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How To Recycle Used Gas Canisters
Many householders in the UK have the luxury of gas supplied through a mains pipe, and receive a monthly bill. For those who don't, gas must be bought in cont...
Recycling Symbols Explained
In this time of recycling with the emphasis on recycling waste rather than simply dumping it, it is worth having an understanding of what the symbols on the...
Rules Governing Use of Recycling Logo
When we buy a product or item from a supermarket or department store a great many of us fail to even take into consideration the nature of how such an item s...
How Waste is Sorted
We’ve all got pretty used to sorting our own waste out into the right piles for recycling, but have you ever wondered what happens to it once you’ve put...
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Cleaning Up Recycled Water With Reeds: Case Study
Water may be the world’s most endlessly recycled material, but when it comes to turning wastewater into something clean and wholesome enough to be returned...
Questionnaire: Do You Speak the Language of Recycling?
Everyone’s talking about recycling, but how much of what we hear do we understand? Sometimes you’d be forgiven for thinking you’re listening to a forei...
Power from Sewage in Wales: Case Study
Power from poo – it’s an interesting, if slightly unsavoury, thought, and the water industry has been making it a reality for decades on a fairly small s...
The Thermal Recycling Controversy
The idea of getting energy from waste has a long history, and at different times and in different parts of the world, a variety of methods have been tried. T...
Questionniare: Is Yours a Top Recycling Household?
People can get awfully competitive over the things they do, and for some of us, recycling is no exception. Comparing our personal ‘diversion rate’ may no...
Turning Italian Rubbish Into Energy: Case Study
One of the most attractive features of anaerobic digestion (AD) is its potential to turn waste with a significantly high organic content into methane-rich bi...
Turning Seashore Rubbish Into Knitted Art: Case Study
For most people, the assorted flotsam and jetsam discarded by everything from cruise ships to fishing boats, coupled with the scattered remains of more munda...
Questionnaire: What Sort of Recycler Are You?
These days, we all recycle, but we all do it for different reasons, whether that’s a desire to be sustainable, conserve the environment, reduce the amount...
Are Plastic Bags Always a Bad Thing?
There’s probably no single item that has become quite such an iconic emblem of our throw-away culture as the plastic bag. Whether it’s images of them flo...
CSI Dustbin: The World of Forensic Waste
It’s no accident that archaeologists love old rubbish dumps. Excavating ancient tips can reveal a great deal about the lives of the people who used them, a...
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