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Why can’t I recycle ….
A question we often get asked as recycling officers is “Why can’t I recycle certain items?” In this posting I’m going to explain why we can’t recycle a couple of items that we most commonly get asked...
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Supermarkets can now take plastic film for recycling
One question we often get asked is about recycling carrier bags and film, at the moment in Lewisham we can’t currently accept this type of plastic in our kerbside collection. However there is now...
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Boost for recycling as Lewisham chooses new contractor
Over the last few months, the Council have been involved in a lengthy tendering process to find a new contractor that will take and sort the comingled (mixed) recycling for the next 3 years. The...
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Dreaming of a Green Christmas
Recycle for Lewisham have put together some tips and hints on how you can have a great Christmas and be good to the environment. This will of course involve the 3 R’s of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle....
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Estates recycling update
We’ve previously reported on the London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) estates recycling programme http://ow.ly/8s8Tc . With the start of 2012, and the programme well underway and making good...
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Roll out of new recycling bin stickers begins
Work has begun on putting new stickers on all of Lewisham’s recycling bins so that residents will have a clear and easy guide as to what can now be recycled in the borough. From December 2011, the...
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Recycle Week in Lewisham 2012
June 18th – 24th was National Recycle Week and was an opportunity for the Environment and Community Development (ECD) Team to promote recycling to the residents of the borough. Social media was used...
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Taking a closer look at contamination of recycling bins
Lewisham Council’s operations team, all the team members involved in waste education, the contracts manager looking after the Bywaters contract and the Strategic Waste Manager are always looking for...
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Working with recycling crews to tackle contamination
Over the last few weeks, the recycling department has been going out with crews to see some of the issues they face whilst carrying out their collection duties. We are trying to work closer with the...
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Forget Turtle Doves and Leaping Lords – here’s our 12 tips of Christmas……
After three, 1, 2, 3 On the first day of Christmas my true love…….. OK, there’s no need to break into song, but as an alternative to this festive ditty, the Recycle for Lewisham team have done away...
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