Why recycle glass? The answer is clear…. Glass is one of the simplest materials to recycle, there is no limit to the number of times a glass bottle can be sorted, crushed, melted and made back into a new bottle. There are also a number of environmental benefits to recycling glass.
It’s among the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases, uses huge amounts of water and energy in its industrial process and is a major contributor to landfill. The paper and pulp industry is one of our planet’s biggest threats - and yet many businesses still aren’t taking the necessary eco-friendly steps. Paper Round is trying to educate UK businesses on how to use paper responsibly. Like the switch to eco-friendly light bulbs, it’s high-time we all joined the responsible paper revolution. It’s time to ask yourself: are you doing all you can?
This Recycle Week we are asking you to think about the food that you might waste and what actually happens to it.
Plastic is one of the most popular and versatile materials of modern times. In the UK alone we use more than 35 million plastic bottles every day, according to Recycle Now. With only an estimated 19 million recycled currently. And this is just plastic bottles…
Looking around our offices, homes or indeed local infrastructure we see metal everywhere. From using an aerosol can in the morning for deodorant; to the tin of beans for lunch; to driving home and having the luxury of street lamps to guide our way.
Paper Round has been chosen by Heart of London to be one of two preferred supplier for commercial waste and recycling.
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 is running in the first full week of September. It’s a great opportunity to engage employees about the environment and start changing habits.
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?
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Refer a friend and you'll get two free cinema tickets so you and your friend can enjoy a film on us.
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.
Adidas has joined environmental group Parley for the Oceans to transform ocean plastic pollution into recycled swimwear.
When doing our weekly shop in the supermarket, many of us focus on one thing, a low price.
