Recycling! They've got it off to a fine art here and it's compulsory. We recycle so much stuff here that the bin man comes only once a month and the wheelie bin (of the small variety) is never full. Those who package their Products are obliged to take care of the used packaging, so many companies have gone together and started a recycling Company who are responsible for the Collection Points. Furniture stores, like Ikea, provide package reclamation on site if you want to get rid of the packaging Before you leave the store. The list of recyclable materials is growing all the time but at the minute we have, both at home and at the Collection Points, separate containers for: paper, glossy paper, newsprint cardboard, (carton) thin cardboard and corrugated cardboard glass, uncoloured glass, coloured plastic packages, hard plastic packages, soft polystyrene cartons batteries and lightbulbs dangerous waste (paint, cleaning fluids, oil etc) metal, containers tins etc. metal, non-containers (kitchen ware etc) textiles electrical goods compostible material - but only if you don't have compost yourself. If you don't, then you must have a Collection every second week. If you have your own compost you can have Collection once a month, as I do. All that can be washed must be clean and dry and you take it to the Collection Point yourself. These are often placed adjacent to the car park at super markets or on the outskirts of villages. Furniture stores, such as Ikea Fridges, freezers and washig Machines are collected on request For larger items there are 3 Days a year when the wagon is stationary in the nearest village for 4 hours There's a second-hand shop (or 2) in almost every Town.