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Smelly problem soon to transform into a large pile of unwanted plastic

After the Hume fire, all recycling will be diverted to the Mugga tip for "temporary storage".

The Canberra Times

Dumping recycling 'not the intention at this stage': ACT government

The government is still making arrangements for the territory's recyclables following a major fire on Monday.

The Canberra Times

Tailbacks and queues as people rush to the tip before strikes

The industrial action begins tomorrow

Liverpool Echo

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How to donate your Christmas tree to charity - they'll collect it from you across Manchester

If you're looking to recycle your real Christmas tree you can also benefit local charities in the process

Manchester Evening News

Belfast bin collections latest as council apologises for Christmas delays

The next collection is two weeks away

Belfast Live

Glasgow's festive bin collection dates as council confirms Christmas waste upheaval

Glasgow City Council has confirmed the changes to their festive bin collection dates, and given households advice on how to deal with their Christmas waste this year.

Glasgow Live

Will my bins be collected today? Christmas collection dates for every part of Wales

Check what dates your bins are due to be collected over the Christmas period and the New Year

Wales Online

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ACT govt outlines plan for recycling bins after losing facility to fire

Materials Recovery Facility extensively damaged by fire.

The Canberra Times

Fire destroys major ACT recycling centre

Firefighters have worked through the night to get a major fire at a recycling centre in Canberra's south under control but the facility has been destroyed.

AAP

Canberra recycling centre fire sparked overnight likely to burn for days

An investigation will be launched into the circumstances of the fire, which broke out in the main warehouse of the facility on Monday night.

ABC News

Rethinking the big spring clean chuck-out frenzy: how keeping old things away from the landfill can 'spark joy' in its own way

Driving home recently, I encountered a familiar sight: four dining chairs on the kerb waiting for some sucker to rescue them. Loading them into the car (sucker!) I wondered: how long were these chairs in shed limbo-land before finally getting kicked to the kerb?

The Conversation

A day with a bin crew trialling Cardiff's controversial new recycling system

City waste officials say they're trying to reduce the amount of contamination, like unwashed out food jars, that contaminates entire bags of recycling

Wales Online

Rise in fly-tipping in Carmarthenshire feared when recycling changes come in

Black bin bags will only be picked up once every three weeks from the end of January

Wales Online

All the Glasgow Christmas and New Year bin collection dates you need to know

Recycling bins are going to be important during the festive season so it's handy to know when they're going to get emptied. Glasgow City Council has changed collection dates over Christmas and the New Year.

Glasgow Live

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Wales Online

I tried going zero-waste for a week and this is what I learnt

The growing zero-waste movement empowers individuals to take a stand against the world's pervasive rubbish problem

AAP

Charges laid over failed recycling program

Victoria's Environment Protection Authority has laid charges after the nation's largest soft plastic recycling scheme was shut down.

Chronicle Live

North East bin collection dates for Christmas and New Year including Newcastle, Northumberland, Durham and Sunderland

Christmas and New Year bin collections for Newcastle, Sunderland, Northumberland, South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Durham and Gateshead

Liverpool Echo

Wirral Council flooded with 2,500 complaints over overflowing bins

Some furious people have threatened to withhold their council tax if the overflowing bins are not picked up

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Midlothian quarry owners want to move recycling centre onto rural site

Planning officers say recycling centres are more suited to industrial estates than the countrside and there is a 'presumption against approving the plans' which will be on display at public exhibitions in the new year

Evening Standard

The rise of the rental Christmas tree: This is why everyone’s renting their festive firs this year

Feeling guilty about the fading Christmas tree in your living room? Look no further, because there’s Christmas tree rentals abound this year

Daily Record

Christmas recycling rules to help households use the right wheelie bin during festive period

A handy guide to recycling cards, crackers, wrapping paper, tin foil trays and more.

ABC News

Soft plastics recycling operator REDcycle charged by Victoria's environmental watchdog

Victoria's environmental watchdog charges the operators of the REDcycle program used by major supermarkets, alleging the company secretly stockpiled plastic bags.

Belfast Live

Belfast City Council details bin collection dates for Christmas

There is "a shortage of drivers"

Insider UK

Dog poo start-up scoops funding for growth

Edinburgh-based business plans to expand into Europe next year

Belfast Live

Co Tyrone bin collection and recycling centre opening times over Christmas

From Christmas Eve there may be some disruption to the standard bin collection and centre opening days in Mid Ulster, Fermanagh and Omagh and Derry and Strabane

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