Recycling effort ends at the waste bin

I AM prepared to take up the challenge of Carys O’Neill on domestic waste reduction (Irish Examiner letters, April 13).

I live in a flat without a garden in Cork. I’ve lived in Spain and London and am quite used to separating for recycling glass, plastic, paper, tins, milk and wine cartons, and vegetable waste.

In my village in Spain, shops that sell batteries also collect used ones rather than allow them into landfill or incineration.