Christmas trees collected from across East Devon have been turned into chippings and used for special projects, like at a forest school at Cranbrook.
East Devon District Council (EDDC) has continued its work with residents this month by recycling all the old Christmas trees left at various residents’ drop-off zones after the festive season.
Soft plastics, such as cling film, biscuit wrappers and carrier bags, can now be recycled in even more co-operative convenience store locations in Devon and Dorset.
Following the success of its trials and in response to customer demand, Southern Co-op now has soft plastics recycling bins in five of its stores in Devon and 14 of its stores in Dorset - a total of 167 across the south...
Devon eco-business The Recycled Candle Company has teamed up with national charity Missing People to help raise awareness of the thousands of people who go missing each year.
The new Home Sweet Home pillar candle is being released just in time for Mother’s Day, always a poignant day for families with a missing loved one.
Jo Youle from Missing People explained: “Someone is...
A unique community preloved toy shop opens in Axminster on Friday 25 February, with a special launch event.
No Toy Left Behind is a brand new community shop selling gorgeous and giftable, lovingly restored preloved toys. Kickstarted by a successful crowdfunding campaign, the not-for-profit environmental initiative aims to decrease waste by saving toys from landfill and inspiring the...
Exeter City Council and Exeter City Football Club (ECFC) have won a national recycling award for their innovative scheme, Cans 4 City, which encourages Exeter football fans to recycle used drink cans while also raising money for charity.
The team behind Cans 4 City were presented with a Green Can Award by not-for-profit Every Can Counts in recognition of their outstanding recycling...
The South West’s leading independent commercial waste management firm DCW has acquired the assets of electrical recycling company South West Computer Recycling.
After Somerset-based South West Computer Recycling, trading as WEEE Disposal, went into liquidation, DCW acquired its assets, allowing it to extend the reach of its Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling...
A total of six million recycling and waste collections – weighing more than 48,000 tonnes - were made in East Devon last year.
Crews collected the equivalent weight of 4,000 London double decker buses, through a whopping 4.5million recycling collections and 1.5 million waste collections.
As well as this a further 300,000 green waste collections were made.
Not sure what you should and shouldn’t be recycling this Christmas? Well East Devon District Council (EDDC) has put this handy list together to help you over the festive season.
Every household in the district should have received a bin hanger, with all the information you need over Christmas and New Year.
The information can also be found by visiting www.eastdevon.gov.uk/...
Award-winning Exeter agency Absolute PR and Marketing is celebrating 21 years in business with a brand refresh which reflects the agency and team’s passion for building brands with purpose.
Born out of a shared drive for delivering meaningful and purposeful work that has a positive impact, be that for clients or for the wider benefit of society and the climate, Absolute has adopted a...
Oltco Plymouth, the leading sustainable resin bound driveway company, led by Ben Ure, has recently played its part in recycling the equivalent of over 122 million plastic straws in driveways up and down the country.
Working across Plymouth, Yelverton, Gunnislake, Lifton, Princetown, Ivybridge and the surrounding towns and villages, Oltco Plymouth has partnered with local businesses,...
