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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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York Mumbler approval

We're chuffed to have received York Mumbler approval as a family-friendly place recommended by York …

Time to show the love

February is traditionally earmaked for making an extra effort to show our love for the important …

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22 Feb 2019

Thanks to @Tesco_North #bagsofhelp @groundworkuk we’ll soon be building our new compost toilet. Compost loos are be… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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