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Spookily handy top tips to reduce, reuse and recycle at Halloween
Around 18,000 tonnes of pumpkin are thrown away each year 7 million Halloween costumes thrown away every year25 Oct 2018 -
Britain recycles! Biggest Recycle Week yet hits the nation
Recycle Week 2018: 24 – 30 SeptemberRecycle Now launches its biggest and boldest Recycle Week yet – check out how to get involved and find out more about what big name brands and retailers are doing to support the campaign24 Sep 2018 -
Northern Ireland recycles food waste
Northern Ireland can shout loud and proud that "We do" recycle food waste, a massive 74% of us report that we are using our food waste recycling service.24 Sep 2018 -
China’s recent restrictions give us all more reason to improve our recycling
Recycle Now's campaign manager, Craig Stephens, explains the impact of China's recent recycling import restrictons and how you can help by recycling more of the right things!14 Feb 2018 -
UK in the dark about new life of recycled items
A quarter of UK residents (26%) don’t see the direct benefit of recycling, according to new figures launched to mark the beginning of Recycle Week (25 September – 1 October 2017).25 Sep 2017 -
Play your part in Recycle Week 2017 says DAERA
Today marks the beginning of national ‘Recycle Week’ and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is encouraging everyone in Northern Ireland to help the environment by recycling more material.25 Sep 2017 -
New Food Waste Regulations – 1st April 2017
Food waste that is sent to landfill has a big impact on the environment as it rots down and releases methane – a harmful greenhouse gas that is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide.29 Mar 2017 -
BRITAIN FAILS TO RECYCLE 16 MILLION PLASTIC BOTTLES EVERY DAY
Each year the average UK household uses 480 plastic bottles , but only recycles 270 of them - meaning nearly half (44%) are NOT put in the recycling.17 Oct 2016 -
BBC Breakfast: Talking about contamination
In case you missed it, we were asked to appear on BBC Breakfast this morning to discuss why contamination in recycling happens, and what we can all do to stop it. This follows news from the BBC that the amount of contamination has increased by an estimated 84%.23 Aug 2016