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  • How glass get recycled: with laser beams, air suction and magnets!

    posted on 05-12-2014 @ 13:15

    Who remembers putting out their milk bottles out on the doorstep overnight for the milkman to collect? Yes, milk did once come in bottles believe it or not! Or how about returning your bottle of fizzy lemonade to the cornershop for a 5p refund so that the glass could be recycled? Well, we’re pretty sure […]

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  • How green is green?

    posted on 21-11-2014 @ 13:01

    So when it comes to recycling on a per country basis, which country do you think ranks top? Germany? Denmark? Switzerland? All good choices and all do recycle more than the UK it would appear. But according to the BBC it’s Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands who rank highest. That table is a little out […]

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  • Goodbye green bin!

    posted on 07-11-2014 @ 17:17

    A new scheme is in place that means it’s curtains for Norwich’s green recycling box! But that doesn’t mean the end of recycling glass and cans though. Far from it. It’ll now be much easier to help the council do their good work. Why? Because from October 1st Norwich residents will now be able to […]

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  • An island of plastic trash

    posted on 25-10-2014 @ 14:14

    Have you seen the islands of plastic trash floating in the middle of the Pacific ocean? One of them is apparently the size of Texas – nearly three times the size of the UK. Various sailors, like Captain Charles Moore, over the last few decades have been noticing an increasing amount of plastic debris converging […]

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  • Thrown away by mistake: one snowy mountain!

    posted on 06-10-2014 @ 13:50

    Yes, believe it or not, it is possible to throw away a snowy mountain! In this case, it was actually a famous painting of a snowy mountain by artist Cui Ruzhuo. Apparently, the painting was sold at an auction in China for about £2 million but when it came to handing it over to the […]

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  • What to throw away and what not!

    posted on 22-09-2014 @ 14:57

    We certainly know that recycling is an important part of the Reuse, Reduce, Recycle mantra and that we should try to recycle wherever we can but we might not always know exactly what can be recycled. What with all the green, blue, black, brown and grey bins for this and for that, it can get […]

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