Sorting rubbish and recycling

Rubbish is easier to deal with when it is sorted. Wet rubbish, like fruit peel and leftover food, rots and smells, and can be turned into compost for gardens. Dry rubbish, like paper, plastic, glass and cans, doesn't rot, and when it is kept apart it can be made into new things: this is recycling. Using things again, like a washed jar, makes less rubbish in the first place.