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The waste hierarchy is scale from most preferred to least preferred in terms of how to manage waste. A recent survey by Keep Britain Tidy found that most people think that ‘waste’ only comes from what we throw away; however a good way to rethink this is that waste is ultimately created from what we...
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Here are our top tips for reducing waste and recycling it correctly this Easter Reduce your waste Decorations - create an Easter tree from a few branches and decorated egg shells. Zero waste egg hunt - use baskets or bags you already have (or shop second hand). Hide decorated stones around the hous...
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Did you know that Walking aids, such as walking sticks, frames, rollators and crutches, can be safely refurbished and reused repeatedly? Once you or a family member have finished with the item you ca contact the team that supplied the item to find out how to return it. All used walking aids should ...
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Be a royal recycler this bank holiday With lots of community street parties and Coronation lunches planned to celebrate His Majesty The King’s Coronation, please also remember to reduce, reuse and recycle. We've pulled together a guide to making your party or celbrations a little more eco-friendly....
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A new county-wide campaign, Metal Matters, is being rolled out across Buckinghamshire to encourage households to recycle their food and drink cans, kitchen foil, foil containers and trays, empty aerosols and metal screw tops. With Britain using over 425,000 miles of household foil every year – enou...
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Plastic waste has become a BIG issue for people living all over the world! Nearly 100 billion pieces of plastic packaging are thrown away every year in the UK alone, and 88% of waste is not recycled. But you can help make a difference and encourage change on a much larger scale. After the success o...
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The Repair Revolution is taking over Buckinghamshire, FCC Environment’s second pop-up Repair Café was a triumph! On Saturday 12 th March skilled volunteer repairers gave their time to help fix a variety of items and share their repair know how. Items brought to the pop-up repair café included a lap...
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Dispose of household waste Your household waste must be disposed of correctly. If you’re giving it to someone else, you must make sure that they’re legally allowed to take it. You could be fined if you give your household waste to someone who is not legally allowed to take it. What to do with house...
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Lots of products now have symbols on them to tell us more about what they are made from and how we can dispose of them. This guide will help you understand what items you can recycle and which ones need to go into the bin. On-Pack Recycling labels (or OPRL) have been around a while and are on all s...
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Communities around Buckinghamshire are being invited to pop on their gloves and hi-vis vests, grab a refuse sack and litter picker and get involved with clearing up their local area as part of Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean. Now in its ninth year, the national, annual initiative is ...
https://www.recycleforbuckinghamshire.co.uk/news/join-the-bucks-great-british-spring-clean/