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Birmingham Recycling Target Risen

Birmingham accepts the challenge of 35% recycling target. Birmingham City Council has decided to keep the 35% recycling target for the next year after talk it would be lowered to 30%. The council’s cabinet member for sustainability stated that the lower target was a recommended goal within the 2014/15 report on performance monitoring and was only that low due to a ‘technical error’. The suggested lowering of the target called in to question the green credentials of the council and a verbal amendment to the report was made in order to clarify that the council had no intention of lowering… Read more

14th August 2015 0

Circular Economy: EU Recycling

The UK has scrapped the idea of Europe setting new targets for recycling regardless of the warnings from the EU’s environment commissioner that the measures won’t be up for negotiation. Targets for household waste recycling are expected to be discussed in an upcoming EU ‘circular economy’ package despite the UK believing that any new targets should be put on hold. The UK reportedly would like a greater emphasis on other measures like voluntary agreements with industry and incentives to reward positive behavioural changes. Per year the UK scraps seven million tonnes of food, with several millions more tonnes of electrical… Read more

9th July 2015 0

What happens to our recycling?

For most of us it’s a little bit of a mystery. We’re told to recycle and that it’s good for our environment – so we just do it. We clean all our jars, glasses and plastics put them in our boxes, wheelie bin or recycling bags and leave them to be collected. We have seen the facts and figures about how recycling has helped the environment, and we know of the EU 50% recycling target that the UK needs to meet in 2020, but still the recycling process remains a little in the dark. What happens to our papers, bottles… Read more

22nd June 2015 0

Neighbourhood Recycling Watch

Neighbourhood Recycling Watch: In Adelaide, Australia there are many things to be feared; venomous spiders, dangerous snakes and now… the dreaded sad face sticker. Councils across Adelaide are despatching inspectors to brand people’s wheelie bins and those who are found with incorrect rubbish in bins will be tarnished with a sad faced sticker. Recycling Police – Why? The council believe that by alerting residents to their mistakes it will educate them better. The aim of the scheme is not to embarrass or punish anyone, but to teach residents about which waste is recyclable and which is organic. The stickers started appearing this… Read more

10th June 2015 0