Plastic is made from fossil fuels. Often single-use plastic is low quality and harder to recycle. The best thing to do is to avoid it completely where we can.
A dedicated team of 10 volunteers from R4GM’s waste disposal partner, SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, planted an impressive 210 native trees in Rochdale in December, working in partnership with the Community Forest for Greater Manchester,…
Preloved- Big ticket items, small prices Why not consider buying preloved gifts this Christmas? You can get low priced bikes, kitchenware and so much more from our Renew shops. New to Renew? Sign up to the mailing list, you’ll get 10% off…
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) and Recycle for Greater Manchester (R4GM) are urging residents to take care when disposing of items containing batteries after a lorry caught fire last week.
If you’re preparing to observe in the Holy month of Ramadan this year you are probably busy planning on self-reflection, donating and family time. And eating, of course. Here’s our guide to staying sustainable this Ramadan...
We’ve launched a brand new Repair Café! The Boggart Hole Clough Repair Café is a collaboration between Stitched Up, the In Our Nature Programme and Lakeside CIC to bring the right to repair to the community of Blackley. Come to the…
This Christmas, don’t forget to put plastic pots, tubs and trays in your mixed recycling bin This is the first Christmas you can recycle pots, tubs and trays at home! Recent changes to recycling in Greater Manchester mean we can recycle…
Residents in nine Greater Manchester boroughs can now recycle household plastics like pots, tubs and trays in their mixed recycling bin, previously only plastic bottles could be recycled at home. Upgrades at Greater Manchester’s materials…
Recycle for Greater Manchester is working with Recycle Your Electricals to encourage local residents to participate in The Great Cable Challenge – a nationwide campaign aimed at tackling the millions of cables sitting idle across UK…
An immersive and eye-catching display has taken over a town centre’s shopping centre to encourage residents to think about how they get rid of their unwanted clothes.
Almost all of your clothes can be recycled. Even if they’re stained, ripped or past their best, they aren’t rubbish. Cotton on to recycling your clothes and shoes so you never need to bin them again.
SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK secure contract extensions worth approximately £800m over eight years - with social value, innovation and the environment at the heart of the project.
As the name suggests, disposable vapes are not meant to last long. When they’re binned the battery can be crushed. This can cause a fire in the bin wagon or at the recycling centres.
Based next to the lake in Platt Fields Park, the Bike Hub has been working hard over the past few months to get old bikes back on the road, while at the same time giving refugees a way to get around the city.
£220,000 is available for projects which help to reduce, reuse, or recycle household waste, and generate wider social benefits for their communities in Greater Manchester.
More than £1m raised by Greater Manchester residents through Renew scheme. Shopping at Renew helps to raise funds for local communities across Greater Manchester. Renew opened its first three shops in 2021, before opening online to raise…