Win On Waste collects a range of items from the local community that the council doesn’t include in its kerbside recycling collections, meaning these items are otherwise destined for landfill or incineration. Once collected the items are sent to TerraCycle, the world leader in recycling hard-to-recycle waste.

DISPOSABLE gloves, cheese wrappers, and biscuit packets are among the mounds of rubbish that have helped raise £2,000 locally for healthcare overseas. More than 2,000kg of waste has been collected by volunteers including Amersham resident Kate Lillie who are helping tackle 'unrecyclable' waste.

Of course, there are still some items which end up in your regular bin – and therefore in landfill. But thanks to TerraCycle, which partners with individual collectors and companies to collect and recycle almost any sort of waste, and other schemes, it is getting easier to give old items a new lease of life and take your recycling to the next level. Here are seven ideas for starters.