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.

5 ways to have yourself a Green Christmas

Don’t let your sustainability credentials slip up this year, follow our 5 top tips to have yourself a Green Christmas.

Electronic waste: dismantling the industry

Dismantle the electronic waste industry with our latest smart paper

Go Green this Black Friday

While Black Friday can be great for your wallet, it is a scary motivator for our throwaway culture

Help a child read: Recycle responsibly

We sat down with the Children's Literacy Charity to discuss what they do and how our contributions are helping

Recycle Week 2019

See what we got up to during Recycle Week 2019

Global Climate Demonstration

On Friday 20th September, members of Recorra SWAG (Sustainability & Wellness Action Group) took to London’s streets to join the Global Climate Demonstration

Child Labour: An unspoken truth of the electronic waste industry

An unspoken truth of the electronic waste industry

A 'latte' work ahead of us...

We have partnered up with the Business Improvement Districts of Better Bankside and Team London Bridge, to launch a coffee cup recycling scheme on the south bank of the Thames.

E-waste: the health risks

What toxins are present in e-waste and how do they affect the human body?

Recorra visits Viridor's Plastic Recycling Facility

We visited Viridor's Plastic Recycling Facility to find out exactly what happens to the sorted plastics we send to them

E-waste in the spotlight

New electronics are faster, smaller and increasingly convenient to use. Today, we live in a consumer driven society; constantly upgrading and replacing. It is no wonder then that electronic waste is one of the fastest growing waste streams in the world, with around 50 million tonnes produced each year.

#BeClearOnData

Old with the old, in with the new? Not so fast...

Be part of the plastic solution

Plastic free July is a global movement, helping millions of people be part of the solution for plastic pollution.

#BottlesForChange

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is lobbying for the public to support an all in Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks and cans.

Step away from the Easter Egg

It's that time of year again. The days are getting longer, everyone is planning out their Easter breaks and a consensus to eat as much chocolate as we want puts a spring in our steps after a long winter.

Top 10 tips to quit your plastic fix

Single-use, the word of 2018. A term synonymous with plastics, another word which doesn’t seem to stay out of the news for very long these last few years.

The plastic crisis is NOT all your fault

We've all been there at some point. You've just finished making your salad and now you're cleaning up. As you dispose of everything in their respective bins, you take a pause and look at the salad bag. You check for the signs on it. You've understood nothing.

Recorra's Sea Life Event 2019

Recorra hosted an array of competitions, games and information stands at the wonderful Sea Life Centre