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How to Recycle More at Christmas

What can you do more when it comes to recycling at christmas?  We have crafted some handy tips on how to recycle certain things at christmas, from old christmas cards to the leftover turkey.  

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Household Waste Recycling Increases in England

The household recycling rate in England has rised in just above 45% for 2016/17 after dropping last year, this is partly down to the increase in the use of energy from waste facilities and separate food waste collections.  This is generally the creation of energy from waste that we throw away just by using combustion ot produce heat, steam or electricity, this includes fuels like methane and ethanol.  

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Tetra Pak's Drive for Sustainability

In terms of packaging, Tetra Pak is one of the most recognisable, since 1951 the company has strived to provide safe and high quality packaging, but they have also seen a need to move with the times.  In 2010 they have set a target of 40% by 2020, to which they have already reached 25%.  

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Malta is Europe's Worst Recycler

Malta is Europe's worst recycler, only 6.7% of all waste in malta  despite there being a push towards better waste management, to put it in context the average in Europe is 45%.  The Environment Minister said that recycling would become compulsory under new waste legislation that is currently being drafted.  

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Belgium is Streets Ahead When it Comes to Recycling

According to latest statistics, Belgium is one of the mos prolific recyclers in Europe with a whopping 81% compared to the average of 65% and this is mainly down to stringent waste regulations, sorting of waste is compulsory which makes the recycling element easier.  

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Leeds Council Considers Its Options Over Falling Recycling Rates

Leeds council are reviewing the city's recycling strategy after the recycling rates in the city plummeted.  After reaching 44% in the last decade, the rates dropped to 38% in the last 2 years and it now looks like they are going to fail with the national target of 50% by 2020.  

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Isle of Wight Council Urge Residents to Recycle their Food Waste

The Isle of Wight Council has joined forces with a Amey to encourage people to make good use of their food recycling.  Figures now show that UK households throw 7.3 million tonnes of food every year.  The council say that they think residents don't realise how much of a difference they can make by recycling their food waste.  

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Coca Cola Introduces Plans for a More Sustainable Packaging Strategy

Coca Cola has plans to unveil a new strategy to reduce packaging waste in Western Europe, they set out a sustainability action plan with a number of targets to included the recycled plastic contentof its PET bottles to 50% by 2025 and work towards making 100% of their packaging recyclable or resusable, this is called the 'This is Forward' campaign.  

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Why Not Try Buying Nothing for a Day

The 24th November is 'Buy Nothing Day', this is basically a protest against consumerism behind our throwaway society.  Founded in 1992 it is traditionally celebrated on black friday in the UK and aims to focus is to curb spending habits on this day but to also create less waste.  

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New Waste Collection Sparks an Increase in Northern Ireland's Recycling Rate

Northern Ireland is now at a record low of sending waste to landfill, as well as an increase of 3.6% to 50% for recycling rates, these are the first set of figures published since new regulations on separate food waste which came into force in April.  Despite a very simple change it has made a significant increase in recycling for the region.  

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