think. Here are 5 items you never knew could actually be recycled and where you can drop them:
1. Empty Cosmetic Containers
Ladies, we know it’s hard to part ways with your favourite make-up products. But, whether it is empty make-up packaging or expired make-up products, it is way more better to have it recycle than to hoard it at home. Besides, you get to even earn points reward by recycling empty bottles! Check out the make-up brands below:
- L’Occitane Malaysia’s Big Little Things Campaign
In collaboration with I-Cycle Malaysia, recycle your empty make-up containers (of any brands) and earn complimentary L’Occitane products! Check out their reward system here.
- Innisfree
Definitely no stranger to us, return your empty Innisfree bottles and earn rewards! Maximum of 3 bottles per month per member only. Click here for more info!
2. Used Clothing
Have way too many clothing piled up at home? Looking for ways to give it away? Here’s how you can recycle old clothing:
- Kloth Lifestyle
Launched back in 2016, join Kloth’s “Kloth Cares 188 Fabric Recycling Campaign” to reduce textile waste in Malaysia. All you need to do is to spot Kloth’s unique fabric recycling bins and drop your pieces of clothing in! Follow Kloth’s Facebook page to keep up-to-date on their recycling bin locations.
- H&M
Recycle your old garments of any brands at H&M stores and get up to 15% discount vouchers! Now that’s a deal!
- Suri Lifestyle
Or why not do a good deed by donating your garments to Suri Lifestyle! Founded by Salena Ahmad that aims to help single mothers around Klang Valley by providing them jobs at Suri Lifestyle. Suri Lifestyle takes in old denim and recycles them into beautiful bags, jackets and many more other items, all handmade by the single mothers!
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3. E-waste
We’ve all been there and done that- not knowing what to do with our used laptop batteries, old laptops, chips and even hard drives, thinking it could come in handy some time down the road (which never happen, ever). Good news for you, because you can recycle e-wastes as well! You can recycle them at:
- ERTH: E-Waste Recycling Through Heroes
A 24-hours recycling service based in Cyberjaya. You don’t even need to look for them to recycle your products! Let them pick it up from you through their delivery services. Recycling just can’t get more convenient than this! Not only that, they accept a wide range of electronic products – AND you get paid! Check them out here.
4. Bottles & Miscellaneous
Aaah, you know us Asians, always hoarding these plastic bottles. If things are getting out-of-hand, try recycling them at these recyling centres:
- The Precious Plastic Project
Turn your plastic waste into treasures with The Precious Plastic Project! Using their own innovative plastic recycling machine, your plastic waste will surely be in good hands with them. Follow them on Facebook here to find out when’s their next recycling campaign!
- iCYCLE Malaysia
Segregate your waste at home, and earn points when you recycle with iCYCLE! All you need to do is to register as a member and a customized iCYCLE barcode sticker will be posted to you for you to paste it onto your recycle bags/boxes. Find out more info at their website here.
These plastic bottles are collected by manufacturers and turn them into coastal and marine recycled plastic textiles which can be used to create clothes, accessories and furniture pieces.
And this one, although not available in Malaysia but truly mind-opening:
5. Cigarette Waste
TerraCycle actually has a recycling program that recycles cigarettes butts! The cigarette waste is recycled to make industrial products like plastic pallets and compost. What a great example for Malaysia to follow!
We’ve also written on Zero Waste Stores in Malaysia! Read all about it here.
All you need to do is to take one step forward and start recycling! Let’s recycle together for a better and cleaner Malaysia.
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