World environment day comes to Birmingham
Tomorrow will see the beginning of celebrations in Birmingham for World Environment Day. The event will take place throughout the entire weekend across different areas of Birmingham. The celebrations are set to liven up the streets and put a smile on everyone’s face while raising awareness about important aspects of our environment. The event will [...]
Get rid of big household items
New scheme introduced to get rid of big household furniture. Birmingham City Council have organised a scheme to get rid of big household items. There is a new scheme called Bulky Waste Collections, which allows you to have any unwanted and large household items, collected from your house completely free of charge. [...]
Recycle computers
Recycle your old computer and help local West Midland projects and underdeveloped countries. As part of an eco-friendly future Service Birmingham are reconditioning old computers no longer needed by their original owners and selling them to low income families at a bargain prices, as low as £40 in some cases. The recycling campaign has been [...]
Peacocks join Retailers “take- back” scheme
High street retailer Peacocks Ltd has jumped on the recycling bandwagon by raising awareness amongst their staff about the retailers “take-back” scheme. The scheme has been set up between electrical retailers allowing shoppers to recycle their old appliances when purchasing new ones. For example, mobile phone retailers may take your old phone back or they [...]
Are you recycling your junk mail?
17.5 billion Pieces of junk mail are produced every year in the United Kingdom using 550,000 tonnes of paper. This amounts to quarter of our personal mail that each household receives each year. A spokesperson from Birmingham City Council’s waste and recycling department states that, “The amount of paper that is wasted as a result [...]
Consider yourself a razorsharp recycler?
The city council team are hoping to recruit a number of volunteers who are enthusiastic about recycling to help the council in assisting the public in recycling and waste reduction. The task would involve operating it your local neighbourhood offering advise to fellow residents concerning new schemes developed to help them manage there waste better. [...]
Need for Plastic Bottle Recycling Bins in Birmingham City Centre
Birmingham City Centre is in need for plastic bottle recycling bins according to a local recycling activist. Leanne Carter, a student at Birmingham University, believes that Birmingham can benefit with plastic bottle recycling bins next to the normal litter bins situated in the city centre. Leanne states that, “almost every person that goes into Birmingham [...]
Go ‘veggie’ and help the environment
Ghent, Belgium’s second largest municipality has announced a weekly ‘veggie day’ where residents of Ghent will banish meat from their diets for one day every week in an effort to reduce the city’s carbon emissions. Even Council officials will be served vegetarian meals one day every week and are encouraging the rest of the town [...]