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Rubbish Recyclers Programme 2007

Recycling: Take centre stage and make the change

Five households who are rubbish at recycling were chosen by Colchester Borough Council to change their ways and start reducing, reusing and recycling their waste to become the best at recycling.

During a 6-week programme the Rubbish Recyclers found out how to lead greener lifestyles. Keep up-to-date with their progress and get inspired to follow in their footsteps by reading on these pages about their experiences.

The Rubbish Recyclers

Have a look at the five lucky households that were selected to participate in our Rubbish Recyclers programme.


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Workshops and events

The Rubbish Recyclers were introduced to the 3 Rs - reduce, reuse, recycle - in 3 phases. This section also includes links to local providers involved in the programme.


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Awards ceremony
See here with what a fabulous evening the Rubbish Recyclers programme came to and end and the results of massive change the participants have undergone for which they were individually rewarded.
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See what our Rubbish Recyclers have to say!
Read here the weekly updates from our Rubbish Recyclers: they share with you what they most enjoyed and also comment on anything they had trouble with.
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Waste audit
This workshop showed the participants just how many recyclable items their throw away every week.
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Landfill site visit in Stanway

Find out more for yourself what our Rubbish Recyclers saw and learned at their visit to the landfill site at Stanway.


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Technowaste site visit
See and read about the fascinating site visit to the electrical goods recycling plant, Technowaste, in Basildon.
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Home composting workshop

See here how our Rubbish Recyclers learned all about how to start composting at home. Fun and games!


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Birch composting site visit
See and read here all about the site visit to the composting site on Birch Airfield.
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Colchester Furniture Project site visit

Find out what the Rubbish Recyclers learned when they visited Colchester Furniture Project (SHAKE Trust).


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Smart shopping workshop
See here what our Rubbish Recylers learned about how to shop smarter so as to avoid taking superfluous packaging home with them.
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