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As Dydd Santes Dwynwen and Valentine’s Day approach, many romantics across Wales will be sending cards and buying gifts for their loved ones.

Waste Awareness Wales (WAW) is urging households to act responsibly this Christmas when it comes to disposing of old gadgets and games consoles.

Households in Wales are being encouraged to become more waste aware this Christmas to save money on their festive food bills.

People across Wales are being encouraged to do their bit to help the environment between 21-27 November 2009 as part of the first ever European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR).

Waste Awareness Wales has launched its most hard-hitting advertising campaign which is set to air for the first time on Monday 16 November.

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Parents in Wales are being urged not to throw away their children’s school uniform in a bid to save money and help the environment.

As families across Wales look forward to long hazy days on the beach, sizzling barbecues and days out in the countryside, Waste Awareness Wales is urging people to think green when planning their activities this summer.

Landfill is no longer an option in Wales. Not only is the available space fast running out, but there are strict landfill reduction targets and penalty fines for local councils and challenging Welsh Assembly Government recycling targets to be met. It is clear that a collective push to reduce our waste and re-use and recycle as much as we can is now paramount. This week is National Recycling Week and Councillor Aled Roberts, Chair of Waste Awareness Wales, examines the ways in which local councils are evolving their waste collection and processing to help solve the environmental crisis on our doorstep.

In Wales, we are recycling more of our waste than ever before. For most of us, the message has hit home that we all need to do our bit to save the earth’s valuable resources and it has become second nature to sort through our rubbish to make sure not a scrap of paper, glass, cardboard and plastic sneaks its way into our dustbins.

As Waste Awareness Wales celebrates its sixth anniversary this month (March), it is encouraging spring cleaners to go the extra mile this year and consider six ways to reuse and recycle items from their home.

As poor global market prices for certain recyclable materials continue to fuel rumours of waste stockpiling by Welsh local authorities, Councillor Aled Roberts, Chair of Waste Awareness Wales, sets the record straight.

Waste Awareness Wales has today re-launched its online recycling bank locator making it even easier for people in Wales to get information on how to reuse and recycle a wide range of household items locally.

As preparations for Christmas get underway, Waste Awareness Wales is urging busy shoppers to be waste-aware over the festive season.

Thirteen babies from across Wales have been selected to star in a calendar to promote the use of real nappies in Wales.

Minister for Environment, Sustainability & Housing, Jane Davidson AM is pleased to launch the new Waste Awareness Wales national advertising campaign. Going live today, the campaign aims to empower people across Wales to take waste reduction, reuse and recycling to the next level.

As kids across Wales prepare to go back to school, Waste Awareness Wales is encouraging parents to pack them a waste-free lunch box to help reduce the amount of waste sent to Welsh landfills each year.

Latest research* carried out on behalf of Waste Awareness Wales indicates that the recent ‘recycle for Wales / ailgylchu dros Gymru’ television advertising campaign is helping the recycling message hit home with consumers across Wales. These findings further support last month's State of the Environment, 2008 bulletin issued by the Welsh Assembly Government which revealed people in Wales are now recycling more.

If the credit crunch is curbing your passion for fashion as you try to resist the lure of this summer’s sales, don’t despair. Waste Awareness Wales has the perfect solution for guilt-free shopping – the clothes swapping party.

A guide designed to help event organisers implement successful recycling schemes at their events has been launched at this year’s Royal Welsh Agricultural Show by the Welsh Assembly Government Minister for the Environment, Sustainability and Housing, Jane Davidson.