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The strap line of Jodi Picoult’s book Small Great Things “There is a fire raging, and we have two choices: we can turn our backs, or we could try to fight it " could easily be adopted by the fight against climate change. Dr Martin Luther King Jr quoted “If I cannot do great things, I can do small t...
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A big thank you for High Heavens recycling crew Local charity Seerah Today has thanked the staff at the High Heavens Household Waste and Recycling Centre as part of the national Thank You Day initiative designed to ensure everyone who deserves a thank you gets one! ‘As part of Thank You Day, Seerah...
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Household bin collections Homes across the County have regular collections of recycling, garden waste, food waste and general waste. There are also collections for clinical waste, bulky waste and more. Visit the bin collections page at Buckinghamshire Council for more information, by clicking here....
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What to do with Electrical items There is around £17 billion worth of old or unwanted electricals in UK homes. Many of these items can be repaired , donated or sold , but all electrical items can be recycled . In fact, if we recycled our old electricals it would cut as much CO2 as taking 1.3 millio...
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My name is Drew, a young female adult who works as an Apprentice Waste Prevention Officer for the Council. I have been in this job role now for four months and almost immediately began thinking about waste I generate and how to reduce it. Before working here, I had no major concern for the waste I ...
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Often, the items we no longer want or need can be passed on to someone else and have a continuing useful life instead of becoming waste. Get started today with: Freegle the online sharing platform; LoveJunk (marketplace or to find a licensed waste carrier) or Bucks Zero Waste map Save money - Buyin...
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Did you know around a third of waste thrown away in the rubbish bin in Buckinghamshire is food waste? Not only does this cost local taxpayers over £600,000 per year in disposal costs, but damages the environment too! More and more people in Buckinghamshire are using the weekly food recycling servic...
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Often, the items we no longer want or need can be passed on to someone else and have a continuing useful life instead of becoming waste. Get started today with: Freegle the online sharing platform; LoveJunk (marketplace or to find a licensed waste carrier) or Bucks Zero Waste map Save money - Buyin...
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There is a repair revolution gathering pace in Buckinghamshire and we are encouraging more people to take part and maybe even start their own in their local area. Repair Cafes are meeting places where people can repair things (together) and the idea is spreading. Visitors bring their broken items f...
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In the UK, households are producing almost 30 million tonnes of waste every year and many would agree that globally we are drowning in waste, generating it at a rate we cannot cope with. Whilst recycling items is better than putting them in the bin, we need to focus more on generating less in the f...
https://www.recycleforbuckinghamshire.co.uk/waste_reduction/