Recycling is a wonderful way to reduce the amount of waste going into landfill, save energy, and help the planet. There is some very nifty recycling gear out there to help you sort, squash and reuse your household waste. Here are some of my favourites. 1. The Binvention – Stylish and desirable, the Binvention is …
Freecycle: a site for trash to treasure Freecycle is a website where people give away their used possessions for free instead of putting them out at the curb. This site is truly about someone’s trash, is someone else’s treasure. Freecycle was started in 2003 in Tucson, Arizona to help reduce the waste in Tucson’s downtown …
Did you know that less than 2% of disposable household batteries are recycled? And that each household uses on average 21 batteries a year? That adds up to UK households throwing away almost 30,000 tonnes of household disposable batteries every year. But there is another option… Rechargeable batteries are available in our supermarkets, so couldn’t …
Don’t skip it! Recycle it! Whether you’re a builder, merchant or DIY enthusiast, this site will tickle your fancy. What Do I Do With This (or WDIDWT.com) can help you go green by making sure that your unused and unwanted building materials are used by someone else and don’t just end up in landfill. And …
If your old jalopy is spewing fumes and not very reliable on cold mornings, you no longer have to pay to have it scrapped before moving on to your new hybrid. Car manufacturers are being forced to pay for cars of all ages to be recycled, where previously this was only the case for cars …
If you’ve ever wondered whether there was a use for out-of-date condoms, non-clingy clingfilm or random odd gloves, you’re going to like Recycle This. Members post up questions and ideas about reusing and recycling random objects, and comments and ideas are invited from blog readers. What a jolly good idea! (via: Eco Worrier)
The latest move in the competition for the “green” pound sees Sainsbury’s supermarket replacing its current plastic carrier bags with new bags made up of 33% recycled plastic, 10% chalk and 57% new plastic. The new orange bags will be phased in starting next month and will save 6,500 tons of plastic every year. The …
Chris Carey’s Collections has officially opened a new £2million textile recycling facility in Beckenham effectively doubling its capacity for recycling, and enabling the company to secure contracts to recycle all staff uniforms for Homebase and Argos. The new facility will receive clothes from over 2000 SMEs, community groups, local authorities and charity shops, hand sort …
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Wal-Mart subsidiary Asda has stopped sending non-hazardous waste to landfill from its distribution centre in Dartford, Kent. The centre is recycling and composting all of it’s material, “down to the chicken fat in the canteen” after signing up to a zero waste to landfill target by 2010. Asda expects to reach its target within two …