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Good news: recycling is getting a glow up

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Pointless Plastics

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Eat your food, don't bin it

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Recycling in London
♻️ Recycling your batteries is simple, easy and can help keep our communities safe ♻️ 🔥Did you know that fire brigades across the UK are tackling lithium-ion battery fires at a rate of one every five hours? ✅ Keeping batteries out of bins and in safely managed recycling collections can keep firefighters, waste crews and others out of harms way. 👉 Find your nearest recycling point at the @recycleyourelectricals_ website. #recycling #batteries #electricalrecycling
🌟 Spreading good vibes and good news 👉 Swipe to read through our roundup of positive news stories from the low waste world. #goodnews #positivenews #lowwastenews
Low waste is always in style. #metgala
🧵Get your needle and thread at the ready - it's officially #MendItMay ! Here's a roundup of the top clothing repair sessions taking place this month across the city. Events bookable via Eventbrite 👉 Please contact the tagged hosts with any queries. #repair #repairevents #mending #clothesrepair
🤔 Not sure what should and shouldn't go in your food waste bin? Swipe to find out 👉 #foodwaste #foodwasterecycling
🍏♻️ One bin, HUGE wins! Swipe to discover the benefits of food waste recycling 👉 #foodwaste #foodwasterecycling
🌍 This Earth Day, break up with pointless plastic ❌ 👉 Head to our Pointless Plastics page on our site for tips and tricks to reduce plastic use and recycle right. 🎤 @teadayblogs #EarthDay #PlasticPollution #plastics
🌟Got yourself a shiny new food waste bin (aka caddy)? Over the next few months, more and more London households will be able to recycle their food waste, meaning your food scraps will transformed into electricity or fertiliser for farmers. 👉 Find more info on what you can and can't recycle at our website. #foodwaste #foodrecycling #recyclingtips
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Recycling 101

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Reduce my waste

Choose to reuse and become a zero waste hero.

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Food recycling

Find out why food waste recycling is important and how to do it well.

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Business recycling

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