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Festive Recycling Made Simple 🎄🎅
At Workplace Products, we want to encourage festive recycling this December. We love the magic and sparkle that comes with it, wrapping paper and gifts galore can make organisation and waste removal tricky. That is why we want to help you sustainably remove all your festive waste! When the excitement of Christmas Day begins to fade, we need to consider how to deal with all the leftovers. From waste wrapping paper to unwanted gifts, the amount of waste we generate over the festive period in the UK is more than you may
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Single use plastics – Convenience to crisis ⚠️
On the 3rd of July every year, we take part in raising awareness of single use plastics, in relation to International Plastic Bag Free Day. We take the time to discuss the harm and damage that single use plastics cause to us each day and try to encourage people, business, schools and more to adopt new eco-friendly alternatives to their current lives. On average, plastic bags are use for around 25 minutes. Yet it can take between 100 and 500 years for one plastic bag to disintegrate. The problem arises when each
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Which delivery option is best for you? 🚚
At Workplace Products, we have a huge range of delivery options. We understand that they can all get confusing, so we’re here to breakdown which options may be the best for you. When ordering larger items, or having many items delivered at once, it may be helpful to have some extra hands to deliver your goods. However, it’s up to you whether you want your goods just dropped off, or brough into a specific location. Whatever you need, we’re here for you. Kerbside delivery 🏠 This means that your goods are delivered
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Waste and Recycling Workers Week! ♻️
It’s waste and recycling workers week! This week, 16-22nd of June, we celebrate all our waste and recycling workers! This week each year, we come together to thank all of the women and men who work daily to control our waste and keep our neighbourhoods clean. Taking the time to say a simple ‘ Thank You’ to our behind the scenes waste operators goes a long way! Here’s other ways you can celebrate! Here are some of our favourite recycling fun facts to get you in the spirit! 🎉 ♻️ Cardboard boxes
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Celebrate Earth Day 2025!
Every year on April 22nd, Earth Day is celebrated globally by over a billion people in over 200 countries. Leaders throughout these countries work hard to highlight the importance of protecting our environment and engaging the public on rising green issues. This year’s theme is ‘Our Power, Our Planet’ The idea behind this theme is to get behind renewable energy, to triple the use of clean energy sources by 2030. The official Earth Day website features an amazing map, where you can explore local events happening this year, or even add your
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It’s National Gardening Day!
Happy National Gardening Day! Every year on April 14th, gardening is celebrated nationally. This allows people to post their gardening, garden with others and share the love! This day encourages people to pick up their shovel and plant some seeds! Not just gardening, this day also promotes any garden activities, such as new projects, recycling and reusing! We’ve got you covered this year for all your new projects! Store your new garage equipment! When beginning a new year of gardening, it’s important that you are organised and have somewhere to place your
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Global Recycling Day!
March 18th marks the day of Global Recycling Day! Every year this is celebrated to raise awareness of the importance of recycling. It is important that everyone is educated and making a conscious effort to ensure they are separating their waste, and recycling where they can. From 2022 to 2023, the percentage of recycled waste for UK households dropped by 1%. This means it is more important than ever to ensure we are recycling properly. What are the benefits of recycling? ♻️ How can you promote recycling in your environment? 🏫 There
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Simpler Recycling – New Legislation Alert! 🚨
Simpler Recycling – New Legislation Alert! 🚨With Global Recycling Day around the corner, a new Legislation is about to take place. From March 31st 2025, establishments with over 10 employees must offer multi-stream recycling. What waste do I need to separate? ♻️ Dry recyclables are: Food waste is: Black bin waste is: Where does this new Legislation apply? 🏫 What are the risks of not adhering to this legislation? 🚫 Waste collectors hold a legal duty to ensure your waste is correctly separated, this means if it isn’t they may refuse to
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Welcome to Zero Waste Week!
What is Zero Waste Week?🚮 Zero Waste Week happens the first week of September every year. This year from the 2nd to the 6th. This week ensures that awareness is spread and waste to landfill is reduced. It educates people around the world on the effects of their waste, and how managing your waste effectively can positively benefit the environment. By spreading the word about this pledge, it can encourage people to be more mindful and hope more care is taken towards waste around the world. Now is the perfect time to
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Side of Plastic
Plastic has been in use for as long as most of us can remember, yet is it necessary? What can we do to reduce our usage of this material that is so deeply entwined in our lives? Plastic began to take off in the 1950’s, the shortage of natural materials in World War II lead to the synthetic alternative. All industry sectors use plastic, with the largest usage being with packaging materials. Packaging accounts for almost half of plastic waste. With the economy growth in Asia, half of the worlds plastics are
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