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Recycling Roundup 12th November

November 21, 2018

This weeks Recycling Roundup includes stories about Hartlepools new recycling facility is set to create 50 new jobs, a facility in North Finchley can no longer accept any plastics due...

Recycling Roundup 29th October

October 29, 2018

This weeks Recycling Roundup features stories including East Suffolk county council are no longer accepting plastic bags and plastic food film as part of their collection, Coventry council have taken...

Recycling Roundup 15th October

October 25, 2018

This weeks Recycling Roundup includes stories about environment bosses in Leeds have launched a campaign to get more people to recycle in the city centre, students in Cheltenham are becoming...

Recycling Roundup 24th September

October 01, 2018

This weeks Recycling Roundup includes stories of a keen 5 year old recycling campaigner is the new star of a Wigan council recycling campaign, the plastics charity Recoup the consfusion...

Recycling Roundup 10th September

September 10, 2018

This weeks Recycling Roundup features stories including a new scheme in Australia to encourage people to recycle properly, recycling centres in Gloucestershire are set to reduce their opening hours and...

Recycling Roundup 27th August

August 29, 2018

This weeks Recycling Roundup features stories include a new fully operational recycling plant which has now opened in WestLothian, recycling collections have been affected in North Somerset due to refuse...

Recycling Roundup 13th August

August 14, 2018

This weeks Recycling Roundup includes stories about Wigan's recycling rates increasing, a bomb squad being called to a recycling centre in Manchester and finally a three weekly rubbish collection may...

Recycling Roundup 30th July

July 30, 2018

This weeks Recycling Roundup include official figures provided by Defra say that the UK has exceeded its packaging recycling target, a village in South Wales have taking their concerns about...

Recycling Roundup 16th July

July 18, 2018

This weeks Recycling roundup features stories including discarded laughing gas canisters being littered in areas despite the fact they can be recycled for money, Wirrall council have told residents they...

Recycling Roundup 2nd July

July 02, 2018

This weeks Recycling Roundup feature stories including Morrisons annoucing new measures in which to help reduce plastic pollution, Veolia opening what they say is Europes first solar panel recycling facility,...

Waste management strategies for festive events

November 02, 2025

When the Christmas lights are switched on and festive markets are springing up all over the UK, it makes for a magical atmosphere. But behind the mulled wine and the...

Laughing Gas Canisters: What you can do when you find them and how to recycle them

March 11, 2024

Discarded laughing gas canisters are becoming an increasingly familiar sight on our pavements and in our parks. These small steel bottles contain nitrous oxide or ‘laughing gas’, which has become...

Tap into behavioural science to boost your business recycling

January 07, 2026

There are plenty of reasons for businesses to introduce a recycling programme. It cuts waste management costs, positions companies as sustainably-minded, and can make them the business of choice for...