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15/06/2009 Schools' recycling hit by recession
MPs have voiced their concerns today over the affect the recession will have on schools’ recycling, as thousands face charges imposed by Local Authorities..read more.
01/04/2009 MYPs lobby Shadow Departments
A group of six Members of Youth Parliament from across the country today met with Shadow Spokespeople to lobby the Recycling: Free It! campaign. MYP Adam Jogee writes about his experience and what we can expect next...read more.
28/01/2009 Damaging claims that recycling "adds to global warming"
Climate change and environmental experts today dismissed damaging claims that recycling could add to global warming...read more.
02/01/2009 Young people confused about recycling say Oxfam and UKYP
Oxfam and the UK Youth Parliament are warning that despite many young people being keen recyclers, few realise that they can recycle unwanted electronic gadgets after Christmas...read more.
26/12/2008 Old phones need recycling too!
According to mobile phone trade-in website FoneBank, only 20% of UK consumers are recycling their mobiles but those that do can recycle their old mobiles for cash...read more.
22/12/2008 True recycling figures not shown in unhelpful survey
A Daily Telegraph survey which stated that more than 200,000 tonnes of household items put out for recycling were being landfilled or incinerated every year does not show the real picture of recycling in the country...read more.
25/11/2008 Defra welcomes meeting with UKYP
In a written response to Tom Brake MP, Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs agreed to meet with members of Youth Parliament to discuss charges to schools for recycling...read more.
25/11/2008 Milliband urges schools to go green
Ed Miliband has used his first speech as climate change and energy secretary to call on prisons, schools and hospitals to generate more renewable energy...read more.
24/11/2008 Recycling must continue
In a letter addressed to council leaders, Local Government Association's environment board urged that councils must continue to recycle despite the global economic downturn...read more.
14/11/2008 Scotland moves toward zero waste
Data released from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency shows that Scotland has reached a 32% municipal waste recycling rate. These figures are a 1.9% rise from last year...read more.
13/11/2008 Recycling boosts school funds
A recycling scheme at an Ilkeston school resulted in a £500 boost for school funds...read more.
16/10/2008 Recycled school dinners
Pupils at a primary school are recycling their lunchtime leftovers as they ‘go green’...read more
13/10/2008 Junior recycling officers
Almost 400 children have become Cheshire Junior Recycling Officers for the coming school year to promote the Reduce, Re-use and Recycle message...read more
10/10/2008 Credit crunch will hit recycling industry
The financial crisis has claimed many victims and the waste industry will not be immune to the credit crunch, industry experts have warned...read more
09/10/2008 Yellow pages challenge for schools
Primary schools in South Gloucestershire are signing up to take part in the annual Yellow Woods Challenge in which schools aim to recycle as many Yellow Pages directories as possible...read more
09/10/2008 Schools cartons campaign launched
More than 235 million juice and milk cartons are used every year in England’s schools- a huge waste currently clogging up landfills. A new initiative has been launched to provide recycling of these paper-based cartons...read more
09/10/2008 Barriers to recycling
New research from the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has found four main barriers which stop people recycling more...read more
08/10/2008 Defra reshuffle
As part of the recent Governments reshuffle, Jane Kennedy comes into the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) with duties including responsibility for waste and recycling...read more
08/10/2008 Scotland recycling figures increase
Moray MSP and Cabinet Secretary for the Environment Richard Lochhead has revealed that his constituency has the highest level of recycling in Scotland at 44% for the year 2007/2008...read more
07/10/2008 "worst council for recycling" bids to improve
Tower Hamlets council has launched a "recycling robot" campaign in a move to shake its record as one of the worst performing councils for recycling in the country...read more
06/10/2008 Half term recycling challenge
"Waste-Free Week" challenge, organised by Norfolk Waste Partnership, will be held during half term to encourage a culture of recycling in the young people of Norfolk...read more
03/10/2008 Basildon recycling to get a shake up
Basildon councillors are to look at ways they can radically improve the amount of waste local people send for recycling...read more
03/10/2008 Wales recycling fast
Weeks after the Welsh Assembly Government stated the country was two years ahead of European targets on sending less rubbish to landfill comes figures taking it from third to second place...read more...read more
01/09/2008 Wales councils beat landfill targets
All 22 councils in Wales have met targets on the amount of biodegradable waste they can send to landfill sites, new figures have shown...read more
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