Birmingham City University’s new recycling scheme flop
A new books recycling scheme at Birmingham City University has so far not been successful with the boxes remaining empty on the Perry Barr campus. As part of a pro-active attempt to encourage students to consider the environment, the books recycling bin is an addition to the plastic and paper recycling bins already provided at [...]
Recycling Fashion Show comes to Birmingham University
The University of Birmingham will host an eco fashion show on the 12th March showing people how to ‘dress with a conscience’. With help from the nationwide University society group People and Planet, the oldest University in Birmingham will have about twenty participants and 600 to 800 attendees. Dudley fashion designer Lea Williams claims that [...]
Brumcan or Brumcan’t: the ghost of recycling services’ past
Sometimes, the right causes don’t get the right recognition, and Brumcan is definitely one of those causes. As a result, the Brumcan service was supposedly cut in 2005. Brumcan was a small volunteer run organisation that worked in and around the smaller communities surrounding Birmingham and was modest in its approach. Predictions on the Birmingham [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 West Midlands WRAP is [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]