Imagine a country off the coast of Hawaii, larger than the size of France, twice the size of Texas and made solely of seven million tons of waste up to nine feet deep. Introducing The Trash Isles.
One of Paper Round’s many partner charities, namely The London Zoo hosted a fascinating lecture regarding species on the edge. A few Paper Round employees were lucky enough to attend. It was a powerful evening which opened our eyes to the global issues regarding extinction. As man-kind develops and advances, wildlife appears to be taking the brunt.
This week we are celebrating Living Wage Week. This comes about as The Living Wage Foundation announces their latest annual wage rates in UK and London.
The Mayor of London has recently unveiled a campaign targeting air quality in the capital. This campaign coincides with the launch of the T-charge – a charge for vehicles entering the congestion zone who do not meet exhaust emission standards.
WRAP’s head of resource management, Linda Crichton, has this week announced plans for a national colour scheme for all household waste and recycling bins in England.
Recorra have been long term partners with the SRA and were proud to sponsor the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle award at this years' Food Made Good awards.
Paper Round joined forces with Derwent London Plc to celebrate Recycle Week 2017.
Why recycle glass? The answer is clear…. Glass is one of the simplest materials to recycle, there is no limit to the number of times a glass bottle can be sorted, crushed, melted and made back into a new bottle. There are also a number of environmental benefits to recycling glass.
It’s among the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases, uses huge amounts of water and energy in its industrial process and is a major contributor to landfill. The paper and pulp industry is one of our planet’s biggest threats - and yet many businesses still aren’t taking the necessary eco-friendly steps. Paper Round is trying to educate UK businesses on how to use paper responsibly. Like the switch to eco-friendly light bulbs, it’s high-time we all joined the responsible paper revolution. It’s time to ask yourself: are you doing all you can?
This Recycle Week we are asking you to think about the food that you might waste and what actually happens to it.
Plastic is one of the most popular and versatile materials of modern times. In the UK alone we use more than 35 million plastic bottles every day, according to Recycle Now. With only an estimated 19 million recycled currently. And this is just plastic bottles…
Looking around our offices, homes or indeed local infrastructure we see metal everywhere. From using an aerosol can in the morning for deodorant; to the tin of beans for lunch; to driving home and having the luxury of street lamps to guide our way.
Paper Round has been chosen by Heart of London to be one of two preferred supplier for commercial waste and recycling.
Recorra were recently invited to volunteer for ZSL London. A Group of Lucky volunteers helped prepare barrels of browse silage to feed animals such as giraffes, opaki, gorillas and columbas monkeys.
Zero waste week is running in the first full week of September. It’s a great opportunity to engage employees about the environment and start changing habits.
The government has just announced its intentions to ban the sale of all new diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040, but why not tackle air pollution sooner?
A group of Paper Round employees with a keen interest in our local ecology attended a London Zoo evening named State of the Thames. It was here that we discovered there is hope for the River Thames. It is in fact home to invertebrates, fish and even mammals.
Throughout history we see the continued battle between development and protecting our environment. To thrive and progress as a species we endeavour to be technologically and economically advanced. However, to what extend is this at the detriment of our planet and our physical health?
