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What's food waste recycling ever done for me?

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Pointless Plastics

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Eat your food, don't bin it

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📣 Repair Week is BACK 1-7 March 2027! We're calling on all London-based repairers to get involved to make this the biggest Repair Week yet. 🔨 Each year, we bring together repair businesses, community groups, local government, large corporates and Londoners for a week of repair activity across the capital. Now entering our seventh year of hosting Repair Week, we're seeing more and more Londoners join us to learn new skills and fix their much loved stuff. Getting involved in Repair Week is a great way to showcase your business to 1000s of Londoners and be at the forefront of the repair movement. How can you get involved? 👇 🔧 Host an event, offer your repair services or expertise or provide a venue 🔨 Support digitally and promote Repair Week to your networks 🧵 Sponsor Repair Week for official branding across all Repair Week materials Interested? Contact us at hello@londonrecycles.co.uk or visit the link in bio to express interest. #repairweek #repair
💭 What goes through your mind when something breaks? We travelled across the UK to find out... People don't necessarily want to chuck stuff in the bin, they just may not automatically think to fix it or know where or how they can locally. With #InternationalRepairDay coming up, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to showcase the opportunities in London. Here's a selection of events happening tomorrow where you can fix your clothes, tech, furniture, bikes and more! Visit repairday.org for more info and booking 👇 💻 Hackney Fix-a-thon with @fixing_factories at the Pembury Centre in Hackney 🔧Festival of Fixing with @restartproject at the Barbican Centre 🪑 Furniture fixing with @bellhousedulwich in Dulwich 👚 Clothes and textiles repair and swap with @makemeestudio in Lewisham 🔌Youth repair workshop with @eastlondonwaste and @restartproject 🧵Broadwater farm repair café with @haringeyfixers in Tottenham #repairevents #repair
🫣 Did you know 1.56 million vapes are chucked every week in London! And despite their size, they can cause HUGE issues for our fire fighters when disposed of incorrectly. 👉 Kai at Dockhead Fire Station explains the dangers caused by lithium battery vape fires and how to dispose of damaged and out-of-use ones responsibly. ❗Remember - if your vape is damaged, submerge it in a fire container box. And if it's finished, take it to a local retailer for recycling. Let's keep London safe! [Vape research: @recycleyourelectricals_] #InternationalEWasteDay
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📣 Circular Economy Week 2026 starts next week! No idea what ‘circular economy’ means? 👉 Swipe to learn more and how to get involved in the many events taking place. #circulareconomy #circular #lowwaste #repair #reuse #ceweek2026
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📣 With Circular Economy Week (12-18th), International Day of Repair (17th) AND half-term all coming up, October is jam-packed with opportunities to fix your stuff! Swipe to see our top picks for the month 👉 Book via Eventbrite and remember to contact the event hosts with any questions 🧵🔧
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Reduce my waste

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Food recycling

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Business recycling

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