Manchester's recycling rate has increased in the last year by 8% through the introduction of the new 'slim bins.' The residents received new 140 litre wheelie bins to replace their old 240 litre. The council are saying that not only has this increased the recycling rate but also created a saving of almost £2.4 million.
Nappies, incontinence pads and sanitary products are a major player in what ends up in landfill, over 1 million tonnes in the UK alone are produced each year, but now scientists in Aberystwyth have provided a solution which may stop all this ending up in landfill.
Our last visit to the home nations focuses on Northern Ireland and their battle of stopping waste ending up in landfill, a programme launched by the Department of Environment In Northern Ireland called the Rethink Waste Programme to help sectors of society.
We think recycling is just an everyday chore , but do people think of the benefits of recycling your items, recycling paper saves trees is the obvious one but when it comes to plastic and glass the energy saved can save wildlife and carbon emmissions. So it would be benficial in the long term if everything that can be recycled is.
Sky have had great success with their campaigns in recent times, for example the rainforest campaign managed to save 1 billion trees in Brazil, and now they are turning their attention to the problem with plastic in the ocean. It is not impossible to reduce this, we can all start by recycling the plastic bottles we use.
With the January almost at an end, everyone has been paid and now people are looking at booking their holidays, with campsites and staycations becoming more and more popular, litter is increasing at hiking trails and areas of beauty. Our blog covers a few tips on how to reduce the amount of waste you produce when going away.
Introducing our brand new series of recycling blogs, we are going through an A-Z of countries and seeing how they recycle in that country, starting with A we look at Australia. We look at how it started and how they have had to change their methods in light of global warming and other influences. +
You should always look to recycle products which can be recycled but to have a successful scheme in your home in place you need the correct bins, our top 4 bins would make a great start for the home or the office.
Recycling is in the news on a daily occurance in many different capacities, this series' takes a look at what news has made the headlines this week from around the world, from Starbucks lauching a new coffee cup recycling scheme to a rocket launcher being found at a recycling centre.
People often do not know what can and cannot be recycled, it is in fact the law not to recycle items which aren't supposed to be recycled, there are certain guidelines in operation to help businesses correctly dispose of their waste and the amount of waste that is generated.