New regulations for recycling in the UK are being called for by the Local Government Association (LGA) after an ITV programme exposed that locally-collected waste meant for recycling was being dumped in rural India. The LGA is demanding a system that is transparent and accountable, encouraging residents to continue recycling efforts. All council leaders in both England and Wales have received letters from the association stressing the necessity of providing residents with reliable information about the sale of recycled materials. The ITV programme tracked down mail – that had been recycled - originally sent to residents of Leicestershire County Council and Tendring, Wellingborough ... Full Story

This month, households in Corby have been re-introduced to a glass recycling scheme. It will be the first time in over a year since the previous scheme was closed and residents were forced to separate the glass for other recycling measures. Previously, residents could place their glass into their yellow boxes but the system was replaced by a three bin scheme which left no place for glass. Now, residents can put glass jars and bottles into brown bins to be taken up via kerbside collection. No longer will people have to separate their glass for recycling. Starting September 1 plastic items such ... Full Story

The Evening Chronicle just released a question and answer-type article regarding the reduction of allowable items in the Tynedale area. Local resident Dougie Moffat wrote into Go Green to question his area's recycling practices. "You give lots of praise to councils and people who are improving recycling," wrote Moffat. "We used to recycle about 80% but we are now down to 45-50%, since Tynedale Council decided it didn't want plastic, foil or cardboard put in the recycling bins. We always washed our foil out and put in all plastic with ‘recycle' on the bottom, but now they don't want it - why?" In ... Full Story

There is a tremendous amount of information published about recycling e-waste, including computers, laptops, notebooks, monitors, and more. However, many individuals and organisations are overlooking another alternative - reusing unwanted electronics. Used computers can be a godsend to charitable organisations or educational facilities that simply do not have the budget to invest in new equipment. Reusing also saves costs when it comes to the recycling process since virtually no work has to be done to repurpose old electronics. Naturally, before donating used electronics, donators should test equipment to make sure it is in good working order. Hard drives should also ... Full Story

Cardiff council is on the verge of becoming a pioneer in the area of food waste collection in the UK. The move seems particularly brave since Cardiff has chosen not to trial the new scheme before putting the plan into action. The plan seems even more significant because the council is prepared to build In-Vessel Composting (IVC) facility to handle the organic waste that will be collected from 140,000 homes beginning in October. The council doesn't plan to stop there. Cardiff is also planning to build Household Waste Recycling Centres to assist in the recycling of organic materials. Although the new campaign ... Full Story

Canada has been in the news a lot lately in regards to recycling electronic waste. There have been questions from places other than Toronto, however. The City of Ottawa has been addressing issues of another sort, such as where a resident can dispose of old tires, paint cans, and car batteries. While many facilities are equipped to accept simple recycling jobs, not many can handle the big or unusual requests. The City of Ottawa has addressed that problem with the Take It Back! Programme. The scheme includes 540 partners who will "take back" over 100 products - including everything from planting ... Full Story

It won't be long before children are being sent back to school. Naturally with school comes education, and an abundance of fund-raising schemes. Many people are curious about what kind of fund-raising schemes they can use in order to raise much-needed funds for their schools. Recycling schemes are the perfect answer. Many schools already offer recycling programmes for staff and children. However, the children may take recycling efforts out into the community to earn funds. There are a large number of items that can be recycled from ink cartridges, mobile phones, old computers, paper, CD/DVD, plastic, and cardboard. While the kids ... Full Story

Mobile phones are likely to contain toxic chemicals that are especially dangerous when tossed into landfill. Current estimates show that almost 90 million old handsets are taking root in overcrowded cupboards all across the UK. For that reason, The Mobile Phone Repair Company has launched an innovative new online recycling scheme. MPRC, owned by 20:20 Mobile, offers a recycling plan that is a little bit different. Unlike many sites and stores, MPRC is offering to recycle non-functioning mobile phones in order to recover their valuable metals and plastics. The process is performed in an environmentally responsible manner and complies with current ... Full Story

America celebrates its birthday today and there are some who feel that it's a good time to remind the world we should be focused toward preserving what resources we have while being responsible about recycling every day items such as computers, phones, paper, and other items. There are ways in which we can all save energy and most of them don't require a lot of effort. Here are some examples: 1.) Curb air conditioner use. It's a common fact that air conditioners can suck up a lot of energy whether it's through electricity or fuel. No one is suggesting that you sweat ... 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

At a time when carbon emissions and global warming issues draw American concern, Dallas residents are eagerly trying to establish green status. The Texan metropolis started with a recycling program. And most of the time, it seems, they are good at it. The huge amount of recycled matter has even doubled since Dallas started its blue curbside cart program about 18 months ago. The city’s contamination rate – the percentage of garbage that isn’t recyclable but deposited in trash cans anyway – is 50 percent of Fort Worth's. The city collects three times more Coors cans, Honey Nut Cheerios boxes, peanut butter ... 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