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#charityTuesday

As its #charityTuesday we thought there was no better time than today to take the opportunity to tell you about the difference that you, as our customer, have made. Since 1st January 2014 we have been raising money for Promise Dreams. A local charity based in Wolverhampton which makes the dreams of terminally and seriously ill children across the UK come true. We made a promise that for every order you placed through our wheelie bin website we would donate £1 to Promise Dreams. It may not sound like very much to some, but those £1 donations have quickly added… Read more

28th April 2015 0

Birmingham has wheelie bin success

Wheelie bin roll out

Since the controversial wheelie bin programme, which saw 22,000 wheelie bins rolled out across Birmingham, there has been a huge increase in recycling rates across the city. Recent figures show that there has been an impressive 18.5% increase in recycling over the last year. Ladywood, Aston, Winson Green and Nechells were some of the first areas to receive their wheelie bins, now almost a year ago. Since then Bin Men have reported that they now collect more plastics, glass, tins and paper than they used to. And the statistics are there to back up these claims. Birmingham Council’s figures comparing… Read more

20th April 2015 0

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

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