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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 Open Eco Homes

We couldn't have wished for a nicer day for last Saturday's Open Eco Homes event (see the link …

St Nicks supports the global climate strike on 20th September

St Nicks is joining the call for adults to support youth climate strikers in a global day of action …

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20 Sep 2019

RT @theBigBuzzNews: With the good folk from @StNicksFields at the #climate strike in #York today. pic.twitter.com/yG1AvYvrFW

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