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- Waste Awareness Wales urges local communities to get involved in waste plans
Waste Awareness Wales is encouraging the people of south east Wales to get involved in a series of community events being hosted by Prosiect Gwyrdd, the local council partnership tasked with delivering a sustainable treatment solution for waste that cannot be recycled.
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- Make your freezer your festive friend
Each year in Wales we throw away a staggering 410,000 tonnes of good food and drink from our homes, most of which ends up in landfill.
- Christmas Recycling Collections
The countdown to Christmas has started, and Waste Awareness Wales is encouraging us all to keep the party going by remembering to recycle over the festive period.
- Christmas food waste can be collected from 88% of households in Wales
Christmas food waste can be collected from 88% of households in Wales
- NEW! - Electronics recycling TV ad out boxing day
From Boxing Day, an advert on e-waste recycling will be shown to 34 million viewers in the UK, running for four weeks on the television network UKTV (channels include Gold, Watch and Yesterday).
- New waste facilities will turn our food waste into energy
With Wales having announced the first of a new generation of food waste treatment facilities, Richard Morton of Waste Awareness Wales explains how we can start to make the most of the food we throw away.
- Carrier bag charge arrives in Wales
Shoppers in Wales are being urged to get on their marks to prepare for the introduction of the carrier bag charge. From 1 October 2011 there will be a minimum charge of 5p for every single-use carrier bag.
- Visitors to the National Botanic Garden of Wales can now recycle their litter
Carmarthenshire County Council has new installed litter recycling bins at the Llanarthne tourist attraction
- Cut costs and prevent waste this summer
The school holidays are finally here and thousands of Welsh families are hitting the beach, the countryside or their local park in search of fun in the sun – or rain.
- Don’t bin old school uniforms, says Waste Awareness Wales
It may be the end of the school year but that doesn’t mean that it’s the end of the road for old uniforms, shoes and other school equipment.
- The Summer 2011 issue of Material Matters magazine is out now
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The Summer 2011 issue of Material Matters magazine is out now, read it here.
- The single use carrier bag charge starts in under 100 days. Are you ready?
Did you know that from October you will be charged for a bag in all shops in Wales?
- Wales’ recycling increase picks up speed
Wales’ recycling rate hit 44 per cent in 2010-2011, according to data released by the Welsh Government today.
- New research shows Wales is a nation of recyclers
As Recycle Week (20 – 26 June) gets underway, a new survey shows that more than three quarters (76 per cent) of people in Wales are ‘committed recyclers’.
- Welsh Recycle Week 2011 – What’s happening in your area?
Communities across Wales are marking Recycle Week (20 – 26 June) with events which illustrate just how easy it is to recycle – and what the benefits are.
- Food for thought - get involved for Recycle Week
This year’s Recycle Week takes place 20 – 26 June
- Welsh recycling rate continues to rise
Recycling in Wales continues to rise, according to data released today
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- The Spring 2011 issue of Material Matters magazine is out now
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The Spring 2011 issue of Material Matters magazine is out now, read it here