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Recycling worker wins unfair dismissal case after being sacked for failing a drugs test while taking cannabis for his bad back Recycling worker Carl Pamment wins unfair dismissal case against employer Pamment had been taking cannabis to help deal with his severe back pain Renewi UK Services fired him claiming he posed safety risk ‘under … Read more
Helena Bonham Carter cuts a casual figure in a black jacket and navy skirt as she drops off items at a recycling centre By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 17:54 GMT, 29 December 2020 | Updated: 17:54 GMT, 29 December 2020 She is a successful actress with a career spanning more than three decades. And … Read more
Fury as fly tippers dump mountains of Christmas rubbish and recycling outside UK supermarkets People in Sheffield rushed to get rid of their festive waste, angering local people Asda stores in Chapeltown, Handsworth and Parsons Cross had piles of bags Residents have branded the dumped waste mounds as ‘disgusting’ and ‘selfish’ By Amelia Wynne For … Read more
Over 60% of Britons are baffled by these nine common recycling symbols found on supermarket items – so how many do YOU know? Survey found 61 per cent of Britons do not understand basic recycling symbols Even 25 per cent of people did not know the ‘Tidy Man’ figure putting litter in bin Most were … Read more
1. MOBIUS LOOP – 78% recognise This symbol indicates a product is capable of being recycled. When a percentage is found in the middle, this explains how much of the product is made with recyclable materials. 2. TIDYMAN – 76% recognise Tidyman originates from a ‘Keep Britain Tidy’ campaign which began in 1960 and simply … Read more
Man is arrested after ‘dumping a human HEAD in a recycling bin in Spain’ – as witnesses mistook it for a Halloween joke Man spotted dumping a human head by a recycling bin in the city of Huelva Witnesses at first mistook the incident in the city of for a sick Halloween joke Man was … Read more
‘Zombie’ batteries cause hundreds of fires a year at recycling plants after owners throw them away carelessly The ESA launched a campaign urging people to correctly dispose of batteries It warns consumers to never throw away dead batteries with rubbish or recycling CCTV shows explosions triggered by ‘zombie’ batteries at UK recycling centres Around 250 fires at waste … Read more
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has made a new recycling rocket record following the successfully launch and landing of its resuseable New Shepard. This is the craft’s seventh consecutive flight, which took off from the firm’s West Texas facility. New Shepard took off a 9:35am ET, carrying 12 commercial payloads that it took into orbit and … Read more
Apple has filed suit against a Canadian company it hired to recycle its devices, claiming it instead stole and resold more than 100,000 iPads, iPhones and Apple Watches. The tech giant is taking legal action against Ontario-based Geep Canada, which it paid to dismantle and recycle over 570,000 Apple devices between 2015 and 2017. Investigators … Read more
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is set to break the record for rocket recycling tomorrow by launching its reusable New Shepard craft for the SEVENTH time Blue Origin is set to launch its reusable New Shepard rocket Thursday This is the seventh flight of the craft and would hit a new rocket recycling record New Shepard … Read more