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Alternative uses for waste
- How and why to create ecobricks
- 5 reuse ideas for single-use plastic bottles
- How to use up leftover paint
- How to upcycle car tyres
- 8 surprising uses for fruit and vegetable peelings
- Paper: how to reuse it
- Bradford: Healing wounds with recycled eggshells
- 10 reuse ideas for eggshells
- 25 ways to reuse an empty glass jar
- Fast fashion & the destruction of developing countries
- Are You Ready for National Zero Waste Week 2015?
- 10 Recycled Gift Wrap Ideas
- 10 Ways You Can Recycle AND Save Money
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Environmental
- The complete guide to water cremation
- Agroforestry: The beginner’s guide
- Is glitter bad for the environment?
- How to reduce your business’s digital carbon footprint
- Turfing out the untruths: Is artificial grass eco-friendly?
- Does litter cause climate change?
- The best eco-friendly heating systems
- How does rental fashion work?
- The easiest fruit and veg to grow at home
- How do I reduce my water usage? 5 ways to save water
- Best eco-friendly sunscreens
- How long it takes everyday items to decompose
- Everything you need to know about World Food Safety Day
- Is a plant-based diet best for the environment?
- 15 tea bags that are plastic-free and deliciously eco-friendly
- A beginners guide to palm oil and its impact on the environment
- 4 ways to defrost car windows in an eco-friendly way
- How hotels can be more environmentally friendly
- How does landfill work?
- Hessle woman fined when someone fly-tipped her waste
- How to create a plastic-free beauty routine
- Is glass harmful to the environment?
- How to create a sustainable wardrobe
- How to eliminate single-use plastic from the kitchen
- An eco-friendly guide to birth control
- Coronavirus: What happens to medical waste?
- How to be eco-friendly in death
- Eco-friendly date ideas for Valentine’s Day
- Why is plastic bad for the planet?
- Everything you need to know about nuclear waste
- How to create an eco-friendly bathroom
- How to reduce your carbon footprint when travelling
- A beginner’s guide to geocaching
- Tips for eco-friendly travel
- Eco-friendly New Year’s resolutions for 2019
- Interesting facts you didn’t know about coffee
- Carlsberg ditches its plastic can holders
- Air pollution linked to decline of city sparrows
- How to organise an eco-friendly house move
- How eco-friendly are bamboo products?
- What is climate change & what causes it?
- LEGO creates plant-based toys
- The UK’s food & drink industry has halved its carbon emissions
- 5 easy ways to be more environmentally friendly
- Scientists develop plastic-free microbead alternative
- Straws suck: UK pub chain clamps down on plastic straws
- 90% of new power in Europe from renewable sources
- London breached its annual air pollution limit in five days
- Dog mess: the nation’s most hated & dangerous litter
- How to set up a Community Fridge
- Biodegradable Plastic is just as bad for the Environment
- 8 ways to save bananas from the bin
- Ditch the packaging & try coconut oil
- Top tips for a zero waste bathroom
- Community skip placed on Kirkstall Road to help flood clear up
- How to Recycle your Christmas Tree
- Tips For Being an Eco-Friendly Woman
- How Much Plastic Do YOU Use Each Day?
- Mealworms Could End Our Plastic Waste Problem!
- Zero Waste pets: how to achieve it
- 9 Tips for a Zero Waste Kitchen
- The Forge Guide to Composting at Home
- The Food Waste Problem in the UK
- How Green Are Our Summer Music Festivals?
- How Sky Lantern & Balloon Litter Can Kill
Green Issues
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Litter
- How to report littering in Leeds & Yorkshire
- A quick guide to the litter problem in Cleethorpes
- Everything you need to know about fly-tipping
- Everything you need to know about the Great British Spring Clean
- Where to source a free community litter pick kit in Yorkshire
- How students should deal with waste when moving out
- How litter harms our wildlife
- Householders encouraged to tackle illegal waste dumping
- Littering fines in England have doubled
- Travellers fly-tip next to London’s Olympic Park
- Presence of ‘beacon’ litter causes more litter
- Want a new bike or car? Check the British waterways!
- How to organise a community litter pick
- What Can We Learn From Japan About Waste & Litter?
- Bradford Council’s Fight Against Litter
- Cigarette Butts: The ‘Invisible’ Yet Toxic Litter Problem
- What Everyone Should Know About The UK’s Litter Problem
National Zero Waste Week
News
- Waste and recycling news 2022 round-up
- Forge Recycling aims to raise £5k for local children’s charity
- How to dispose of waste during the virus outbreak
- Increase in domestic waste leads to councils burning recycling
- Controversy surrounds a Rotherham landfill site
- UK’s bottle banks overflow following the festive period
- Colgate launches a toothbrush recycling service
- Aldi boosts its recycling rate with plastic tray switch
- Tesco removing all ‘hard to recycle’ packaging from its stores
- Waitrose to ditch disposable coffee cups
- Meet the world’s first plastic-free supermarket aisle
- Textile waste: New clothing range that grows with kids
- Outdoor gym created from recycled knives
- Coca-Cola ad made entirely from 100% recyclable packaging
- Pubs told to shrink plate sizes in battle against food waste
- How one woman cut Denmark’s food waste by 25%
- Millennials more likely to waste food, study finds
- Food waste education is counteracted by composting education
- Four in five Scots would welcome a second-hand Christmas gift
- England’s recycling rates have dropped
- Five Years of Forge Recycling
- The Secret of Mount Everest’s Human Faeces Litter Problem
Recycling
- Recycling: How to dispose of vapes
- How to safely and legally dispose of knives
- A simple guide to blister pack recycling
- How to recycle your old phone case
- Everything you need to know about recycled wool
- Tips to get your child to recycle
- How to recycle books
- The best new innovative recycling ideas
- The ultimate guide to food waste recycling
- How paper recycling benefits the environment
- How to prepare a computer for recycling
- 5 ways to recycle your spectacles
- What is domestic waste?
