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Recycle For Merseyside this Christmas - 20 Dec 2011

Local waste officers are asking people to recycle as much as possible this Christmas and New Year.

'Shop smart, waste less' Christmas campaign launches - 19 Dec 2011

Food shoppers will be urged to shop smart and waste less this Christmas and New Year as a Merseyside-wide campaign gets underway this week.

Be a smarter shopper this Christmas- 12 Dec 2011

Are you looking forward to Christmas, but weary of the extra clutter it’ll bring around the house? Excited about the turkey dinners, even though most of it will end up as stuffing in landfill?

Compost for Christmas - 17 Nov 2011

Do you want to give a unique and useful gift this Christmas? A compost bin is a great green gift that allows you to do your bit for the environment.

Residents shedding the pounds - 14 Nov 2011

Merseyside householders are on a low carbon diet – and successfully cutting the weight of material that is being sent to landfill.

New Recycling Centre on track - 26 Oct 2011

Construction work has begun on a brand new Household Waste Recycling Centre in Knowsley.

Love Food, Hate Waste - 25th October 2011

Do you want to vary the food you eat and save money at the same time?

Recycle campaign hits the high street

The crusade to get Merseysiders to recycle more and throw away less will reach the High Street next week.

Community Fund reminder - 14 Sept 2011

A £20,000 fund for Merseyside community groups is still available for applications, local waste officers have said.

Recycling Centres switch to winter - 26 Sep 2011

Merseyside’s Recycling Centres are set to switch to their shorter winter opening hours.

Cooking oil recycling - 13 Sept 2011

An innovative scheme that will see cooking oil recycled and then used for energy has been introduced across Merseyside.

Get composting - 19th Sept 2011

Local waste officers are encouraging Merseyside residents to get in the garden and go green this autumn.

Time left to influence management - 18 July 2011

Residents can still have their say on the way Merseyside manages its municipal waste for the next 30 years.

Final chance for your say - 23 Aug 2011

Residents now have just two weeks left to have their say on a key document set to shape the way Merseyside manages its municipal waste over the next 30 years.

Gillmoss MRF video - 8 Aug 2011

See our stunning new time-lapse video of the Gillmoss Materials Recovery Facility in Liverpool being built.

Waste presevention fund launched - 4 July 2011

A £20,000 funding pot for Merseyside community groups is being launched this week (Monday 4th July).

Youngsters test out landfill exhibit - 4 Aug 2011

Visitors to Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority's (MWDA) new Recycling Discovery Centre at Bidston on the Wirral can now experience what it's like out on a landfill site without ever leaving the room!

Bin it, but don't bag it! 10th June 2011

National Recycle Week gets underway on June 20th with Merseyside and Halton waste officers urging householders to raise the region’s recycling rate by keeping unwanted items out of their recycling bins.

Draft Waste Strategy launched - 27 June 2011

Residents are to get their say on how Merseyside should manage its municipal waste through a range of targets and options designed to help Merseyside councils and Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority meet tough environmental and resource management challenges on waste prevention, recycling, landfill and carbon impact.

St Helens events this Recycle Week - 16 June 2011

St Helens Council is urging everyone to make the same effort to recycle when they’re out and about – as they do in the home.

Trade waste service launched - 20 June 2011

Traders and businesses can now use a new Trade Waste Recycling Centre on Merseyside under a waste authority drive to get businesses to recycle more.

Green bag giveaway - 31 May 2011

Keen gardeners and spring cleaners can get free recycling bags this month.

Parents - take up real nappies - 17 May 2011

Mums and dads across Merseyside are today urged to do their bit for the environment as the annual campaign to persuade parents to avoid disposable nappies gets underway.

Wirral School Environment Awards - 4 Jan 2010

Application forms are now available for the Wirral School Environment Awards 2010.

D-Day for Wirral van drivers - 24 Sept 2009

Van drivers turning up at Wirral Household Waste Recycling Centres from next Thursday (October 1st) could be turned back unless they produce a pioneering new permit.

Got a van? Get a permit! 2 June 2010

A flagship Permit Scheme to tackle abuse of the region’s Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) extends to Liverpool and Sefton from July 1st.

Grants on offer for green projects - 17 August 2009

Local recycling groups are being encouraged to bid for grant funding under a scheme launched by waste officers.

Green Star Recycling - 14 October 2009

Schools in Sefton are battling it out to be recycling champions.

Help shape the future - 5th Oct 2010

With landfill costs already high and set to increase further over the coming years, we need to look at ways to reduce and manage waste in Merseyside.

