by Metro Waste | Apr 23, 2020 | Recycling & Environmental
Although a proportion of the energy that’s made in the UK is generated by incinerating some of our household and business waste, much of it still comes from burning fossil fuels; namely coal. The amount we burn every year continues to decline and this...
by Metro Waste | Mar 4, 2020 | Recycling & Environmental
Announced by the government today, UK drivers may soon be filling their fuel tanks with a new type of fuel dubbed “E10 petrol”. The current Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps made the announcement today (4th March 2020) which could see UK CO2 (carbon...
by Metro Waste | Oct 8, 2019 | All Things London, Recycling & Environmental
This fabulous idea caught our attention today and it’s just the sort of positive recycling story that could so easily benefit other areas of London too. Slade Gardens Adventure Playground in Stockwell Park Road SW9 already benefits from an edible garden, where...
by Metro Waste | Aug 28, 2019 | Recycling & Environmental
Aside from the image above clearly being a carton of “Own Brand” orange juice, the container that it comes in is called a Tetra Pak (or Tetra Brik). Nearly everyone will be familiar with these types of cartons as they’re used all over the world to...
by Metro Waste | Aug 6, 2019 | Recycling & Environmental
Recycling rubbish can be an expensive business, and that certainly turned out to be the case for one man from North California who inadvertently dumped his $23,000 life savings. The man, who kept the money tucked away in a shoebox, accidentally ‘recycled’...
by Metro Waste | Jul 18, 2019 | Recycling & Environmental
Image by BRRT from Pixabay It may seem like an odd question as you’d think the answer would be self-evident. I mean, why on earth wouldn’t you crush a can before throwing it in the recycling bin? For one, it saves on space; if you use a lot of tin cans and...
