March 3: Sarah disappeared after leaving friend’s home Clapham around 9pm. She leaves out of her friend’s back gate and speaks to her boyfriend on the phone for 15 minutes. March 5: Sarah’s family share missing posters of her after they become increasingly concerned that she is still not home, spreading the word online with … Read more
Tesco begins roll out of ‘soft plastic’ recycling points for bread bags, pet food pouches and crisp packets which are ignored by council collections Tesco has started putting recycling points into 171 stores in England and Wales Soft plastic is washed, sorted and processed then turned into new packaging Retailer said trial saw customers return over … Read more
How a third of our recycling is sent straight to the incinerator: Councils are ‘highly incentivised’ to send waste to rubbish-burning power plants More than third of recycling is burned rather than reused despite complex rules In Southend-on-Sea in Essex, 45 per cent of recycling is sent to an incinerator Councils are ‘highly incentivised’ to … Read more
Old mobile phones and other electronic devices could be collected as part of your recycling under new Government plan The Government is considering introducing collections for electronic waste Old mobile phones could be left on the kerbside under the new plans MPs have previously urged that online retailers should be made responsible for helping to … Read more
Recycling worker wins unfair dismissal case after being sacked for failing a drugs test while taking cannabis for his bad back Recycling worker Carl Pamment wins unfair dismissal case against employer Pamment had been taking cannabis to help deal with his severe back pain Renewi UK Services fired him claiming he posed safety risk ‘under … Read more
Helena Bonham Carter, 54, opts for a black padded jacket and a kooky navy skirt as she heads out in her slippers to drop off her recycling By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 17:54 GMT, 29 December 2020 | Updated: 18:12 GMT, 29 December 2020 She is a successful actress with a career spanning more … Read more
Fury as fly tippers dump mountains of Christmas rubbish and recycling outside UK supermarkets People in Sheffield rushed to get rid of their festive waste, angering local people Asda stores in Chapeltown, Handsworth and Parsons Cross had piles of bags Residents have branded the dumped waste mounds as ‘disgusting’ and ‘selfish’ By Amelia Wynne For … Read more
Over 60% of Britons are baffled by these nine common recycling symbols found on supermarket items – so how many do YOU know? Survey found 61 per cent of Britons do not understand basic recycling symbols Even 25 per cent of people did not know the ‘Tidy Man’ figure putting litter in bin Most were … Read more
1. MOBIUS LOOP – 78% recognise This symbol indicates a product is capable of being recycled. When a percentage is found in the middle, this explains how much of the product is made with recyclable materials. 2. TIDYMAN – 76% recognise Tidyman originates from a ‘Keep Britain Tidy’ campaign which began in 1960 and simply … Read more
Man is arrested after ‘dumping a human HEAD in a recycling bin in Spain’ – as witnesses mistook it for a Halloween joke Man spotted dumping a human head by a recycling bin in the city of Huelva Witnesses at first mistook the incident in the city of for a sick Halloween joke Man was … Read more