Merseyside throws open its doors - 25 Mar 2010

Keen recyclers will have the opportunity to do even more from Thursday, 1st April as Merseyside’s Household Waste Recycling Centres open an extra three hours every day.

Otterspool to close for a month - 1 Oct 2010

Otterspool Household Waste Recycling Centre in Liverpool is set to close for four weeks from October 31st so improvement works can be carried out.

Recycling Centres open as normal - 20 April 2011

Merseyside’s Household Waste Recycling Centres are open at their normal hours this Bank Holiday weekend.

Recycling Centres operational - 14 Jan 2010

Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority (MWDA) would like to inform residents that the region's Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) are open and operational despite the severe weather.

Recycling Centres switch hours - 23 Sept 2009

Merseyside’s Recycling Centres are set to switch to shorter winter opening hours.

Swap 'til you drop - 16 March 2011

Neighbours in north Liverpool may soon be swapping clothes thanks to a novel recycling event in Anfield.

Teenage Stars At Waste Premier - 25 Nov 2009

Teenage actors were star guests when waste chiefs premiered a unique DVD promoting recycling to young people.

Thrown away: 2,000 tonnes of food - 3 Nov 2010

Unwanted food accounts for almost one third of everything thrown in the bin in homes across Merseyside and Halton, a new survey reveals.

Worms Go To School - 1 Dec 2009

Schemes to recycle TVs and cut food waste in schools by introducing wormeries are among a host of projects awarded community funding by Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority.

£20,000 Community Fund launched - 5th Oct 2010

Merseyside waste management officers have this week launched a resource fund for local community groups.

Campaign puts faith in families - 8th March 2011

Parents and toddlers will be targeted this month in a new Merseyside drive to reduce household waste and boost the region’s environmental record.

Climate change will affect waste habits - 4 Nov 2010

Global factors like climate change, food shortage and recession will play a big role in future waste management .

Extra skips for Wirral Centres - 22 Dec 2010

Wirral Recycling Centres will be getting extra recycling skips over the festive period.

Four community projects get funding - 6 Dec 2010

Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority (MWDA) and Veolia Environmental Services have awarded the money to the groups as part of their Community Resource Action Fund.

Grace over for Wirral van drivers - 28 Oct 2009

A one month grace period for van drivers turning up at Wirral Household Waste Recycling Centres ends on Sunday November 1st.

Let go of unwanted gadgets! 17 June 2010

Competition running at five Household Waste Recycling Centres on Merseyside.

Liverpool Food Waste Roadshow - 21 October 2009

A new Love Food Hate Waste campaign roadshow date has been added next month.

Love Food Hate Waste dates - 13 October 2009

The Love Food Hate Waste campaign will be making appearances at various events over the next few weeks.

Love Food Hate Waste Roadshows - 17 August 2009

The Love Food Hate Waste campaign will be making appearances at various events over the next few weeks.

Merseyside goes electric - 10 Dec 2009

Merseyside waste officers are backing Recycle Now’s national campaign to get more people across the region to recycle their broken or unwanted electrical equipment in the run up to Christmas.

Merseyside pupils act green - 11 April 2011

Pupils from five Merseyside primary schools took to the stage in a novel scheme using drama to drive home messages about recycling and resource management.

Recycle For Merseyside this Christmas - 9 Dec 2010

Merseyside residents are being asked to give an extra gift this Christmas.

Thieves strike at green spot - 9 Sept 2010

Several burglaries have caused damage to scientific and engineering equipment at a restored landfill site in St Helens.

A rewarding way to recycle - 14 August 2009

Halton Council is to become the first authority in the north of England and only the second in the country to launch a voluntary scheme for rewarding residents who recycle.

Christmas waste collections - 16 Dec 2010

Need to know when your bins are being collected over Christmas, or when your local Recycling Centre is open? Find out here.

Don't be a binner with your Christmas dinner - 16 Dec 2010

A newly released report shows how homes across the region are together putting 2,000 tonnes of food in the bin every week.

Give it a Grow this Compost Week! 26 Apr 2010

‘Give it a Grow’ is the message being put out to mark the tenth annual Compost Awareness Week, which runs from 2 - 8 May.

Got a van? Get a Permit! - 27 Aug 2009

Merseyside waste officers are cracking down on the illegal disposing of trade waste as Wirral Recycling Centres become the first on Merseyside to introduce a permit scheme.

Halton Recycling Figures Up - 15 October 2009

New figures released show Halton households have increased the amount of waste they recycle in the past year.

