Suez recycling centres support Ukraine relief efforts through reuse initiative
Suez recycling and recovery UK’s Ivybridge and Torr Quorry household waste recycling facility has been collecting and reusing items to provide much aid to those affected by the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.
Suez has said that its staff have been carefully sifting through items that come in to ensure that only those in the best condition are set aside for distribution.
So far thousands of items like disability equipment, walking frames, walking sticks, crutches, sleeping bags, camp beds, warm coats and boots have been sorted and repurposed ready to be packaged and distributed to individuals and families who have been displaced by the conflict.
Vince Besgrove, team leader at Suez, said: “We are proud to be supporting families in Ukraine. By reusing items in good condition that would have been otherwise thrown away we’re hoping that in some small way we are making a difference to people’s lives.”
Crisp packet from 1970s found in Cornwall
A crisp packet from the 1970s has been found in a garden in Sennen, Cornwall.
Janet Midwinter told the BBC that she believed that it must have blown off the back of a truck and into her garden.
The crisp packet shows a star logo which belongs to Crispi Crisps.
Midwinter has framed the packet and said that she intends to put it next to a recycling point at Sennen Market as a warning to people about how long a crisp packet takes to break down.
She told the BBC: “I can only think it was probably a dump truck maybe going past or somebody that has been digging up the ground… it’s been sat somewhere for a long time.
“Let’s try and get rid of the plastic. If one crisp packet can last that long what are we doing to the planet?
“Just try and recycle as much as you can and try not to buy too much plastic.”
enfinium awards Midlands Repair Cafes £4.7k+
Energy from waste (EfW) operator enfinium has awarded four Repair Cafes near its Kelvin facility in Sandwell over £4,700.
The money will go towards fixing household items, reducing waste, and saving local families money.
The four Cafes receiving the funding are the Friends of Bilbrook Repair Cafe, the Harbourne St John’s Church Repair Cafe, the Roliston Forestry Repair Café, and the Highley Shropshire Repair Cafe, all located in the West Midlands and the surrounding area.
The funding will also enable the cafés to run outreach programmes in the local community to build awareness of the importance of repair for the environment. For example, the Highley Shropshire Repair Cafe plans to liaise with a local primary school to teach children the basics of repair and reuse.
Karl Smyth, enfinium’s director of external affairs and strategic policy, said: “To achieve a sustainable economy, it is important that the UK reduces the amount of waste it produces.
“This is why enfinium are committed to supporting Repair Cafe initiatives in the communities in which we operate, such as West Bromwich. We are thrilled to provide funding to these four Repair Cafes to support their invaluable work in the local community.”
Staffordshire recycling centres supports local charities
Around a dozen Staffordshire charities will be able to collect donations from their local Staffordshire county council household waste recycling centre (HWRC).
The council has said that talks are underway with various groups ranging from community organisations and bodies supporting the victims of domestic violence, to animal welfare charities and housing associations.
All of Staffordshire’s operating HWRCs will accept donations of furniture, household items, children’s toys, baby items, gardening equipment and bric-a-brac to be stored on site for regular collection.
Simon Tagg, Staffordshire county council’s cabinet member for environment, infrastructure and climate change, said: “Previously everything was brought to a single central location for one charity to make use of.
“That was very successful, but now we want to help as many charities as possible across the whole county.”
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