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How Waste is Sorted
We’ve all got pretty used to sorting our own waste out into the right piles for recycling, but have you ever wondered what happens to it once you’ve put it out in...
Incineration: An Alternative to Landfill
Wherever you look, there are opportunities to recycle and these days a growing proportion of our waste is recycled. Never-the-less, as a country,...
Keeping Green Waste Out of Landfills
According to government figures, in the UK we throw away a staggering 8.3 million tonnes of food every year. That’s an annual average of very nearly 140kg – the...
Methane and Leachate: Landfill Problems
As anyone who has ever left something languishing forgotten at the back of the fridge for a little too long knows, biodegradable waste certainly...
More Environmentally Friendly to Use Glass Milk Bottles?
We live in a throw away society where much of our household waste consists of plastic, cardboard and paper. So much of this material needs to be...
Nappies and the Environment
Babies generally need nappies for the first two and a half years of their life until they have gained complete bladder control. Up to that point, studies from the...
What Happens to Our Waste?
There are approximately 10000 landfill sites within the UK. They vary in size and capacity, and some are privately operated and some are owned and operated by the local...
