Cardboard Creation Competition

Create something fantastic from card and win a Kindle e-reader.
Changes to Cardboard Collections

National standards for compost have become tighter to ensure it is of the highest quality. This means that in the future cardboard will no longer be accepted with garden and food waste as some authorities do now.
Schools lead the charge in electrical recycling

Photograph courtesy of ERP
Hertfordshire schools have collected the equivalent weight of 12 elephants in unwanted electrical items.
Improvements for St Albans' HWRC

The Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) in St Albans will close for a week while essential works are carried out to improve the site.
Harpenden ReUse Centre nets £25,000 for charity

A recycling partnership led by your local county council is celebrating raising more than £25,000 for charity in its first year with a special Christmas Fair.
WasteAware film to share green screen tips
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How the county recycles its organic waste is the focus of a new campaign by Hertfordshire's Waste Partnership.
Recycling compostable materials
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Hertfordshire Waste Partnership is finding that some residents are putting the wrong items in their organic waste bins.
Hertfordshire Household Waste Recycling
Site opens ReUse Centre in Partnership
with Sue Ryder

Keen to provide local residents with new ways to reduce waste, Hertfordshire County Council as part of the Hertfordshire Waste Partnership, has launched a pilot scheme at the Household Waste Recycling Centre in Harpenden designed to increase the amount of waste that is diverted from landfill and reused.
Race to collect more electronic waste

This year's Hertford Charity Run, which takes place on Sunday 15th April, has a recycling theme.
Recycled cooking oil saves money and energy

If you've been recycling used cooking oil at the Hertfordshire Waste Partnership Household Waste Recycling Centres you've been helping to reduce the cost of repairs to damaged drains and watercourses and also providing electricity to power the National Grid.
Beans means prizes for Hertfordshire students

Students at the University of Hertfordshire who recycle a special fresher's week can of beans will be entered into a competition to win an iPad2.

