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City must push forward in holding businesses, residential buildings responsible for recycling

No doubt adequately ensuring everyone is recycling is a monumental undertaking in a city as big as Chicago. But if the task at hand isn’t addressed as swiftly as possible, our landfills will be overflowing.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mum collects tonne of rubbish after opening public recycling centre in garden

Liz Pinfield-Wells, 43, set up the DIY recycling centre following the birth of her third child after she found it difficult to recycle his squeezy baby food pouches

Wales Online

Private firm running Scotland's bottle return scheme expects to make £57m a year

Circularity Scotland’s business model relies on people not bothering to return some glass and plastic for a 20p refund.

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Why Don't We Send Our Garbage to Space?

Some researchers have suggested sending trash into space, but a better strategy is to reduce waste on Earth.

Inverse

Lisburn & Castlereagh 'change of heart' on controversial bin policy down to 'people power'

"I would plea to all Lisburn and Castlereagh residents to make sure your voices are heard and to make sure the 12 week consultation delivers a new bin policy, that will have the support all our residents."

Belfast Live

Unique Edinburgh workshop set to show how to turn plastic waste into art

An Edinburgh studio, who hope to minimise plastic waste through various methods, are hosting a workshop in the city teaching locals how to turn their recycling into art.

Edinburgh Live

Chicago still lacks tools to police recycling scofflaws: watchdog report

The city’s inspector general’s office reports the city still hasn’t fixed problems with making sure businesses, apartment buildings and condos provide recycling.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Jobs boost at new North Lanarkshire recycling centre as a result of Deposit Return Scheme

The Motherwell site will play a key role as a regional collection and counting hub

Daily Record

More than 170tn plastic particles afloat in oceans, say scientists

‘Cleanup is futile’ if production continues at current rate, amid rapid rise in marine pollution

The Guardian - UK

Lisburn Castlereagh withdraws tender for new household bin policy

"Abandoned as a result of uncertainties and the impact of such uncertainties on any roll-out programme and timelines."

Belfast Live

Bristol Waste bosses deny city council company is in financial trouble

“I want to dispel the issues you might have seen in the press"

Bristol Post

Neighbours fear noisy workers at South Bristol tip as new plans to start work at 6am

The recycling centre opened but now Bristol Waste wants permission for its staff to start earlier

Bristol Post

Supermarket giants promise to ‘urgently’ resume soft plastics recycling

Australia's three big supermarkets have promised to "urgently" revive the failed soft plastics recycling scheme, but still face big problems.

The New Daily

SNP MSP launches furious attack on 'sleekit' deposit return scheme as pressure mounts on Lorna Slater

Greens minister Lorna Slater was accused of having "completely failed for the second week running to answer relevant, pertinent, vital questions" on the deposit return scheme.

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Wales Online

Binmen ordered not to drink or have fun at weekends

Workers claim they have been banned from 'having a bit of a jig' in their spare time

Daily Record

Dad who died in Perth recycling centre explosion 'previously raised safety fears'

Lawyers of Slawomir Szmeichel said he raised safety concerns at Shore Recycling plant. The company says they are not commenting on the claims at the moment.

Leeds Live

Brown bin collections to start across Leeds next week

All the garden waste collected in brown bins across Leeds is composted locally

Daily Record

Tributes paid to 'true gentleman' who died in Perth recycling centre explosion

Slawomir Szmeichel, known better as Sławek, passed away after the huge explosion happened at the Shore recycling centre.

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Scottish Government requests UK internal market exemption for deposit return scheme

Scottish ministers formally requested exemption in a meeting with their UK Government counterparts on Monday.

AAP

Long wait to unwrap soft plastics recycling disaster

Coles and Woolworths hope to ship mountains of stockpiled soft plastic offshore and warn it will take time to replace the failed REDcycle recycling scheme.

The Guardian - UK

How a monument to my great-great-grandfather could help tackle the scourge of plastic pollution

A newly restored drinking fountain commemorates my ancestor. We need more to tackle the horror of so many discarded bottles, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Daily Record

Man who died following explosion and fire at recycling centre in Perth is named

The incident happened around 12.45am on February 28 at the Shore recycling centre on Friarton Road

The National (Scotland)

Tributes paid as man who died in Perth explosion named by police

TRIBUTES have been paid to a man who died after an explosion at a recycling plant in Perth.

Daily Record

First picture of 'loved husband and dad' who died after explosion at Perth recycling centre

Emergency services raced to the explosion in Perth at 12.45am on Tuesday, February 28.

The Conversation

Will we eventually have to send our trash into space if we run out of room on Earth?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

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