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French Start-ups Reward Residents for Recycling

A French start up company called Terradona offers free gifts to people who sort their waste correctly, they have developed a smart box called Cliiink which attaches to the bin and gives them points when they put an item in the correct recycling bin which they then can redeem in various shops.  

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Dorset Residents Are Encouraged to Recycle Their Coffee Cups

Dorset residents are being encouraged to recycle their empty coffee cups as well as food and drinks cartons at the designated recycling banks across the county.  They are being encourage to use reusable cups when they go and buy their hot drinks because most coffee shops allow the use of their own cup.

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Does the UK Rely Too Much on Incinerators?

With the ban of importing of certain types of recyclable waste from China, the UK has had to rethink their strategy about they dispose of waste it creates, one of which is incineration.  One of the main problems of this is the release of toxins and chemical gases if not properly controlled, but what exactly is incineration?

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The Scandal of Illegal E-Waste Dumping in Developing Countries

A show recently aired on the BBC exposed the illegal dumping of e-waste in developing countries like Ghana, many poor people work on dumps to make a living which includes the burning of waste in order to salvage precious metals, this can then cause health problems with the constant inhaling of toxic fumes.  The illegal dumping of waste happens worldwide and not just waste sent from the UK.

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Calls for a New Approach to Packaging

Recycling the waste at its source is one of the viable options being put forward to combatting UK's litter problem, Axion has launched a design for recycling service which aims to produce packaging that is easier to recycle but still being able to protect the products.  The UK exported 70% of its plastic packaging waste mainly to the far east and with China issuing a ban other options are going to have to be considered.

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January Recycling Challenge - Glass

Why not try the January recycling challenge, especially over the festive period we generate more glass recycling, but are we making the effort in which to recycle it especially when it does not lose its purity.  

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Bristol Council Wants to Bust Myths About Recycling

Bristol Council hopes to increase the recycling rates across the city by circulating information to residents the truth about waste which would hopefully put some myths in the area to bed.  A local councillor has admitted when she moved to the area she was confused about recycling and it was revealed that residents also feel the same.  

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Waste Recycling Company is the First in the UK to Invest in Robotic Sorting Technology

A leading waste management company in the UK have now invested in robotic waste sorting, Green Recycling has purchased Max-Ai, a machine which can indentify recyclable materials and sort them into categories, it can pick 65 groups of recyclables per minute, which is the equivalent of 2 extra employees.

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Will There Be National Standards Set for Recycling

Michael Gove is considering introducing national standards to end local authorities freedom to determine what they can and cannot recycle, for example some recycle every type of plastic compared to some others not recycing plastic at all.  It is said that standardising recycling services will improve the overall recycling rate in England. 

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Recycling Mistakes Cost Newcastle Council £586,000

Newcastle Council has an alleged £586,000 dent in its finances, all because people are putting the wrong rubbish in their recycling bins.  The council is currently run by Labour and it's opposition, the Liberal Democrats have repeatedly asked the party to make changes to the recycling scheme but to no avail.  

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