- Five ridiculously easy ways to recycle your mobile phone
- A Sheffield town has been crowned the greenest in the UK
- Why recycling is important
- Everything you need to know about electronic waste recycling
- What is commercial waste?
- How to reuse and recycle board games
- What is the difference between recycling and upcycling?
- Top recycling tips for Christmas
- How recycling in Rome leads to free travel
- Three things that aren’t recycled kerbside in Leeds
- What is glass?
- How to recycle your mail
- What is aluminium?
- 600,000 Leeds coffee cups recycled in six months
- What is closed loop recycling?
- Young people are selling electronics on rather than recycling them
- What is Global Recycling Day?
- Can padded envelopes be recycled?
- Why can’t all plastic be recycled?
- How to improve & increase your recycling
- Canary Wharf launches UK’s first waste deposit return scheme
- How to recycle cosmetics — and extend their life
- Why your business should recycle its food waste
- Household recycling tips for Christmas
- How to recycle your shoes
- Wardrobe recycling tips: clothes, bedding & accessories
- What is your waste recycled into?
- Recycling tips for Halloween
- How to get kids into recycling
- 7 Ways to Recycle Your Unwanted Clothes
Reuse
- How to upcycle a kitchen
- Eight ways to upcycle & recycle old jewellery
- Six ways to reuse helium balloons
- How to reuse candle wax and jars
- How to reuse coffee grounds
- 6 craft ideas for upcycling wine corks
- 5 great ways to recycle wine bottles
- 8 clever ways to reuse plastic bottles
- 4 things you need to know about upcycling furniture
- 8 ways to reuse newspapers
- How to plan a sustainable Halloween
- Make do and mend for the environment
- Where to refill your water bottle for free in Leeds
- How to replace your household disposables
Waste reduction
- Pumpkin waste: the real Halloween horror story
- Seven ways schools can reduce paper waste
- A beginner’s guide to zero-waste restaurants
- Eight ways to reduce waste in the retail sector
- How to reduce food waste in UK schools
- Where to pick your own pumpkins in Yorkshire
- Plastic free kitchen swaps
- Plastic Free July: Who produces the most plastic waste?
- 20 easy ways to reduce waste in the office
- How zero waste shops work: a beginner’s guide
- Five eco-friendly Christmas cracker alternatives this festive season
- Six zero-waste Christmas decorations to make at home
- Reduce food waste in your restaurant or café in just 10 easy steps
- The ultimate guide to eco-friendly gift giving
- How to be a zero waste festival goer
- 10 eco-friendly balloon alternatives
- Zero waste makeup: A beginner’s guide
- Why food waste should be prevented
- How to dispose of unwanted soil
- How to dispose of bulky waste
- Can the zero-waste movement survive the coronavirus pandemic?
- How to reduce your restaurant or cafe’s plastic waste
- A guide to cloth menstrual pads
- A guide to menstrual cups
- Eco-friendly alternatives to disposable nappies
- How to create eco-friendly party bags
- How to avoid fast fashion & dress more sustainably
- Easy ways to live more sustainably in 2020
- A guide to reusable & eco-friendlier period products
- How to enjoy a more sustainable Christmas
- How to create a capsule wardrobe
- How to recycle summer’s pool inflatables
- How to avoid single-use coffee cups
- How to reduce your business’s plastic waste & save money
- What personal stylists think about fast fashion
- Britain’s battle against 1.2bn bread crusts
- Zero waste gift ideas for Valentine’s Day
- Zero waste ideas for the kitchen
- 8 zero waste swaps for the bathroom
- How to plan a low-waste wedding
- How to waste less this Christmas
- Disposable nappies or real nappies: which should you use?
- How to reduce your junk mail & waste less
- How to cut food waste at home
- 6 ways to cut down on plastic when travelling
- How to cut Christmas food waste
- 10 plastic items you can easily cut out of your life
- How to live a zero waste lifestyle outside of a major city
- Aldi fights food waste with improved packaging
- 5 ways to save a ruined meal
- How to have a Zero Waste Christmas
- How to throw a zero waste kid’s birthday party
- Top tips for a Zero Waste Office
- TRJFP: The UK’s first food waste supermarket
- Six great uses for stale bread
- Why and how to ditch Cling Film
- Beat Food Waste with your Freezer!
- 10 Zero Waste garden tips
- 7 Zero Waste gift ideas for Father’s Day