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TRANSFORMING THE REGION'S WASTE
Waste of the Week - Metals

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SCHOOL CHAIRS - PLASTIC ON METAL FRAME 60 units one off 30 RECEPTION AND 30 YEAR 3 CHAIRS REASONABLE CONDITION Dated: 09/05/2008 (expires on 23/05/2008) Location: Harden, Bradford.

We have kitted out our entire scrap store with large pallet boxes from Why Waste. They have helped us sort out everything so much quicker and saved us lots of money. We find your service invaluable and can’t wait to see what is coming in next.


- Louise Lucas, Scrap Creative Reuse

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Did you knowDID YOU KNOW that the average company spends 4% of its turnover on waste management costs? Why throw your money down the drain when you can register your waste with us for free and find a re-use or recycling outlet? After all, your company's waste could be just what another business or community group is looking for.
Enter Waste ExchangeWaste?: reduce? reuse? recycle?
Stylish cuff links and jewellery can be created from recycled circuit boards.
Funky furniture can be created from old bike parts destined for landfill.
Rebicycled, bike parts make great clocks, photo frames and bottle openers.
Move your mouse over the images to see how waste materials can be reused or recycled.

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Latest News

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More than two-thirds of UK households are still putting electrical gadgets in the household waste and 17% do not recycle electrical items at all. 02/07/2008

Research from electrical specialist Comet to mark the first anniversary of the introduction of the WEEE...Read more

MEPs back 'watered down' waste directive 23/06/2008

Half of household waste and 70% of construction and demolition waste in the EU should be recycled...Read more

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Government to miss 60% of eco-targets, think tank says 14/05/2008

Government looks set to miss more than half of the green targets it has set since 1997, according to...Read more

Businesses still confused by WEEE 14/05/2008

More than a third of UK businesses think that small companies are exempt from WEEE regulations and many...Read more

Recyclet Ltd expands the region’s plasterboard recycling capacity. 06/05/2008

Plasterboard recycling in Yorkshire and the Humber has been boosted by a new facility operated by Recyclet...Read more

£310m in PFI credits for waste schemes 29/04/2008

Millions of pounds of funding is being made available for four waste projects under Government's Private...Read more

Britain bins billions - food waste under spotlight 29/04/2008

According to figures published by the Love Food Hate Waste campaign, fruit and vegetables account for...Read more

TEG ENVIRONMENTAL OFFERING FOOD WASTE COLLECTION IN YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE. 02/04/2008

Recent research by the Government’s Waste & Resources Action Programme has shown that about...Read more

Environmental Grants for Businesses in the Yorkshire and Humber Region 28/01/2008

The Business Resource Efficiency Improvement Grant (BREIG)scheme helps businesses in the Yorkshire and...Read more

Purification company filters their waste stream and saves pounds at the same time 28/01/2008

Purification Products are now diverting over 120 tonnes of waste a year thanks to Why Waste. Through...Read more

First class honours to Bradford Uni recyclers 18/01/2008

Bradford University Clearances


The University of Bradford isn’t only teaching students...Read more

Government looks at public willingness to go green 16/01/2008

Defra has been looking at public attitudes on the environment in an effort to draw up plans on how people...Read more

Trendy trees add to waste mountain at Christmas 04/01/2008

The fashion for new decorations every year is helping create an eco timebomb.


Traditional...Read more

Offshore wind 'could power UK homes by 2020' 04/01/2008

Up to 7,000 new wind turbines could be built around the British coastline to provide enough energy to...Read more

New Year brings green pledges 04/01/2008

As another New Year dawns, many people in the UK will be thinking up their pledges for 2008 - but how...Read more

Waste & Recycling - Review of the Year 2007 (2 January 2008) 04/01/2008

The WEEE Directive and the Waste Strategy Review for England took centre stage in the world of waste...Read more

Rubbish building nominated for national architecture award 02/01/2008

WWW.WHYWASTE.ORG.UK are delighted to announce that their Space Of Waste building - made from other people’s...Read more

Retail Recycling Project in North Yorkshire Offers Free Recycling Service 18/12/2007

Retailers in Northallerton, Knaresborough and Skipton are being given the opportunity to
increase...Read more

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