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04 Feb 2012
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Reduce, reuse, repurpose, and now upcycle… the latest green word is taking the world by storm. But what exactly is ‘upcycling’? Turns out it occupies the middle ground between reuse and recycle, whereby value is added to materials that are used for a different purpose...

 

Hitting the right notes
Resource’s 2011 league table, sponsored by UK Container Maintenance, again ranks local authorities by the amount of residual waste left over per resident, an ever-decreasing figure. We’ve also made the charts available ordered by recycling rates.

 

UK WIN-ner
Regularly featured in Resource’s Hot 100 list, Shlomo Dowen is leading the anti-incineration charge in the UK. We decided it was time to learn a bit more about the man - his background and his cause.

 

Counting carbon
The need to reduce the carbon impact of waste (as well as its other impacts) is drastic in these days of manmade climate change. Though the European Commission continues to favour weight-based targets for waste, WRAP has worked with Defra and the Scottish Government to...

 

Explosive disposal
Most waste won’t kill you (in the short term), but there’s one type of waste that is far from a laughing matter: explosives – bombs and the accumulated detritus of mankind’s past conflicts. We speak to the experts to find out how to dispose of them safely.

 

Keep on trucking
In 2007, while travelling through Mali, Andy Pag had an epiphany. An overland expedition enthusiast and former journalist, Pag observed that the Malians were completely at the mercy of diesel prices and decided: “I didn’t want to carry on driving round the world exploring it

 

Reconfiguring your collection
When it comes to public services, those in charge view change with a degree of caution. People are creatures of habit, so introducing a new recycling system requires care.

 

 

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