It is often said that children are our future. Therefore, it makes perfect sense that Manx Telecom would join together with the Department of Education and the Department of Local Government and the Environment to place mobile phone recycling bins into schools across the Isle of Man. Kids tend to know the most about phones and other electronic gadgets, so it's a wise move to involve them in recycling and conservation efforts. The bins will be on site at various schools around the Island, encouraging students to place old or broken phones and their chargers in the bin for reuse or ... Full Story

Few people take nutrition as seriously as Tamina Carver, Manager of Nutrition Services at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff, California. Carver is well known for being passionate about two things: serving fresh, heart-healthy food in the hospital's Café Raymond, and creative recycling and conservation. You might say that Carver serves both the hospital and Mother Earth, and does so with great gusto. On an average day, Carver and her team serve approximately 180 people inside the café, make meals for about 32 patients, and cater for hospital meetings and events. Carver's dedication to health goes beyond the food. She sits ... Full Story

Despite a report that states the sightings of vermin in AWC areas have increased by as much as 23% since 2005, Waste minister Joan Ruddock has dismissed claims that fortnightly waste collections are linked to vermin. The Esure Home Insurance study, published July 3, claims that since the fortnightly collections scheme was introduced, residents have seen a 23% increase in squirrels, a 17% increase in mice, a 39% increase in wasps, and a 12% increase in rats. In what seemed to be an obvious correlation, many of the 1,000 people surveyed blamed the collections scheme and 52% said they were "angered by ... Full Story

Many people misunderstand that placing old computers and other recyclable electronics at the curb doesn't mean they're slated for recycling. In fact, that's the surest way for them to end up in a landfill. A Wisconsin county is trying to put an end to the waste. Jeff Gloyd, Manager of the county's Household Hazardous Waste Program, said: "While it's not illegal for residents to place electronics at the curb for pick up, those will be buried in the county landfill. That means some hazardous materials, such as mercury, cadmium and lead, have the potential to pollute the ground," he said. "It ... Full Story

Meath County Council has taken action to stop "substantial abuse" of domestic/household use recycling centres by commercial businesses. A new payment schedule for green waste will increase change the current charges for large trailers. New charges for green waste will now be: cars and single-axle trailers €2; car with a double-axle trailer €20; commercial vehicles under two tonnes €50: and commercial vehicles from two/five tonnes €100. Vehicles over five tonnes will not be accepted. Meath County Council spokesman Bill Sweeney claims that under the old system there had been the opportunity to abuse the recycling centre system because a charge of €2 ... Full Story

Cylch, a Wales Community Recycling Network, has come forward to criticise Carmarthenshire County Council's decision to change from source-separated kerbside collections to a commingled system. The change may not be pleasing to the residents of Carmarthenshire since the commingled system is not the cheapest option. Last week the Welsh local authority announced that it had launched a blue bag commingled collection service to replace its previous system of source-separated kerbside collection. The change was made in an attempt to raise its 25% recycling rate. Mal Williams, Chief Executive of Cylch, protests that the change will do little to increase recycling program participation ... Full Story

Recycling week is coming up and three District Councils are teaming up in order to promote the event in the biggest way possible. West Wiltshire District Council, Kennet District Council and Wiltshire County Council will be working together to promote Recycling Week, which takes place from June 2nd to June 9th. Together, they are hoping to push citizens to take extra steps to recycle just a little bit more in order to prevent waste being sent to landfills and save resources. One of the big themes this year is shopping SMART which means Save Money And Reduce Trash. Shopping SMART includes using less ... Full Story

The council of Wirral has beaten all other councils in Merseyside to rise to the top in the local authorities recycling table. Statistics reveal that in Wirral, close to thirty two per cent of the household waste underwent recycling between April and December in 2007. This positioned the borough at the top of the league beating four other local authorities. The increase in the rate of recycling is attributed to the introduction of grey recycling bins and an alternate weekly collection after the borough signed a new waste contract with Biffa. In the previous year only thirteen and a half per cent ... Full Story

A new waste management plan has been unveiled in Montreal with the intention of reducing the amount of waste that ends up in landfill sites every year. Gerald Tremblay, the mayor of Montreal disclosed at a press conference that the plan would cost two hundred million dollars and would take a decade to implement. There would be over forty measures in the plan all intended to help lower the amount of waste generated and raise the rate of recycling. One of the measures to be taken include the building of more composting plants as well as raising the collection of organic waste. ... Full Story

A new inspiration to recycle has just moved into the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham. Thousands of soda cans have been used to recreate the iconic city statue in an effort to encourage more local people to recycle. The aluminium replica of the famous bull is located next to the bronze original where it will be seen by thousands of shoppers every day. It is one of several sculptures which were unveiled as part of Recycling Week. Pamina Stewart is the local artist responsible for the creation. She said at the end of the week, the statue could be entirely recycled. She said: ... Full Story

In Gloucestershire, children were invited to participate in recycling week activities designed to promote more recycling. Students at Longlevens Junior School used green recycling boxes in order to recreate the recycling e swoosh and launch recycling week in their community. A spokesman from the Gloucestershire County Council, said: "Some items are recycled more than others. Only around 30% of clear glass containers are recycled compared to 60% for green and brown glass." Since the theme of recycling week was recycling “just one more thing”, the week tried to highlight some of the results of recycling in the past. For example, 25 plastic ... Full Story

Haringey Council is working to cut their area’s landfill waste drastically and as a result, they are offering a full mixed recycling service to more than 20,000 homes in Haringey.  The council is hoping to be able to provide the full recycling service to over 70,000 households by the end of June. Previously, most houses in the borough were able to recycle paper, cans and glass. Now residents can add plastic bottles and cardboard to the contents of their green box. In addition, every week, they will be able to have their food and garden waste collected. The new service is designed ... Full Story