Exmouth residents will soon be able to recycle up to as much as 60% of their household waste for weekly collection when a new improved recycling service starts in the town from Thursday (February 16.)
East Devon District Council has extended the number of items that households can now collect to include cardboard, mixed plastics, cartons/Tetra Paks and small electrical items.
The new additions mean householders are able to recycle more, throw away less rubbish and put East Devon at the very forefront of environmental sustainability.
Householders are being urged to think of the environment over the festive period and keep recycling to ensure that Devon has a ‘green’ Christmas.
Christmas is one of the busiest times of the year for households and often recycling, and the reason it’s so important, falls to the bottom of the priority list.
But with many homes generating more waste over the period than they would usually, Recycle Devon, says it’s the ideal time to recycle everything you can.
For instance glass bottles and jars can be recycled again and again. If everyone in the UK recycled one more...
A trailblazing new service to help East Devon residents recycle more of their waste than ever before will be phased in across the district from February next year.
For the first time, the district’s 68,000 households will be able to recycle cardboard, mixed plastics and Tetra Paks which will be collected every week from the kerbside; alongside the extensive list of items residents can already recycle. The new additions mean householders are able to recycle more, throw away less rubbish and put East Devon at the very forefront of environmental sustainability.
Teignbridge District Council’s Recycling Together Rewards scheme has proven a success after encouraging local community groups and neighbourhoods to recycle more food waste.
Across the district, community groups have been encouraging local residents to sign-up and make a commitment to recycle food waste instead of using their black bin for disposal. The scheme has been hailed a great success, with a total of 48 community groups and nearly 600 residents signing-up to the initiative.
Each month bins of registered residents were randomly checked and if no food waste was found...
An Exeter-based waste management business, Devon Contract Waste, has secured a contract with Princess Yachts worth around £2.5million to manage the British luxury yacht manufacturer’s waste for the next three years.
The new contract will mean the majority of the commercial waste collected from six of Princess Yachts’ Plymouth sites – home to 2,050 staff – will be managed by Devon Contract Waste’s Zero to Landfill service which is unique in the South West. Princess Yachts is among the expanding group of businesses in the Westcountry spearheading the movement towards a cleaner county...
An Exeter resident has won £200 in a prize draw aimed at encouraging people to recycle more.
Marie Pistorius won the cash after she took her earthenware slow cooker to Pinbrook Road Recycling Centre’s shop for reuse.
The draw was one of four held in April and May aimed at inspiring more people to recycle Waste Electronic & Electrical Equipment (WEEE). Just 30 per cent of all unwanted ‘small’ electrical items in the UK are recycled.
The prizes were sponsored by the Waste Electronic & Electrical Equipment (WEEE) Industry’s Distributor Takeback Scheme.
Coastal Recycling has been awarded a ten year contract to process green waste collected from the kerbside and from Household Waste Recycling Centres on behalf of Devon County Council.
This will enable the firm to continue their award-winning composting service, converting green waste into quality compost to be used in the production of food and farming.
Starting in April 2017, the deal will see Coastal Recycling expanding to process an estimated 42,000 tonnes of organic waste, such as plants, grass and garden cuttings.
Exeter-based Devon Contract Waste, a leading provider of commercial waste management services in Devon and surrounding areas, has been shortlisted for the Resource Management Business of the Year award at this year’s National Recycling Awards. These awards recognise and highlight excellence and innovation throughout the recycling and resource management sector today.
Simon Almond, Managing Director at Devon Contract Waste commented: “We’re delighted to have reached this stage in the awards. To be recognised for driving new standards in commercial resource management with our Zero...
