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Boost for recycling as Lewisham chooses new contractor
Over the last few months, the Council have been involved in a lengthy tendering process to find a new contractor that will take and sort the comingled (mixed) recycling for the next 3 years. The...
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Visits to Bywaters and Closed Loop
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...
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What happens to everything that goes into your recycling bin?
We do get a lot of enquiries about what happens to everything that goes into the recycling bins in Lewisham. Whilst we take great efforts to explain what happens to all the materials that go into the...
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Taking a closer look at contamination of recycling bins
Lewisham Council’s operations team, all the team members involved in waste education, the contracts manager looking after the Bywaters contract and the Strategic Waste Manager are always looking for...
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So what happens at the MRF? We ask a member of staff….
Unless you work in the industry, there’s probably no reason why you’d give your recycling or the recycling industry a second thought once you carry it out to the bin. It’s hard to grasp the enormity of...
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Sir Vivor bag textile trial hits parts of the borough with a £100 prize on offer
In a joint partnership project with our textile and recycling contractor, Lewisham Council are trialing the collection of textiles using what is being called the Sir Vivor bag. Unlike other collections...
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Police stand by whilst a man is eaten by a large compost heap
People’s Day 2014 and the Green Police were out in force again arresting anyone they caught not recycling and dealing with their waste properly. Many people came to see the recycling stall near the...
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