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  • White, blue and brown: the dangerous tricolour of asbestos

    posted on 03-03-2015 @ 13:28

    The effects of working with asbestos first became more widely recognised in the very early 1900s by a doctor conducting a post-mortem in a 33 year-old woman who had been working with the material for just thirteen years. He coined the phrase asbestosis which is a scarring of the lungs caused by breathing in large […]

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  • Coming soon to a landfill near you…

    posted on 17-02-2015 @ 18:11

    Tonnes and tonnes of rubbish! Whenever we collect your rubbish, we always dispose of it in an environmentally friendly way by taking it to a recycling centre. That said, inevitably, some items can’t be recycled or reused and will end up in landfill simply because there is no other suitable place for it to go. […]

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  • The scourge of fly-tipping!

    posted on 02-02-2015 @ 15:53

    There’s no doubt about it, Norfolk is one of the most beautiful counties in England but sadly it isn’t immune to the scourge of fly-tipping. And even though the trend seems thankfully to be going in the downward direction, fly-tipping is still a serious problem and not limited to Norfolk.  Fly-tipping is the illegal dumping […]

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  • How to buy green in the first place!

    posted on 16-01-2015 @ 12:51

    While we’re very happy to provide a much needed service and dispose of your domestic or commercial waste and make sure it’s recycled properly, part of our philosophy is of course to help you reduce your waste in the first place. But it can be easier said than done because it’s not always so easy […]

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  • Your phone is full of zinc!

    posted on 02-01-2015 @ 15:16

    It’s true. Well, maybe not full of zinc, if it was we wouldn’t be able to call or text anyone. But the zinc inside your phone, the gold inside your Game Boy, the nickel inside your kettle and the steel inside your toaster can all be reclaimed and recycled. But how does this actually happen? […]

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  • A smashing way to recycle your cooking oil in Norwich

    posted on 19-12-2014 @ 16:10

    If you didn’t know, you can now recycle your cooking oil! Norwich City Council have placed six recycling banks at various convenient locations around the city so simply pop along and drop in your vegetable oil, cooking oil, lard, roasting fats, BBQ fats, grill fats, margarine and even butter! It should be common sense by […]

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