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Recyling
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Published: Sun, 28/12/2008 14:03
Stockport residents whose recycling and refuse collection day falls on a Thursday and Friday need to be aware of various changes over the festive period. Recycling collection (ie: recycling box and paper sack, garden waste bin and blue wheelie bin) changes are as follows: Residents scheduled to have recycling collected on Thursday 25th December wil
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Published: Fri, 12/12/2008 10:18
With a quarter of us planning to buy electrical or electronic goods as presents this Christmas, many old items will be gathering dust in our cupboards and cluttering up our houses.
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Published: Fri, 05/12/2008 10:16
Stockport Council has selected the company who will help deliver its new recycling service. Over the next two years, the Council is making big improvements to the way it collects recycling and refuse across the borough. These improvements will see many households receiving wheelie bins for the first time. These bins will enable residents to recycle
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Published: Wed, 26/11/2008 19:44
New recycling and refuse collection vehicles will soon be out on the roads helping Stockport Council deliver an even more efficient and environmentally friendly service.
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Published: Thu, 23/10/2008 10:54
Stockport households are set to receive an improved recycling service next year with some properties receiving wheelie bins for the first time. Stockport Council is currently planning improvements to the way it collects recycling and refuse across the borough. These improvements are being made to make it even easier for residents to recycle.
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Published: Wed, 22/10/2008 10:14
One of Stockport Council's Environmental Services officers has been
shortlisted as a finalist for an Environmental Excellence award from the
Chartered Institute of Wastes Management (CIWM).
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Published: Mon, 20/10/2008 19:32
Stockport Council continues to work in partnership with recycling organisation WRAP to promote the benefits of home composting. Since 2006 more home compost bins have been sold in the borough than any other part of Greater Manchester.
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Published: Thu, 02/10/2008 12:29
Thanks to 'green minded' borough residents Stockport has the highest
recycling and composting rates in Greater Manchester. The annual report published by the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal
Authority (GMWDA) for 2007/08 shows that Stockport Council is the best
performing authority in the area.
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Published: Thu, 31/07/2008 17:25
State-of-the-art recycling containers called 'nodes' are helping to increase recycling rates in Stockport. The 'nodes' are made up of several interlocking bins which offer people living in hard-to-reach areas such as flats an easy way to recycle. They have been placed in a central location at Lancashire Hill
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Published: Fri, 25/07/2008 12:56
New research published yesterday by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) indicates that up to 78% of day-to-day waste - mainly food, paper and card - produced by schools in England could be easily recycled or composted. More than three-quarters of day-to-day waste produced by schools could be easily recycled or composted, saving local authorit
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Published: Mon, 09/06/2008 15:33
New research from WRAP reveals recycling household plastics can be cost-effective as well as environmentally friendly
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Published: Mon, 26/05/2008 11:23
Stockport residents are being encouraged to 'Recycle One More Thing' as part of a national campaign.
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Published: Tue, 15/04/2008 21:55
Parents in Stockport are being urged to swap disposable nappies for more environmentally friendly cloth options as part of a special week starting on Monday 21st April
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Published: Tue, 08/04/2008 16:28
Stockport Council has pledged its support for a new recycling campaign which will also help provide fruit trees for Africa
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Published: Thu, 03/04/2008 21:50
Richard Watson asserts that Climate Change Events are here to stay in Cheadle Hulme and Councillor Stuart Bodsworth presents Stockport's Council's Big Time Push towards Recycling.
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Published: Wed, 02/04/2008 12:59
From Monday 7th April, Stockport Council will begin to roll out new blue wheelie bins for collecting paper, cardboard, Tetra Pak cartons, phone books and envelopes.
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Published: Sun, 30/03/2008 22:54
In February 2007, 21 of the UK's leading retailers reached an agreement with the UK Governments to reduce the environmental impact of carrier bags by 25 % by the end of 2008
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Published: Thu, 13/03/2008 20:09
A bus load of Christmas cards were recycled during January, thanks to the efforts of Stockport schoolchildren.
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Published: Wed, 12/03/2008 20:38
In January 2008, 1776 tonnes of glass, cans and paper was recycled in the borough, the equivalent to 1,800 family cars, enough to fill Merseyway shopping centre's car park twice!
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Published: Mon, 25/02/2008 13:33
Recycler the robot has been brought to schools as part of the Recycle Now campaign in partnership with Stockport Council to teach kids about the three Rs - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
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Published: Fri, 15/02/2008 16:48
Proposed binding minimum EU recycling targets of 50% for municipal waste by 2020 could save emissions equivalent to more than 89 million tonnes (mt) of CO2 per year.
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Published: Mon, 04/02/2008 15:59
It's estimated that we discard 1 million tonnes of clothing every year in the UK. A lot of it is good enough to be recycled or re-sold.
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Published: Sat, 19/01/2008 16:01
B&Q has announced that it is to roll-out multi-trip packaging for its kitchen worktops following initial trials with WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) earlier this year
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Published: Thu, 10/01/2008 09:30
Drinkers will be able to choose their top tipple and help tackle climate change at the same time, as five of the UK's top brewers have adopted lighter glass bottles.
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Published: Wed, 02/01/2008 22:02
Anna Ryder Richardson has teamed up with Recycle Now, the national recycling campaign for England today (Thursday 3rd January 2008) to launch a new challenge
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Published: Mon, 03/12/2007 16:22
Everybody's doing it these days. Recycling, that is. But have you ever given a thought to what happens to the waste you chuck in your recycling box each week?
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Published: Wed, 28/11/2007 00:24
Stockport currently produces more than 168,000 tonnes of household rubbish every year. This is the equivalent weight of 22,523 double-decker buses. We are running out of space to
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Published: Wed, 28/11/2007 00:23
Stockport Council together with Tetra Pak Ltd are providing residents with the additional recycling banks, which allow people to recycle milk, juice, sauce and other liquid food
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Published: Wed, 28/11/2007 00:22
Picture by Ulbas Tallas aged 14 - Recycle Everything
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Published: Thu, 23/08/2007 13:02
Now that the new directories are being distributed, look out for the recycling banks with bright Yellow Pages stickers on them at the following locations until 9th October
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Published: Thu, 14/06/2007 00:11
In the future Stockport council will be giving people 600 bin liners per year and fortnightly collections are not being considered.
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Published: Mon, 04/06/2007 21:52
Staff at Government Office North West (GONW) have become dedicated huggers - leading the way in being green. As part of an ongoing process to be more environment-friendly, every..
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Published: Thu, 31/05/2007 02:00
Envirofone is the UK's number 1 online mobile phone recycling web site that pays members of the general public cash for their old mobile phones.
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