Visits to Bywaters and Closed Loop

Posted on January 3, 2012 by recycleboy

On 16th December, 2011 a contingent from Lewisham Council visited our new dry recyclables contractor Bywaters (Leyton) Ltd. The contingent included the Mayor of Lewisham, Steve Bullock, Cabinet member for Customer Services, Cllr Susan Wise, Executive Director for Customer Services, Kevin Sheehan and members of staff from the recycling team.  The visit to the materials [...]

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A Recycling Love Story

Posted on August 5, 2011 by recycleboy

Because it’s Friday and we really liked this short film, we thought we’d share it … make sure you don’t let this happen to your milk bottles! For a reminder on what can be recycled in Lewisham visit our Recycle page.

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World Water Day … a day late

Posted on March 23, 2011 by recycleboy

This week is climate week and yesterday was world water day but because I’m a little bit slow (and was out of the office), our blog posting about it is today – but never mind because the message is just as pertinent as it was yesterday…. Water is a precious resource and should be used [...]

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Plastic bottle tops!

Posted on September 24, 2010 by recycleboy

I’ve just been sent this useful tip for re-using the lids from plastic bottles – it saves them from going in your recycling (where they can be a bit of a pain) and gives them another life, it will also save you from having to buy bag clips …. Make an incision and using a [...]

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Why can’t I recycle ….

Posted on August 5, 2010 by recycleboy

A question we often get asked as recycling officers is “Why can’t I recycle certain items?”   In this posting I’m going to explain why we can’t recycle a couple of items that we most commonly get asked about – and what the alternative uses are for these items.       Mixed Plastics There are a couple [...]

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What happens to my recycling?

Posted on June 7, 2010 by recycleboy

This is a question that we often get asked, some people even ask if what they place in their green bins gets recycled at all!   Well the answer to this is … yes it does! Lewisham use a method called “co-mingled collection” for our recycling services. This essentially means that as a resident you can [...]

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