Many councils in Wales, either already have, or are planning to cut rubbish collections to once every 2 weeks rather than a weekly collection. This is to encourage recycling, with only one wheelie bin being emptied every fortnight but 2 recycling boxes emptied every week. The local authorities have certain recycling targets to meet or they will be faced with fines. By 2007, 25% of all ...

People in the UK may be unfamiliar with this concept and the idea of a 'bottlebill'. A bottlebill is a law which requires retailers to take a deposit for beer or soft drink bottles which is then refunded when the empties are returned to encourage a high rate of recycling. The idea started back in the 50's and was aimed at reducing costs for companies by producing less bottles ...

A massive 10,000 computers were recycled during 2005 by Gloucestershire based waste recycling company, Engelhard. The company collect old IT equipment from companies, including computer towers, monitors, fax machines, calculators and telephones which are then taken apart and recycled as seperate materials such as steel, copper and precious metals. Engelhard work with local cour...

A man from North Finchley accidently threw out some important documents with his recycling which included his car registration documents, MOT certificate and insurance documents. They were collected before he realised but got to ECT Recycling just in time the same day and the documents were retrieved and returned to the very grateful owner the next day. ...

Ordinary household batteries don't contain harmful materials so can be thrown away with daily rubbish but rechargable batteries and single use batteries often contain harmful metals, so cannot be thrown away with daily rubbish. Some companies will have to dispose of batteries on a regular basis and services like the one just recently set up by Manchester based, Mercury Recycling will b...