Secondary Materials...
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Building Materials
As any good scavenger will know discarded building materials can provide rich pickings, provided it is taken with the consent of the builder. Wood of all types and...
Mobile Phone Recycling for Cash or Charity
Today's mobile phones are designed to last for around 10 years – but mobiles are one of the most popular personal items of the decade and sadly,...
New Law to Promote Battery Recycling in the UK
New European legislation to encourage battery recycling should save millions of used batteries in the UK from landfill in the years ahead....
Recycling Aluminium
In 2005/6 an estimated 5 billion aluminium cans were used in the UK alone.
Most of the soft drinks we consume come in easy to use/easy to dispose of cans, and...
Recycling Batteries
Some form of electrical battery seems to be essential for our modern lives. Our increasing reliance on mobile phones, laptops, watches, hand-held calculators – all...
Recycling CDs
CDs have taken over the consumer music marketplace. These small circular plastic and metal disks along with their brothers from the film industry, DVDs (digital video...
Recycling Clothes
It can be hard to part with a favourite but rarely worn jumper or pair of jeans but the huge array of charity shops in every town and city means that any item of...
Recycling Electronics
We are all involved in the revolution in consumer electronics, whether we have recently bought a new microwave, flat-screen television, or simply look with longing at...
Recycling Metals
Scrap metal falls into two types – ferrous and non-ferrous. Ferrous metals which are iron and steel are the most recycled material worldwide. In 2006, an estimated 69...
Recycling Tyres
Cars buses, planes – most of our transport systems rely on tyres. Most of our food and consumer goods is delivered by truck, hence our reliance on tyres to smooth the...
Recycling White Goods
This is the name given to a category of large domestic appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines and dishwashers. Due to media attention given to the term...
