Archive for May, 2009

Amid growing concerns that the UK government and local authorities up and down the country are looking to introduce recycling fines for those who do not recycle enough of their waste there is a growing debate as to whether this is the correct way forward. In a perfect example of the carrot and stick approach,… »

One of the easiest materials to recycle is paper but unfortunately millions upon millions of people around the world have not really taken this on board. There are many worrying facts about paper and the benefits lost by not recycling.
Did you know that over the average Christmas period up to 80 km of wrapping paper… »

While we are often told to recycle as much class as possible there are some rather startling and worrying statistics for many of us to consider.
Did you know that even in the high-technology world we live in today it is not known how long it takes glass to break down and disintegrate. However, what is… »

In a strategy which is becoming more and more commonplace across the world, Sony has begun a large-scale recycling program which allows customers to drop off their old Sony electronic products and rechargeable batteries at any Sony store. The company then guarantees that the products will be either recycled or disposed of in an environmentally… »

How many of us are guilty of disposing of our Starbucks coffee cup in the bin? How many of us realise that up to 3,000,000,000 Starbucks coffee cups are being wasted each year, out of a total of 200 billion paper coffee cups which are disposed of and not recycled all over the world?
The annoying… »

If there is perhaps one area of recycling which is often overlooked it is solar power, which is potentially one of the most lucrative areas of recycling in the world. The ability to harness the power of the sun and transfer this into electricity which can then be used across the UK and across the… »

The UK government’s latest attempt to help the environment and recycle more and more products has hit the buffers with news of a significant fall out between car manufacturers and car retailers with regards to the UK government’s car scrappage scheme. The scheme, which sees up to £2000 paid for those scrapping their old vehicles… »

Recycling has become something of a hot subject across the UK with governments pushing consumers to recycle more and more of their waste while many local authorities continue to cut back on waste collections. Many local authorities around the UK are only collecting rubbish once every two weeks even though they are trying to encourage… »

If there are three words which epitomise the recycling industry they are reduce, reuse and recycle which covers all angles. First all we need to reduce the amount of waste material we reproduced, we need to reuse products and materials where possible and if we are not able to reuse materials ourselves then we need… »

Recycling console games has become much easier over the last few years with the introduction of games recycling programs by the likes of Blockbuster and other well-known video and console games outlets. The opportunity to trade in your old PlayStation two, Xbox, Nintendo and Wii games for example offers the chance to offset the value… »