We all try to do our part. If nothing else, most people will throw their recyclables into those yellow-lidded bins. But what do you do with non-recyclables? American start-up TerraCycle have saved 2.6 billion pieces of waste through their upcycling process which turns hard to recycle waste into new products. Founder and CEO Tom Szaky spoke with Tim Higgins about TerraCycle's unique brand of upcycling, which has now started up in Australia.

Schon in den vergangenen zwei Jahren hat der Stadtschülerrat Umfragen an Schulen (zum Beispiel zum Thema „Schülerrechte“ oder „Beteiligung“) durchgeführt, verschiedene Projekte wie „Terracycle“ (eine Stiftesammelaktion, um aktives Recycling zu betreiben und das Geld für soziale Einrichtungen zu spenden) und „Pfand gehört daneben“ (eine Kampagne für bewussteren Umgang mit Pfandgeld) unterstützt. Auch eine Arbeitsstelle am Museumsberg wurde durch die Einmischung des SSR durch eine Stellungnahme im Rathaus gerettet.

NEWS: The Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust at Turnbridge Mill on Quay Street, Huddersfield, has signed up as one of the UK’s first public collection points for the Tassimo Brigade® to enable people to recycle their Tassimo coffee machine T-DISCS and outer foil packaging. The collection box at the Trust will be available from Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm. Sarah-Jane Ainley from the Trust who will administrate the collections for the Huddersfield Tassimo Brigade® location said: "Two TerraCycle points are earned for the weight of each piece of Tassimo waste that we send in for recycling, with each point being redeemable for a one penny contribution. "All the money raised will be used to help fund the Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust."

THIS really takes the biscuit!Grimsby's Women's Aid has finished runner-up in the nationwide McVitie's Biscuit Wrapper Roundup recycling contest, winning a £150 prize and a prize hamper thanks to the support of the people of Grimsby and Cleethorp...

THIS really takes the biscuit! Grimsby's Women's Aid has finished runner-up in the nationwide McVitie's Biscuit Wrapper Roundup recycling contest, winning a £150 prize and a prize hamper thanks to the support of the people of Grimsby and Cleethorpes. A staggering 5,700 used biscuit wrappers were collected by the charity's network of collectors and the wider local community during the six-month contest, which ended in October. Women's Aid beat off strong competition from participating locations all over the UK, including third-placed Preemies UK children's charity in Droitwich.