Birmingham’s local businesses feel ignored by the council on recycling issues
Local businesses are feeling neglected by Birmingham City Council as a result of not having enough support when it comes to recycling facilities.
While residential areas are slowly improving their recycling habits, businesses seem to be struggling to embrace the eco lifestyle and blame the coucil’s strict guidelines when it comes to waste for this.
Birmingham [...]
Moseley Swap Shop sees junk turn into treasure
Birmingham Friends of the Earth encouraged local residents to swap their trash for treasure on Saturday (27th February), as they held their first Moseley Swap Shop.
The event, which was held at the Prince of Wales, encouraged people to bring along unwanted items to exchange for other items that others had donated to the swap shop.
Items [...]
Campaign raises questions about Birmingham’s recycling scheme
Birmingham City Council has provided a number of details about their particpation in a new campaign which has lead to several questions being raised as to whether Birmingham’s recycling policy and facilities are sufficient enough.
WRAP’s new campaign raises questions about Birmingham City Council’s recycling scheme compared to others in the [...]
Clothes swap is a big hit for Northfield Ecocentre
Clothes recycling at Northfield Ecocentre has proven that getting ‘new’ clothes can be friendly to the environment and your purse.
The centre held its first ‘clothes swap’ on Thursday evening (February 25), with local residents and volunteers recycling their unwanted items for ‘new’ pieces donated by others.
Organisers, Nell Osborne and Trudy Gallagher were surprised that the [...]
Birmingham students find a lack of knowledge about recycling
Students from Birmingham City University making the documentary A Greener Brum have found that the reason for the public’s mixed response to recycling is a lack of knowledge about the issue.
Film student Luke De La Nougerede and his group mates spoke to members of the public who generally said that they did not see the [...]
Buy Nothing Day’s lesson for Birmingham
It’s two weeks until Christmas – are you, like most people right now, up to your elbows in wrapping paper and gifts that no one ever really needs? Well Birmingham Friends of the Earth are encouraging you to take a moment and reflect on Buy Nothing Day, which hit the streets of Birmingham not long [...]
RWM achieves best success yet
September’s RWM 09 has been described as the ‘most successful ever.’
The event, which was held at Birmingham NEC, has been confirmed as the number one recycling and waste management exhibition in the UK. This year it had its highest number of visitors and exhibitors since its launch over a decade ago. Visiting demand has increased [...]
Should we start them young?
Having just turned twenty, I can’t say that I have many friends who care about the environment as much as I do. In fact, many of them are quite open about the fact that they don’t care about recycling, their carbon emissions etc. To quote: “Nothing is going to happen in my lifetime, so why [...]