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New Targets Bring in A New Approach From Birmingham’s City Council
As government recycling figures are set to rise Birmingham City Council have high hopes for new ways to counteract the issue of waste and encourage recycling. In 2015 the governments targets for recycling conversion in Birmingham will increase to 50%, currently the rate of conversion is 34%, giving the council just five years to achieve [...]
Council Plan A New Strategy To Help Businesses Recycle
Birmingham City Council admit that although Government recycling targets are assessed on residential statistics, they are doing there upmost to address the issue for business recycling. The council currently offer services to 7,000 businesses which is roughly 20% of businesses in Birmingham, who currently pay £9 for waste collection. Although the council can not offer [...]
Birmingham City Council website will have improved recycling information
Birmingham City Council hold their hands up to the lack of information available on the website to businesses wanting to recycle and identify areas they are beginning to change . In the article previously featured ‘Birmingham’s local businesses feel ignored by the council on recycling issues‘ we raised areas of recycling that local business men [...]
Is the new Birmingham Airport Air Quality leaflet to stop residents from complaining?
Birmingham residents feel that Birmingham Airport’s new Air Quality Leaflets about oily deposits, fuel dumping, contrails and odours is merely a tool to stop complaints. The leaflet aims to help local residents understand the issues better and is available for downloading from the Birmingham Airports website. However residents feel that their complaints are not receiving [...]
Ecofreek: the ultimate recycling search engine?
After Freecycle’s feature in the Birmingham Mail, Ecofreek want to tell Birmingham residents about their ‘ultimate search engine’ for the free, tradable items. The online tool is created using over 45 sources to search for items making it the most diverse, and accurate search engine about. So is it just like Freecycle? Not unlike Frecycle, [...]
Birmingham City Council announce new plans for business recycling scheme
Birmingham City Council has announced new plans for businesses wishing to take part in recycling schemes. In response to a previous article by Birmingham Recycled – which centered on the lack of support available to businesses – Jeremy Sheilds from the recycling department of the council stated: “Around 300 businesses have colour-separated glass collected, and a number [...]
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. [...]