Recycling

Community Clear Up Day: Litter Picking

The Big Tidy Up – Community Clear Up Day is back and bigger than ever! This Saturday (21st March) is officially the first day of Spring and that is definitely something worth celebrating. Communities around the country are organising ‘Clear Up’ days on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st. What is a Community Clear Up Day? I hear you ask. Well, this is a national spring clean movement backed by the Government who’s aim is to spruce up the country’s high streets, parks, villages and other residential areas etc. Want to get involved? The first 300 community groups including schools, uniformed… Read more

16th March 2015 0

Do you recycle in the workplace?

Recycling in the workplace is still a relatively new thing. Whilst many of us know that we should be doing more to recycle, sometimes having the time to implement a recycling scheme can make us put it off. At Direct2U we have started to implement a recycling scheme in our workplace, but this got us thinking about what else we could do to make our office a greener environment. Before you implement a recycling scheme there are a few things to do first: Conduct a waste survey – see what types of recyclables you are throwing away so that you… Read more

18th February 2015 2

Waste Wednesday 2: Hazardous Waste

Welcome back to ‘Waste Wednesday’ – this weeks post will be covering the basics of defining hazardous waste and hazardous waste disposal. There is a whole world of information out there on the world wide web so we’ve attempted to take the best bits and break it down to a more digestible post. Environmental Permitting for Waste Waste recovery and disposal requires a permit under EU legislation with the main aim of preventing harm to human health and the environment. The legislation regarding this also allows member states to provide for exemptions from the need for a permit, providing general… Read more

21st January 2015 0

Waste Wednesday: What is Household/ Industrial Waste?

Welcome to ‘Waste Wednesday’ – a new feature here on the Wheelie Bins Direct2U blog. For the next three weeks we will be covering the essentials of waste from household waste to industrial waste. The first post will be covering the basics of legislation. Industrial waste and household waste: In the UK there are many types of Waste legislation and regulations and it can be really confusing. Here is our breakdown of types of waste for businesses and organisations including how waste management and disposal is regulated and what they have to do to comply. “The directive requires all member… Read more

14th January 2015 0