Industry Insights and News

Featured blog post

MyRecorra – Your Online Hub for Everything Recorra

Recorra’s all new portal - for all your recycling data, resources and service insights.

A Recorra Trip to the Zoo

Recorra were recently invited to volunteer for ZSL London. A Group of Lucky volunteers helped prepare barrels of browse silage to feed animals such as giraffes, opaki, gorillas and columbas monkeys.

Zero Waste Week 2017

Zero waste week is running in the first full week of September. It’s a great opportunity to engage employees about the environment and start changing habits.

Join the Campaign to Breathe Clean Air in the UK

​The government has just announced its intentions to ban the sale of all new diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040, but why not tackle air pollution sooner?

The State of the Thames

A group of Paper Round employees with a keen interest in our local ecology attended a London Zoo evening named State of the Thames. It was here that we discovered there is hope for the River Thames. It is in fact home to invertebrates, fish and even mammals.

How Recorra is helping to alleviate the current pollution problem

Throughout history we see the continued battle between development and protecting our environment. To thrive and progress as a species we endeavour to be technologically and economically advanced. However, to what extend is this at the detriment of our planet and our physical health?

World Environment Day 2017

This Monday 5th June, World Environment Day is encouraging you to do just that, to go outside, admire the view, breathe in the fresh air and show that you’re #WithNature.

BPR Group at the Facilities Show 2017

Returning for the third year running, BPR Group is inviting you to meet us at the world’s largest dedicated facilities management event this June, and we’re back bigger and better than before.

Paper Round Gains Living Wage Accreditation!

We are thrilled to share the news that we have gained the Living Wage Foundation accreditation. Not only that, but we’re the first Waste Management company in the UK to do so.

Paper Round Referral Scheme

Refer a friend and you'll get two free cinema tickets so you and your friend can enjoy a film on us.

Towards the Circular Economy

Today’s society follows a simple ‘make, use and dispose’ rule. A bigger television comes out so we rid of the old one never to be seen again, a washing machine breaks and we instantly buy a new one.

Swimwear made from Ocean Plastic

Adidas has joined environmental group Parley for the Oceans to transform ocean plastic pollution into recycled swimwear.

Show your Support this Fairtrade Fortnight

When doing our weekly shop in the supermarket, many of us focus on one thing, a low price.

Zero Waste Movement comes to London

Many of us enjoy discovering new ways to push our passion for protecting the environment to high limits, and the attempt to produce ‘Zero Waste’, or as little waste as possible, is a challenge more and more of us are taking on.

Waste Less this Pancake Day

Pancake day is traditionally the last day of feasting before Lent begins, where all our leftover rich and indulgent foods are used up to create pancakes. As tasty as this is, the underlying message behind Shrove Tuesday is one of our core focuses here at Paper Round, waste reduction.

Meet the Zero to Landfill Girl

Lauren Singer, has impressively fit all of her rubbish from the past four years into one 16oz mason jar! After majoring in Environmental Studies, the 25-year-old made the conscious decision to commit to living sustainably in 2013.

The First "R" - Reduce

We all try to follow the rules of the three R’s in the waste reduction hierarchy: reduce, reuse, recycle. The first step, “Reduce,” could be the most fundamental. As the more we reduce, the less waste there is to be reused and recycled.

Help tackle plastic pollution with the #OneLess campaign

The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have a new campaign to reduce the number of single-use plastic water bottles in London.

The Planet's Plastic Pollution Problem

Palm trees stood tall leaning over the sea. While this sounds romantic and scenic, sadly it was overcast with a serious problem. Livingston beach was carpeted in plastic rubbish. It was home to mouldy bottles, discarded shoes, old sandy toothbrushes and much much more. Not only were these inanimate objects present but also colourful specs of broken down plastic particulates were mixed in with the sand.