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We can offer visits for schools and community groups to local waste facilities to understand where your waste goes. We can also come to your school or community group to run activities, deliver talks or attend events to promote waste reduction and interesting information about the waste and recy...
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Your food is at its best when it’s on your plate, ready to be enjoyed. It’s perfect in your fridge, ready to be used, or stored in the freezer for another time. Most of us still end up with some food waste however, including the things you can never eat like bones or coffee grounds. Why recycle foo...
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Lots of food items we buy everyday are packaged in plastic. Most of us in Buckinghamshire recycle our plastic pots, tubs and trays at home but some are still being thrown away. So we want to encourage people to recycle these items. It’s so easy Remove the plastic film, absorbent pad, top or lid and...
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Great news! More and more people are recycling plastic bags and wrapping like crisp packets and bread bags at supermarkets across Buckinghamshire. It doesn’t matter where you bought them. Just pop them into the recycling units in store and they’ll do the rest. Plastic bag and wrappers recycling is ...
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Tackling waste starts today - in your home and business. During Zero Waste Week people across the UK are being challenged to reduce the amount of stuff they throw away. Zero Waste Week will ask people to think twice before throwing anything in the bin, to help save money, protect the environment, a...
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Reducing food waste and empowering communities A Community Fridge is a social space that brings people together to eat, connect, learn new skills and reduce food waste. It can be accessed by anyone and everyone who wants to share food, volunteer or get involved with other food, environment or relat...
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Upcycling is taking an existing item and repurposing or redesigning it – in short it is saving an item from the rubbish or recycling. It could be as easy as taking a tin can and making it into a plant pot to as elaborate as redecorating a piece of furniture. Upcycling is not only good for the plane...
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You cannot fail to miss the growing popularity of upcycling furniture. You may have considered it for yourself but are unsure where to start with designing a new look for your chest of drawers, desk or bedside cabinet. Knowing where to look for ideas may just give you enough encouragement to pick u...
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Upcycling furniture can be as big or as small as you like. The budget is normally small, but the results can be huge. With ambition, confidence, and know-how, you can make almost anything new again. Small Items To give a pineapple decanter the sparkly wow factor, spray it gold using spray paint for...
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So, you fancy joining in with the burgeoning boom of furniture upcycling? Great! Upcycling furniture has so many positives: It has a near-neutral carbon footprint. It does not add to the timber shortage, needs very little materials, and requires minimal transportation. Old pieces of furniture are o...
http://www.recycleforbuckinghamshire.co.uk/upcycling/upcycling-get-started/