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MyRecorra – Your Online Hub for Everything Recorra

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

Confused.Bin

Let’s face it, we’ve all found ourselves holding a piece of rubbish and been unsure which bin to put it in. Is it rubbish? Can it be recycled? Will it contaminate things? These are just some of the questions you might have found yourself asking. Well, we've got the solution!

The 6-Step Guide to Your Eco-friendly Office (on a Shoe-string Budget)

Reaching your carbon targets can feel like a stretch on both time and the budget. This little guide will get you back on track within the hour.

Volunteering with FareShare

Last week, four Paper Round volunteers headed over to a FareShare depot to help out. They spent their time sorting donations into different categories so food could be delivered to people in need.

Leave Trees Standing with Closed Loop Paper

For those not in the loop, waste products needn’t be shoveled into incinerators. You can save money and the environment by closing the loop on your paper supplies and turning the old back into the new. It’s the way towards a fully sustainable future and the best thing about it is you don’t have to do anything at all.

How MCS Makes Managing Your Print Needs Easy and Cost-Effective

Managing your print services has always been a drain on business’ time and money, but a new, management model has emerged that promises to take the pain away. We’ve all been there, searching desperately for that lost toner, taking pliers to an impossible paper jam and cursing the day we signed a 5-year contract for a printer that’s too small, too old, or just too plain useless. Now, thousands of businesses across the UK are embracing Managed Consumables Supply (MCS). This next-gen service offers businesses of any size the ability to save both time and money by putting all you print needs in one place and managing them automatically.

A Visit to Lark Hall Primary School

We visit Springboard supported school Lark Hall to see their work first hand supported by Paper Round clients

Running a Successful Green Team

Recently, we held our first knowledge swap of the year. We were looking at green teams and how they can be successful.

Make the Switch in Fairtrade Fortnight

Fairtrade Fortnight is here! For the next 14 days we’ll be joining Fairtrade by turning a spotlight on global inequality and showing our commitment to those less fortunate.

Paper Round sponsor the ‘Most Improved Sustainability’ at the 4th annual Sustainable Restaurant Association awards

Paper Round are very proud to sponsor the ‘Most Improved Sustainability’ category at the 4th annual Sustainable Restaurant Association awards

From Orange Carton to Desk Organiser

We all know how important recycling is, but sometimes the end result is not that desirable. Those clever people at ExaClair have done it again. By managing to turn used orange cartons into sleek desktop organisers.

Computers for literacy - our exciting new charity partnership

Secure Paper is proud to announce a brand new charity partnership with Springboard for Children.

Tap water – why drink from a bottle?

It’s no secret that tap water in the UK is among the best in the world. So why, when doing waste audits, and collecting recycling, do we find so many plastic water bottles?

Landfill: The weird and weirder

Following news this week that 18,000 cakes were stolen from a landfill site in Serbia I decided to do some research on odd things which have turned up in landfill sites around the world.

Inspired Christmas decoration using recycled materials!

This year we’ve had a competition in the office to see who can make the best Christmas decoration, using recycled materials wherever possible.

We’re on course for our warmest year to date… (Although it doesn’t really feel like it right now!)

Planting with Trees for Cities

Trees for Cities do exactly what the name says – they plant trees in parts of cities that need them the most. On Friday I was lucky enough to go and plant trees with them, in a project to plant 10,000 trees in National Tree Week.

Changes to Waste Legislation January 2015

With the start of the New Year comes changes to UK waste legislation. We’ve produced this handy guide to help your business understand what changes

Poo-powered bio-bus running 186 miles on a single tank

This week was the week the first poo-powered bus took to the streets of Bath. Running on human and food waste, the 40 seater “bio-bus” uses gas generated through anaerobic digestion.