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Schools raise the flag for recycling

5 April 2012 | No comments

Gloucestershire school children have made unique Olympic themed flags from reused and recycled materials. 

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Cutting office paper waste with document scanning: If laid end to end would stretch half way to the Moon

26 March 2012 | No comments

Even in our current technology-driven offices, businesses across the country continue to use and produce documents in a paper format. We might see paper as disposable but our attitudes will have to change.

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A sustainable, on-site, eco-friendly food waste solution – a system that digests up to 180kgs of food waste to grey water in 24 hours

26 March 2012 | No comments

Traditionally, foodservice operators have sent food to landfill but this is not environmentally responsible and will become increasingly expensive.

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Making lamp recycling happen?

23 March 2012 | No comments

Over the next few years tens of millions of Gas Discharge Lamps (GDLs), including household CFLs (low-energy light bulbs), will reach end of life and need to be recycled.

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Schools expand recycling activities

20 March 2012 | No comments

Nine schools in Hartlepool have branched out into a whole new area of recycling to help protect the environment – and earn a cash bonus in the process.

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Swanage school top of the class for reducing food waste

1 March 2012 | No comments

Children at St Mary’s First School in Swanage have been crowned ‘Finish Your Food’ champions for reducing the amount of food they waste.

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Recycling gets all theatrical in Swansea schools

21 February 2012 | No comments

A touring theatre group has been praised by pupils and teachers in Swansea schools for helping young children learn all about recycling.

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Recycling day at Austrey primary school

9 February 2012 | No comments

Students bring in electrical items for recycling.

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Reducing food waste through community focussed initiatives

27 January 2012 | No comments

Many local authorities and waste partnerships have run Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW) activities over the last few years.

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Sort it Out, Share and Shout School Recycling Assembly Competition

23 January 2012 | No comments

Don’t throw away your chance to win £4,500 for your Primary or Secondary School!

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Love Food Hate Waste ‘Student MasterChef’

6 January 2012 | 1 comment

The Issue: Manchester has one of the largest student populations in Europe with around 73,000 students studying at the two universities. Manchester City Council’s Waste and Recycling Team decided

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School’s Recycling Drive Goes International

22 December 2011 | No comments

Pupils in Hartlepool have launched a new recycling initiative to help others less fortunate overseas – whilst also raising funds for their school.

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Beans means prizes for Hertfordshire students

15 December 2011 | No comments

Christmas has come early for Hertfordshire students who have won prizes including an iPad2 for recycling a can of baked beans.

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Green for Go – Borough’s Eco-Schools are Flying the Flag

8 December 2011 | No comments

Wigan Borough’s kids are painting the town…green!

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Winning e-card design highlights need to reduce festive waste

6 December 2011 | No comments

Postmen will have a little less mail to carry this Christmas thanks to the artistic efforts of local children.

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Wastebusters is a hit with city schools

6 December 2011 | No comments

Hundreds of young Wastebusters from city primary schools are busy reducing, re-using and recycling their rubbish as part of a new national campaign.

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In our haste to recycle have we forgotten how to reuse?

23 November 2011 | No comments

The news that recycling rates in England have topped 40 per cent for the first time has been greeted with some satisfaction. Councils have embraced the trend to get householders recycling more and more

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Do schools need a lesson in food waste reduction?

22 November 2011 | No comments

Anyone remembering their school days should easily be able to cast their minds back to school lunches.

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WRAP reports significant progress on waste reduction

15 November 2011 | No comments

Speaking at WRAP’s annual conference yesterday, Chief Executive Dr Liz Goodwin published results of the organisation’s work over the past three years and set out its future agenda.

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New recycling classroom opens in Swansea

3 November 2011 | No comments

School children will be learning to produce their own recycled paper in a newly-created recycling classroom facility in the city.

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