Kirkby Recycling Centre Green Light - 28 Jan 2010

Waste chiefs at Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority are to develop a new £1.5m Household Waste Recycling Centre at the northern end of Knowsley Industrial Park after winning approval from planners.

Merseyside takes next step - 24 March 2011

A state-of-the-art recycling facility in Merseyside is nearing completion.

More Blue Bag collection points - 15 October 2009

St Helens Council's Recycling Team has arranged new blue bag collection points.

New Recycling Centre proposals - 22 Feb 2010

Proposals to create a new £1.9 Million Household Waste Recycling Centre in Huyton, Knowsley, will be unveiled to the public next month.

New recycling contract underway - 19 May 2009

Recycling on Merseyside enters a new era on June 1st when Veolia Environmental Services officially takes over the region’s £640 million Waste Management and Recycling Contract.

No County for cowboys this Christmas - 21 Dec 2010

Recycling officers want to remind van drivers of an access policy being put into place next month at the region’s Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs).

Recycling boost unveiled in Kirkby - 18 June 2009

Proposals to create a new £1.5m Household Waste Recycling Centre in Kirkby will be unveiled to local residents and businesses this week.

Recycling Centre switch to winter - 27 Sept 2010

Merseyside’s Recycling Centres are set to switch to their shorter winter opening hours.

Top TV chef calls on us to compost - 1 May 2009

Millions of tonnes of household waste could be saved from landfill each year if we all made the most of our compost, according to the Recycle Now campaign.

Views Sought On Recyling Centres - 16 Mar 2010

Merseyside and Halton residents visiting the region’s Household Waste Recycling Centres later this month will get a chance to take part in one of the biggest recycling surveys of its kind ever carried out in the region.

YouTube Chosen To Host Story - 29 April 2010

Merseyside residents can learn the ins and outs of waste disposal by logging on to YouTube to see what happens to their rubbish.

All the fun of the 'green' fayre - 15 October 2009

Hope Street (Liverpool) will be going green on Sunday 18 October when it plays host to a special Year of the Environment themed fayre.

Bidston Works Complete - 29 April 2009

Construction work at one of Merseyside’s busiest Recycling Centres is complete.

Christmas recycling arrangements - 17 Dec 2009

Find out the arrangements for disposing of your waste and recycling over Christmas and New Year.

Don't feed food to landfill - 11 Jan 2010

New research from Defra shows that 78% of people support having a separate food waste collection to enable recycling of food, and two thirds of households said they used their separate food waste collection.

Free Recycling Bag Giveaway - 26 August 2010

Local residents will be able to get their green fingers on free recycling bags this September.

Gypsum now accepted at Wirral - 13 July 2010

All of Wirral’s three Household Waste Recycling Centres have introduced dedicated gypsum waste recycling points on site.

Knowsley turns up heat - 15 May 2009

Knowsley Council is intensifying its efforts to go green and protect the planet.

Longer hours for Recycling - 22 March 2011

Merseyside residents will have the opportunity to recycle more from Friday 1st April as the region’s Household Waste Recycling Centres open for an extra three hours every day.

Love Food Hate Waste Roadshow Date

The Love Food Hate Waste roadshow will be at the Liverpool Christmas Market.

Love Food, Hate Waste - 14 May 2009

An innovative waste prevention campaign, Love Food Hate Waste, is being launched across Merseyside and Halton to reduce the massive amount of food we throw away.

Make a difference in Recycle Week - 22 June 2009

Recycle Week runs from Monday 22 – Sunday 28 June 2009: this year the Recycle Now campaign is encouraging us all to think about the many, easy ways we can waste less and make more of the resources we have.

Merseyside Recycling Figures Up - 7 October 2009

Latest figures reveal that Merseyside has increased its recycling by almost 30% in ten years.

Otterspool set for re-opening - 24 Nov 2010

Otterspool Household Waste Recycling Centre in Liverpool is to reopen this weekend (Saturday 27th November) after a four-week shutdown.

School Signs Up For Green Scheme - 17 Feb 2011

A Sefton primary school has become the first to sign up to a novel scheme using drama to drive home messages about recycling and resource management.

School's cultural competition clincher - 22 July 2010

A local primary school has proved itself as the best in Merseyside’s recycling culture club.

Waste set for take-away delivery - 21 Feb 2011

A campaign to help spread the message of food waste prevention is set to recruit local community champions.

Food recycling service in Knowsley - 6 May 2009

Knowsley residents are being offered the chance to sign up for a new food waste collection recycling service.