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Home / Tag: wastebusters

Tag: wastebusters

Plastic Myths Busted!

After getting tonnes of questions, our Recycling Coordinator Sam Taylor wrote a blog in the hope of clearing up some of the confusion around plastics… Aren’t all plastics recyclable? How do you make a plastic anyway? Why will you recycle a plastic bottle but not a yoghurt pot? Well, read on to find out the […]

Posted 16 February 2017 | Categories: One Planet Living, Waste and recycling | Tags: council, environment, materials, packaging, plastic, recycling, resin identification code system, waste, wastebusters, York

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Covid Update April 2021

We’re pleased to say our outdoor groups such as Ecotherapy, more volunteers and terracycle drop …

Job Opportunities: Ecotherapy Project Assistant and Thriving at Work Project Officer

Two fantastic opportunities have come up at St Nicks; Ecotherapy Project Assistant and Thriving at …

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