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Top tips on avoiding food waste during the COVID-19 outbreak
At a time when we need to be more careful with food than ever, there's plenty of potential for even ...
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What's the modern-day equivalent of the "Blitz Spirit"?
Dr Henry Irving, a historian at Leeds Beckett University talks with local journalist Peg Alexander a...
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We need you! Share your waste stories!
Whilst bin collections are inevitably disrupted due to COVID-19, we need your help to share ways we ...
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Info about #LeedsBins during #covid19
During the current Covid-19 outbreak, we are pausing the rest of our work and focusing on supporting...
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Sustainability in the workplace. Why it matters
The success of #LeedsbyExample city centre on-the-go recycling was incredible. Recycling rates in th...
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Zero Waste Fashion Week
4000 tonnes of clothing and textiles end up in Leeds' black bins every year. Zero Waste Fashion week...
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#LeedsByExample on-the-go recycling
It’s headlines like these sharing real positive change happening in our city that help us get out of...
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Zero Waste Valentines
Traditionally, February 14th has been a day to celebrate love. But Valentine's Day seems to have evo...
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Zero Waste Running featured in Runners World magazine!
Our work with local running clubs and race organisers is featured in the latest edition of Runners W...
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Sustainability in fashion - why and how?
We’re focusing on fashion, clothing and textiles in 2020. Why? A new report from waste reduction cha...
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Zero Waste Leeds returns to BBC Look North
For the second time in a month, Zero Waste Leeds were invited onto BBC Look North - this time to tal...
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Helping you to have a Zero Waste Christmas
Christmas can be a time when so much gets wasted or thrown away - but it doesn't need to be that way...
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Zero Waste Fashion
Zero Waste Fashion aims to increase awareness of the best ways to recycle, reuse, repair and upcycle...
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Zero Waste Leeds on BBC Look North
Leeds By Example, the on-the-go recycling project on which Zero Waste Leeds were a local partner, wa...
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What happens to our green bin recyclable waste in Leeds?
In November we arranged for a few of our Facebook followers to go on a tour of the HW Martin facilit...
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Why is striving for zero waste so important in dealing with the climate emergency?
Climate change is an emergency. We must take urgent action in the next decade to prevent temperature...
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Plastic Pioneers
With support from Hubbub, and in collaboration with TK Maxx and Homesense, we are working on an exci...
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Building the movement
It can seem like everyone wants to build a movement at the moment. So what do we mean when we're sa...
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What has Leeds By Example taught us?
Much of our time over the last 18 months has been spent working on Leeds By Example - a project led ...
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What motivates people to switch to reusable cups?
Some very interesting research has recently been published by Zero Waste Scotland - looking at what ...
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