This week, environmental protesters have hit the headlines for posting their empty crisp packets back to the UK’s largest crisp makers, Walkers – but ready salted snacks aren’t the only offenders. Thousands of empty packets have been posted to the food giant’s freepost address in a protest designed to highlight the fact that, despite a […]
Below are a number of dog poo posters. You can prevent people from leaving their dog poop by displaying a poster in your local community. Here are some examples. Please note we do not provide or sell any posters these are just examples of what you can create. Poop free zone. No dog pooping. The […]
There is plenty of information online and elsewhere that espouses the benefits of recycling. It saves on energy, it encourages us to reuse things, it cuts down on waste sent to landfills… and on it goes. But what about disadvantages? It would be foolish to assume there are none, but this is not an area […]
Each year, over 10,000 door or car keys end up in rubbish tips as a result of forgetful owners, leading some to attempt to retrieve them with potentially dangerous consequences. Research by leading the Uks waste management agency, has revealed that citizens across the UK are losing their keys every day – and that a […]
One very important feature of the new GDPR legislation that came into effect on 25 May 2018 is the correct disposal of confidential waste. Under the new law, every company who has clients within the EU is now responsible for the appropriate disposal of GDPR waste, including items such as hard drives, old computers, memory […]
British waste collection and commercial waste disposal company is the first in the world to accept virtual currencies A British waste collection company has become the first in the world to accept Bitcoin. National company BusinessWaste.co.uk, which is based in York, England are now accepting payment in virtual currencies for its commercial waste contracts. With […]
Refuse operators live in fear of accidentally killing a rough sleeper The UK homeless crisis means that refuse collectors are now living with the fear that they could accidentally kill a person sleeping in a commercial wheeled bin as they attempt to stay warm for the night. That’s a fear expressed by a Yorkshire-based waste […]
Burning bins doesn’t get you high. In fact, it might just make you dead Bins are burning, and a rash of local news stories from around the UK all point to the same conclusion – Britain’s stupidest urban myth which claims the fumes from burning wheelie bins gets you high is back with a vengeance. […]
Charities losing out as criminals leave their own bins in town centres Local and national charities are being cheated out of income by an ambitious criminal who has started leaving fake clothes banks in towns and cities. Fresh from scams involving convincing-looking plastic charity bags being pushed through people’s doors, the fraudsters are now thinking […]
Call to redistribute tens of thousands of publications to sick and needy Every week, tens of thousands of unsold comics and magazines are returned from shops to retailers, who send them to be pulped, it’s been revealed. Instead of this destruction, one national waste and recycling company suggests that they are redistributed at cost to […]
Published 7th January 2022 by Mark Hall. Last modified 9th June 2026