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Over the Christmas period our waste goes up 30% more, with all the drinks and food that is consumed we generate a lot more waste which instead can be recycled, rather than fill up your general waste with old batteries and food scraps, put them to good use.

The Eco Schools Scheme is this weeks green champions, an organisation to help teach children how to care for their environment and how living in a cleaner community can help benefit everyone.

We take a different approach to our usual articles from around the world and take a closer look at the home nations.  Scotland has a poor current rate of sending waste to landfill and they have a target of only 5% going to landfill by 2025, with Edinburgh's zero waste project in action it could be well in their reach.  

Everybody has New Years Resolution's that they swear they are going to stick by, the usual quit smoking and drinking resolution appears most, but have you ever thought to change the way you dispose of your items at home, a slight change in your behaviour at home could have a benefit on the environment over the long run.  

This week we take a look at how recycling takes place in England, of course this can vary depending on what county you live in, but the majoity follow the same pattern.  Englands rates are dropping and we are not on course to hit our target by 2020, this can be caused by quite a few factors, some of which are explained below.

The workplace generates tonnes of recycling over the year, whether it be the sheer volume of paper being used, ink cartridges or the usual office supplies, these simple tips could help prevent any unnecessary waste heading into landfill.

Everyone has clothes congregating at the back of their wardrobe due to them being out of style or the wrong size, so when you have a clearout what do you do with your clothes.  Hopefully not dispose of them in your bin but recycle them in various different ways 

With Wales' landfill space being full within the next 8 years there is no wonder they are the home nations highest recyclers, they have set themselves an ambitious target of being waste free by 2050 which they are well on their way to achieving.  We take a look at how they are so successful and the rest of the home nations should follow their lead in priortising recycling.