Let's start with a fact. Every year the UK produces 280 million tonnes of waste -that's about the same as 700,000 fully loaded airliners. We throw away unwanted food, glass bottles,plastic bottles,cans,wrappers,paper and cardboard. Can you think of anything else? Many of these things are made up of natural resources such as trees,coal,oil and aluminium and one day some of these resources will be used up completely.Over the last ten years the whole of the UK has come together to do more about this. 40% of all household waste is now recycled compared to just 11% in 2000. Do you recycle at home and at school? Why recycle? Well,this takes us back to the topic of energy. Recycling glass,paper,cardboard and plastic should save the energy it would take to make new paper,glass bottles and plastic containers. According to RecycleNow,recycling in the UK saves more than 18 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year-equivalent to taking 5 million cars off the road.Recycling isn't a new thing either. During World War 2 ,the British people recycled everything they could to help. Toys reused. So, is all our rubbish really rubbish?