News Index

Re-used items on eBay - The Furniture Re-use Network has teamed up with MissionFish to sell collected items on eBay

Kitchen waste collection scrapped - Otter Rotters has been forced to stop its weekly kerbside collections in Honiton and Dunkeswell

Incineration for Oxford? - Oxfordshire County Council narrows short-list of companies competing for its residual waste treatment contract

PaperChain supports 'Recycle Week' - PaperChain has renewed its support for 2008 WRAP event

Food waste increase over Christmas - New research reveals that food wasted increases by 80 per cent during the Christmas period

Reducing battery waste - New plans from Defra to reduce the 700 million batteries that go to landfill annually

Honours for environmental services - People awarded for contributions to environmental conservation in the New Year Honours List

Furniture Now! expands training programme - Recycling charity expands training scheme to help disadvantaged people learn the skills they need

Christmas card recycling campaign - A collection target of 100 million cards has been set by Recycle Now and the Woodland Trust

Lightweight beer bottles - Five UK brewers have adopted lighter glass bottles for their beer brands

Money for London green schemes - Two million pounds in grants from London Councils to help Londoners become more environmentally friendly

Furniture re-use is win-win - New information booklet encouraging the redistribution of unwanted furniture to low-income families

Ludgate Environmental Fund investment - Further investment in Dutch environmental trading and broking company, STX Services B.V.

Reprocessing used tyres - An initiative launched by WRAP should make it easier and cheaper for the tyre industry to reprocess used tyres

Rewards for football fans who recycle - 'Talent from Trash' has helped to boost recycling levels by targeting football fans

New appointments - Frank Mulgrew appointed as WRAP Director for Scotland and Bob Pitchford made Head of Sales and Marketing at Purex International

Lowest residual waste - The people of Wye and Brook throw out the least amount of residual waste in the country