In 2021, 63.2% of UK packaging waste was recycled. Sounds good right? What about the other 37% which wasn’t or couldn’t be recycled?
In West Sussex, we recycle 53% kerbside recycling, above the national average of 44%. When you recycle, you stop manufacturers using new raw materials and which also uses less energy too. However, many products can only be recycled a few times before they aren’t fit-for-purpose.
Find out where and how to recycle at home, and at local council centres. You’ll also find out what to do with hard-to-recycle items and alternatives to recycling.
Congratulations!
Together with the top 20 collectors on the McVitie’s Biscuit Wrapper Roundup, the William Penn Primary School with the help of Sussex Green Living and other competitors have saved over 47,000 Biscuit Wrappers from landfill! Read more
Do not rake up the leaves in your garden, let the best recyclers do their job! This is a busy time of year for earthworms. And resisting the temptation to tidy away Autumn leaves not only feeds these subterranean creatures but fertilizes the soil, making them one of the gardener’s best friends. Read more
Written by Martin Cooke…..
I have coordinated the collection and then sale of milk bottle tops at St Paul’s Church for over 7 years, on behalf of the church’s “eco-group”. In that time GHS recycling Ltd (at Hilsea) has bought nearly £1,400 Read more
Hot news…. William Penn Primary School comes 13th in a UK wide biscuit wrapper recycling competition!
Sussex Green Living have been working with the William Penn Primary School in Coolham to launch and establish their TerraCycle recycling schemes, more information can be seen here. One of the waste resources they can recycle is sweet biscuit wrappers. The recycling scheme is sponsored by Mc Vitie’s, here are the competition results from TerraCycle……
Farlington School, Horsham have just launched a TerraCycle recycling scheme.
West Chiltington Community School is about to launch.
Come West Sussex schools keep up with the Jones!
More information coming soon…….
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Come on Schools of Sussex get involved in Waste Week 2013
Waste Week is a fantastic opportunity to get the whole school learning about waste and thinking about how they can cut down on the amount of waste they produce, as well as how they can reduce the proportion that goes to landfill, by re-using, recycling and composting. Read more
Pedro launches his Sussex Greener Living Campaign.
Pedro has been very busy setting up lots of new recycling schemes to divert waste materials from the landfill in Warnham. These great schemes will benefit the William Penn Primary School in Coolham, WAKOOS nursery in Billingshurst, Sussex Wildlife Trust and the The Philippine Community Fund. Billingshurst Primary School have also set up some of their own recycling schemes. Read more
