recycling

Recycle Devon wants Devon residents to join the ‘Donation Generation’

Devon residents are being invited to join the Donation Generation by pledging to reuse and repair clothing as much as possible and reduce the estimated 10,000 items of clothing thrown away in the UK every five minutes.

Every pledge made will be entered in a prize draw on 2 March 2020, to win one of 10 Upcycling and Repair kits.

The kits consist of handy items to help repair...

The Big Fix goes nationwide!

UK residents can find inspiration on how to breathe new life into their broken possessions at what promises to be the largest repair event of its kind ever held.

The Big Fix 2020 will see 75 repair cafes from around the UK join forces and run simultaneous events on Saturday February 15.

In an event being co-ordinated by Devon County Council, hundreds of volunteer fixers will...

Recycle Devon: Vote for your recycling hero

Communities across Devon are being called on to vote for their recycling heroes in the sixth annual Thank You Awards.

This year there have been over 30 nominations in seven different categories including Your Recycling Hero, Collection Crew/Operative and Small Business Champion.

Residents can vote for their recycling heroes online from Monday 7 January on the recycledevon.org/...

Where to recycle your real Christmas tree

Plymouth residents will once again be able to recycle their real Christmas trees and get a free bag of wood chippings.

Following the success of last year’s trial scheme, wood-chipping machines will be on a mini tour of Plymouth to dispose of Christmas trees responsibly.

You will be able to get a free bag of wood chippings for your garden made from your old tree.

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Not correctly recycling your inhaler is leaving behind a damaging carbon footprint

New research, released today, has revealed that the majority of the nation’s asthma sufferers are incorrectly disposing of their inhalers.

While most local authorities can recycle certain plastics, some inhalers contain plastics and glasses that are not readily recycled through existing kerbside arrangements.

Over half of the surveyed UK adults are simply disposing of their...

Remember to put your bins or bags out a day later this bank holiday

Residents in Plymouth are being reminded to put their recycling or waste collections out a day later this bank holiday.

Monday 29 May is a bank holiday so your bin or bag collection day will be a day later than usual.

Residents were written to by Plymouth City Council in April with information about changes to their recycling and waste collections as the Council has introduced...

Your bin collections are changing...

Letters will soon be landing on the doormats of every home in Plymouth to tell people about their new bin collection arrangements.

From 8 May the city will have an alternate weekly collection system, which means households will have their recycling – the green bins – collected by Plymouth City Council crews one week and their non-recyclable rubbish – the brown bins – the next.

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Watch your waste line this Christmas

Plymouth residents are being asked to watch their ‘waste line’ this Christmas and to do their bit to keep the city greener and cleaner.

With the count down for Christmas underway, the Council is asking people to think about what they buy ahead of the big day.

Councillor Michael Leaves, Cabinet member for Street Scene and the Environment said: “We’ve seen a big change to people’...

Making a material difference to recycling

Five clothing banks will be installed in Plymouth at locations across the city as part of a push to reuse and recycle unwanted textiles.

JMP Wilcox will be installing the banks so that people can drop off old clothing shoes and even bedlinen and curtains so that they can get a second lease of life. However, items like duvets and pillows are not suitable in these recycling banks....

Real Christmas tree collections in Plymouth

The decorations are down, folks are back to work, resolutions have been made – and broken – now all that’s left of the festive season is a tired old tree.

The Council’s Christmas tree collections start on Monday 11 January and will continue up until Thursday 21 January.

All people have to do is to put the trees out next to their bins or bags on the day their recycling is...

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