Recycle More Blog

European Green Week is the biggest annual conference on European environmental policy and is taking place from the 24th to the 27th May 2011 in Brussels and around Europe.
This year’s theme is ‘Resource Efficiency – Using less, Living better’.
Green Week offers a unique opportunity for debate and exchanges of experience and best practice. Over the [...]

Heineken Cup Final this weekend. I am sure lots of people will be having parties over the weekend so don’t forget to recycle all those empty beer cans which can go in your recycling bin once washed and squashed, and you can bring all you empty glass bottles to your [...]

German Scientists at the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Modular Solid State Technologies in Munich have invented a sensor film which changes from yellow to blue to indicate when meat or fish are no longer edible.
The experts have developed a plastic film which can be incorporated into packaging. The film responds to biogenic amines, the molecules [...]

Woodie’s DIY and Garden Centre’s is backing a European – wide campaign calling for the reduction of VAT charged on green products. The European DIY Retail Association (EDRA) launched a campaing recently seeking the support of 1 million consumers, to persuade the European Commission to lower VAT on green products to 5%
Speaking at the launch [...]

With today being Friday the 13th and for those of you who have had bad experiences with this day in the past why not use it as an opportunity to head down to your local recycling centre or bring bank and get rid of all the glass bottles you have lying around your house. You [...]