Plastic Recycling
Recycling Codes: Knowing Your Plastics 1 – 7
If you’ve ever looked at the labels on your recyclable plastics, you’ve probably noticed that they display different numbers from 1 to 7. What you
November 26, 2019
Recycling Stats & Facts
5 Recycling Facts To Impress Your Mates
Here is some pub quiz ammunition on the topic of recycling. If it ever comes in useful to you, remember who to thank!
Recycling plastic, aluminium and cardboard saves a huge amount of energy!
Recycling aluminium cans saves 95% of the energy that it would take to make a virgin aluminium can. One tonne of recycled aluminium saves 14,000Kwh, 40 barrels of oil and 10 cubic yards of space in a landfill.
February 24, 2015
Recycling Stats & Facts
Recycling through the ages: 2000s
Key Takeaways In the 2000s, domestic recycling became an unconscious act. Recycling rates more than tripled through the 2000s, from 12% to 39%. Throughout the
August 18, 2014
Recycling Stats & Facts
Recycling through the ages: 1990s
Key Takeaways The Environmental Protection Act of 1990 outlined new guidelines for the disposal of waste. By 1998, we had experienced the warmest year on
August 11, 2014
Recycling Stats & Facts
Recycling through the ages: 1980s
Key Takeaways In the 1980s, landfill usage peaked, and it has been remembered as ‘The landfill crisis of the 1980s’. Towards the end of the
August 4, 2014