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Costa To Recycle Competitor Paper Coffee Cups
8 February, 2017
Costa has launched its nationwide cup recycling scheme, which promises to recycle “any cup” – even from competitors – following a successful trial. The coffee chain will also launch a number of new initiatives in the first quarter of 2017. Aiming to increase the number of takeaway cups recovered and recycled across the country, customers […]
Blue Peter badges to be made from yoghurt pots
2 February, 2017
BBC children’s show Blue Peter has announced that its famous badges will be going green, being made from old yoghurt pots. The programme, which since 1967 has shown kids how to craft things out of old toilet roll tubes and other household waste, will launch two of the new recycled Blue Peter badges this month, with all […]
UK ranked tenth in 2015 European recycling table
30 January, 2017
The United Kingdom and Italy tied for tenth place as the top-ranked municipal waste recyclers in Europe during 2015, figures published today by the European Union’s statistics body Eurostat today (30 January) suggest. According to the figures, which are submitted on behalf of the EU’s 27 member states, as well as other European nations including […]
Defra reports a drop in UK recycling rates for first time
9 January, 2017
Recent figures published by Defra show a fall in recycling rate for the first time since recording began in 2010. The combined recycling and composting rate for waste from households stood at 44.3% in 2015. In 2014 the rate was 44.9%. Although there was a drop in the rate from the previous year, the figure […]
One in 10 unwanted Christmas gifts ends up in landfill, says survey
3 January, 2017
Figures unveiled by Ziffit.com (a website and app that enables people to sell unwanted books, CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays and games for cash) are reported to show UK households are set to clear out 66 million bin-bags worth of stuff – and that’s just in preparation for the holiday season. The new research released by Ziffit.com […]