Blackburn has joined forces with Darwen Council have asked residents to take part in a festive competition which will give them a chance to win cash prizes but will also help educate residents in recycling.
Due to the announcement of lockdown number 2 - the recycling challenge for this month would be to aim to reduce the amount of food waste that is generated and this article helps to try and offer solutions
Ikea are launching a furniture buy back scheme, customers can now return their old Ikea furniture for a voucher for up to 50% of the original selling value to be used in store against new furniture
Network Rail are just about to launch a new campaign for coffee cup recycling in their stations, during the pandemic the amout of users reduced but now customers are on the rise making this a perfect time for this initiave to be launched
Ever since lockdown there has been an increase in the sales of electronics and to prove this a e-waste recycling centre in Ireland has had its busiest month in 15 years
In the news this week, L'Oreal are looking at launching their very own Make Up Recycling Scheme, the beauty industry alone creates 120 billion units of packaging globally each year.
The top headlines from this week all centre around dissatisfaction with waste in and around local areas, accompanied by a large number of key statistics that are quite shocking and thought-provoking to read through.