- In 2010 - 2011, over 40% of household waste was recycled in England compared with 11% in 2000-2001.
- In England the average residual waste per person has decreased from 351 kg/person/year in 2006 - 2007 to 263 kg/person/year in 2010 - 2011.
- In 2009 in England, 52% of commercial and industrial waste was recycled or reused, in comparison with 42% in 2002 - 2003.
- In the UK in 2010 - 2011, 50% of the local authority collected waste was sent to landfill, in comparison with the EU-27 average of 40%.
- In 2009 the UK produced approximately 8.3 million tonnes of food and drink waste per year, 7.0 million tonnes of which was food - by 2020 in England this could generate at least 3-5 TWh electricity per year (a heat equivalent of 6-10 TWh).
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Office Green’s featured charity for January is WellChild, the national charity for sick children.
WellChild provide essential practical and emotional support for seriously ill children, young people and those who care for them across the UK to ensure they receive the best possible quality of care.
For more information about WellChild, visit their website at: http://www.wellchild.org.uk/
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In the UK, Section 34 of the The Environmental Protection Act 1990 states that it, “imposes a duty of care on persons concerned with controlled waste”. It says that the Duty of Care must take all reasonable steps to keep your waste safe and that if you give your waste to someone, that you need to be sure that they are authorised to take it.
Without a doubt, all the large reputable waste collectors are licensed and authorised to collect your ‘waste’. However there a certain items that should not be classified as ‘waste’ such as used cartridges and mobile phones. This means that the cartridges or mobile phones collected are unavoidably going to end up in landfill.
However, this does not mean to say that either you or the respectable licensed waste collector have done anything illegal. Instead, it can be described as not being environmentally friendly considering the greener solutions that are on offer.
At Office Green we are passionate about what we do, which is enforced by out ‘Zero to Landfill’ initiative. We specialise in collecting and recycling used mobile phones and ink cartridges. For more information about how you can work towards a greener future visit our website at:
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At Office Green, as well as supporting the environment, we also support the following charities: Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Foundation, Child Victims of Crime, The Institute of Cancer Research, Disasters Emergency Committee, The Mission to Seafarers, and Everyman.
Each one of these charities are extremely important and you can help by donating the points you have collected to any one of these great charities.
You can donate either by your claims form, or if you do not wish to register you can click on the charity you wish to support and send your inkjet cartridges or mobile phones to the stated freepost address.
Office Green – Enabling charity and the environment to work together for a greener and better world.
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