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Recycling at Work Helps Recycling at Home: Reuse and Reduce

It can be difficult to get all our family to remember to keep recycling at home. Here are some reasons why recycling at work can help recycling at home. In the office, it is easier to remember to recycle due to so many posters and different bins to help you remember. To help to recycle at home, if you have children you could get them to draw pictures and put them up on the wall. This way they will remember to recycle more as they have a small reminder in front of them. It also will help them to remember to recycle not just at home but also when at a friend’s house or even at the park. Other Ways that Recycling at Work Helps Recycling at Home Recycling in work can also help you to remember to recycle at home. This is because it becomes a habit, if you

July 17, 2018 Home / Recycling

Can I Recycle My Blackout Blinds In Glasgow?

Changing your blinds can completely reinvent any room in your home. It’s a great way to update the space and make it more stylish or inviting. However, what can we do with our old blackout blinds in Glasgow once we’re done with them? Is it possible to recycle them? Today we are looking at how we can go about recycling our blackout blinds. Whether your repurpose the blinds within the home or recycle them as waste, these blackout blinds in Glasgow don’t have to go to the dump. Find out now how to recycle your blinds in Glasgow. Eliana SawvelEliana Sawvel is a sustainability advocate and researcher who writes about eco-friendly practices, material reuse, and the impact of recycling on climate change. She is passionate about educating businesses and individuals on responsible waste management.

Flat lay of equipment used for Botox Glasgow laid out on desk with doctors hands checking off a list on a clip board

July 5, 2018 Business / Environment / Recycling

Coffee Cup Lids to Waste from Botox Glasgow: Recycle Guide

From coffee cup lids to packaging waste from Botox Glasgow, businesses all over the city and the rest of the world are finally starting to put effort into reducing the amount of plastic waste being produced. In the UK we are now starting to see these changes. Although they are small, they are at least noticeable. This will hopefully open the eyes of those in our communities who don’t yet understand the severity of the environmental crisis. From pubs and restaurants banning plastic to all retail stores charging 5p per plastic carrier bag, we are finally seeing action being taken against the overuse of plastic in our daily lives. However, there are many public establishments that we know overindulge in the use of plastic and show no sign of implementing new plastic restriction policies. On top of that, what about the private businesses? In reality we have no idea how

Sea green recycling bin with "Re-Use" written in white across the front

July 4, 2018 Business / Recycling

The Big Helpful Guide to Begin Recycling in the Workplace

There are many ways that you can encourage co-workers to recycle in the work place. For example having separate bins specifically for different items such as for plastic cups and bottles, a separate bin for cardboard boxes used for delivering office equipment. However instead of binning these items they could be reused which could help make a massive impact on the planet as more and more people are coming up with new and efficient ways to start recycling. Ways to recycle plastic cups in the workplace Cutting down on the use of plastic cups or reusing the same cup more than once is a way in which recycling in the workplace could be managed. When using the water machine for a sip of water, instead of binning the cup and taking a new one you could reuse it. This means that if more people repeat these actions less plastic cups

June 28, 2018 Recycling

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: How To Save The Environment At Home

If you are wondering how to stay green while at home then we have ten great tips to help you protect the environment and maybe even save money in the process. The resources on earth are finite and we need to be more mindful of our actions. There is loads of advice online these days on how to stay green. Try and implement one or two of these recommendations at a time. Slowly you will become the earth-saving aficionado you’ve dreamed of being. Read on and find out how to save the environment from your home. Eliana SawvelEliana Sawvel is a sustainability advocate and researcher who writes about eco-friendly practices, material reuse, and the impact of recycling on climate change. She is passionate about educating businesses and individuals on responsible waste management.

June 27, 2018 Health / Recycling

Glasgow Orthodontics: How Local Dentists Are Saving The Environment

One thing we have always wondered is how dentists manage to stay green. They are in contact with numerous chemicals every day. We have found that Glasgow Orthodontics clinics actually have some ways of saving the environment. In order to stay green as a business, there a number of steps they can take. We have outlined some of them in the article below. If you are a dentist and would like to find out how to be kind to the environment in your practice then this article is for you. Read on and find out how local dentists are saving the environment. Eliana SawvelEliana Sawvel is a sustainability advocate and researcher who writes about eco-friendly practices, material reuse, and the impact of recycling on climate change. She is passionate about educating businesses and individuals on responsible waste management.

Vortex of old books and papers to go in recycling

June 26, 2018 Business / Recycling

How to Start a Recycling Programme for Your Company

Companies are beginning to understand the benefits that come with recycling and being a green company. Knowing how to reduce your resource-consumption are the fundamental steps when you are trying to become a more eco-friendly brand. Consumers will value your brand more and your company will have a slightly higher budget if you play your cards right. Getting Started Getting your employees to take the first step is crucial and should be done before you make a ten-step plan for the company. Your employees are the company’s backbone and if they do not understand the need of the program there is no point in trying to get your company to go green. A lot of the waste generated by even a small business is recyclable. Knowing when and where you can use fewer resources will take you far. Even small changes can pave the road to a great recycling program

MAC is one of the major brands that prioritises recycling

June 25, 2018 Business / Recycling

Four Famous Brands that Prioritise In-House Recycling

Big brands around the world are spearheaded by the idea that fewer resources could mean more gains. A better reputation, saving energy and meeting legal responsibilities are some of the benefits that come with taking an eco-friendly step. MAC Cosmetics-MAC is one of the most sustainable brands that give people looking to buy makeup a more environment-friendly option. MAC started an innovative solution to the landfills most of their products were destined for. If consumers bring back six empty tubes of MAC makeup they can get a new product free. This essentially urges consumers to buy more products, recycle the tubes and look at the company in a better light. Apple- Greenpeace recently named Apple the world’s most environment-friendly tech company for the third year in a row. Apple scored an enviable 83% on the Greenpeace’s Clean Energy Index. Apple has solar energy stations all over the world and it

June 25, 2018 Business / Recycling

Four Ideas to Help Your Business Get Started with Recycling

Getting started with a business plan can mean an extensive use of resources which means you need a pretty flexible budget and your eco-friendly stamp disappears. Reusing, recycling and limiting your use of materials can help save your business cash while also giving you a selling point to use. A few simple ideas could give you the push you need to get started and take you a long way. • E-waste recycling: The worst form of garbage that the world is drowning in is e-waste and reducing your contribution could be a small step forward for everyone. Old computers, laptops and essentially anything digital can be used to make metals, plastic and glass that can be used all over again. Selling your e-waste to recyclers could earn your company a few extra bucks and be good for everyone at the same time. • Keep it simple- Your ideas do not