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Compliance to Community: Food waste recycling with Recorra

How Recorra helps businesses stay compliant and reduce food waste

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A Visit to Lark Hall Primary School

We visit Springboard supported school Lark Hall to see their work first hand supported by Paper Round clients

Running a Successful Green Team

Recently, we held our first knowledge swap of the year. We were looking at green teams and how they can be successful.

Make the Switch in Fairtrade Fortnight

Fairtrade Fortnight is here! For the next 14 days we’ll be joining Fairtrade by turning a spotlight on global inequality and showing our commitment to those less fortunate.

Paper Round sponsor the ‘Most Improved Sustainability’ at the 4th annual Sustainable Restaurant Association awards

Paper Round are very proud to sponsor the ‘Most Improved Sustainability’ category at the 4th annual Sustainable Restaurant Association awards

From Orange Carton to Desk Organiser

We all know how important recycling is, but sometimes the end result is not that desirable. Those clever people at ExaClair have done it again. By managing to turn used orange cartons into sleek desktop organisers.

Computers for literacy - our exciting new charity partnership

Secure Paper is proud to announce a brand new charity partnership with Springboard for Children.

Tap water – why drink from a bottle?

It’s no secret that tap water in the UK is among the best in the world. So why, when doing waste audits, and collecting recycling, do we find so many plastic water bottles?

Landfill: The weird and weirder

Following news this week that 18,000 cakes were stolen from a landfill site in Serbia I decided to do some research on odd things which have turned up in landfill sites around the world.

Inspired Christmas decoration using recycled materials!

This year we’ve had a competition in the office to see who can make the best Christmas decoration, using recycled materials wherever possible.

We’re on course for our warmest year to date… (Although it doesn’t really feel like it right now!)

Planting with Trees for Cities

Trees for Cities do exactly what the name says – they plant trees in parts of cities that need them the most. On Friday I was lucky enough to go and plant trees with them, in a project to plant 10,000 trees in National Tree Week.

Changes to Waste Legislation January 2015

With the start of the New Year comes changes to UK waste legislation. We’ve produced this handy guide to help your business understand what changes

Poo-powered bio-bus running 186 miles on a single tank

This week was the week the first poo-powered bus took to the streets of Bath. Running on human and food waste, the 40 seater “bio-bus” uses gas generated through anaerobic digestion.

A kitchen garden with a difference

Paper Round specialises in closed-loop recycling, and recently we read about a pioneering new system for growing food. At home, many of us grow herbs on a window sill or in a pot in the garden, but what about above a fish tank?

Life behind the Logo

Paper Round collect waste and recycling from around London, but what’s it like day to day working for a waste and recycling company?At the yard we have a combination of office and yard staff as well as the drivers and mates.

Using Recycled Products

We all know we should recycle, but what about purchasing sustainably sourced or recycled products? You can help the environment by buying recycled products and making sure that no raw materials are used in the making of your purchase. One prime example of recycled products at Paper Round, is the range of Ubins we stock– made from 100% consumer plastic, stylish and designed to last, what’s not to like?

Wrap up your home for winter

Our green thought this week is to get our homes ready for winter, but what exactly does that mean?

Zero Waste Week 2014

The theme this year is “One More Thing” what one more thing could you do to reduce the amount of waste you produce? To get involved you can make a pledge, subscribe to the newsletters or sign up to the social media communities.