Dispose Paper For Free

Staple or tape it shut and recycle it in your curbside recycling bin. Putting the shredded paper in a paper bag or box makes it more likely that it will be recycled.

Paper accounts for around 26% of total waste at landfills Paper production causes deforestation, uses enormous amounts of energy and water, and contributes to air pollution and waste problems.

You could use it as a packaging material for breakable items as an alternative to polystyrene 'popcorn'. It may be possible to take it to your Household Recycling Centre for recycling, even if it cannot be collected. Otherwise you will have to put it into your household waste collection.

The majority of recycling centres don't accept small strips or bits of paper. The large-scale recycling facilities use large screens to dry pulp paper on, where small paper pieces fall through the screens. If you put paper shreds in an office or home recycling bin, they will most likely end up in landfill.

Shredded paper You can put it in a paper envelope and then put it in with your household recycling. ... You can put it in a paper envelope or similar small paper/card container and take it to any of north London's recycling centres (opens in a new window), except Summers Lane in Barnet.

Newspapers, magazines, paper, small brochures, advertising leaflets, and envelopes (as long as you've ripped out any windows first.) can be put in your recycling bin.

Though paper is recyclable, shredded paper presents a unique problem: the tiny shreds simply can't make it through the recycling sorting process. Instead, they gum up the machinery or cause a paper confetti explosion. Even if you put it in a bag* many recyclers won't accept it.