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New Waste Collections Come to East Devon

With the recent good weather, a lot of people are trying to spruce up their garden and for residents in East Devon a green waste collection is going to be introduced to help with garden waste.  The new service costs £48 for the year with an introductory offer of a free 240 litre wheelie bin, which will cost £20 extra in the future. 

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Parents Gearing Up for Toronto's First Zero Waste Fair

Toronto are gearing up for their first Zero Waste Fair, organisers of the event say there has been a growing interest in waste reduction over the last few years especially with the growing problem of plastic waste.  One company that is going to be there has introduced initiatives like baby car seat recycling which is the only one in Ontario.

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Recycling Roundup 23rd April

This weeks Recycling Roundup includes stories about a city in Australia is sending all of their recycling to landfill due to costs, a pensioner has been left with overflowing due to changes in bin collections in his hometown of Dundee, finally Cambridgeshire's recycling rates have been plummeting since 2015.

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Recycling Lives Given a Queen's Award

Recycling lives has won a Queen's Award for the third time, the award is the highest award that can be given to UK businesses for international trade.  This time the award was given for processing waste for businesses like John Lewis and BT and recovring metal and plastics for recycling. 

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