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Step 1
Find out whether your town or city offers curbside newspaper recycling and, if so, how the recycling should be prepared for pick-up. Some towns give residents recycling containers free of charge. Others want you to bundle the newspaper in paper or plastic bags or tie the bundles with twine. Whatever your town requires, do it. Otherwise, you'll be left with a load of newspapers on your curb.
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Step 2
Purchase an inexpensive rectangular basket or other newspaper-shaped container that goes with your decor, and place it near the area where you normally read the newspaper. If you curl up on the couch with the newspaper and cup of coffee every morning, put your recycling basket near the couch. Then, toss the newspaper in the basket when you're done reading it. Keeping the newspapers stacked in an orderly fashion will make bundling much easier when the time comes.
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Step 3
Keep a crate, rubber container or your town recycling container in a closet or in the garage. If keeping a stack of newspapers in your living room isn't your cup of tea, make sure you keep some sort of newspaper recycling receptacle in an easy-to-access location so you can toss your newspapers there conveniently to avoid the temptation to just throw your newspapers in the regular garbage.
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Step 4
Bundle your newspapers in paper or plastic (paper is obviously better) grocery bags, or stack them and wrap them in bundles with twine in towns that require you to do so. If you're lucky enough to live in a town that provides recycling containers, you may just have to pick up the bin containing the loose newspapers and place it by the curb on collection day.
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Step 5
Put your kids in charge of recycling the newspapers. It will teach them how to be more conscious about generating solid waste and encourage them to take care of the earth.
