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At ARGO, we work every day to prevent waste and recycle as much as possible. But we don't succeed alone. That's why we give you 5 tips on how you can become even better at recycling.
First and foremost, consider whether you need a new one at all. Clothes, shoes, household items, white goods and electronics together account for ten percent of every Dane's CO2 emissions. If you can use what you already have of these items, it will make a difference to your overall carbon footprint.
We are often too quick to discard our things when they break. Instead, we should be much better at repairing them so we can extend their lifespan, avoid buying new ones and reduce our carbon footprint. Maybe you can mend your torn clothes or sew new clothes out of old ones? Reupholster your furniture? Several municipalities also have repair cafés where you can get help repairing everything from clothes and electronics to kitchenware and toys.
If you really need something, see if you can borrow it from someone else instead of going out and buying it. Maybe you and your neighbours or family can share a hedge trimmer instead of each having your own when you only use it a few times a year? The same with other garden tools, tools, party equipment and the like.
Consider swapping clothes and toys with others instead of throwing away what you have and buying new ones. Maybe you can have a swap day a couple of times a year in your neighbourhood or kindergarten? So the toys can circulate between you? The same with clothes and other good things.
If it's not possible to borrow or trade for what you need, buy it used. When you buy used instead of new, you extend the lifespan of things, prevent the production of new ones and thus reduce your CO2 emissions.
In our Gensalg stores you can buy clothes, shoes and bags, toys and children's equipment, furniture, electronics and cookware, bicycles, garden furniture and much more. If you're looking for something special, it's a good idea to set up a search agent on various online marketplaces on the web. Then you can strike as soon as someone else puts that particular item up for sale.
Finally, of course, you can also create more reuse by simply passing on your own usable items when you no longer need them yourself. In this way, you make it possible for others to choose reuse over new.
You can do this by placing your items under the canopy of your recycling centre and we will pass them on to humanitarian organizations, schools and institutions or to private individuals in our Gensalg stores.
Of course, you can also donate usable items to the humanitarian organizations' second-hand shops or sell or give them to others on online marketplaces, flea markets or similar.
