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Keeping Yourself Busy During These Difficult Times
With the current climate being what it is, a sizeable percentage of the UK's workforce is currently having to spend days on end at home. If you're the active sort and are in isolation, finding things to fill your day up can be somewhat of a challenge....
What Is E10 Petrol And How Will It Affect You?
Announced by the government today, UK drivers may soon be filling their fuel tanks with a new type of fuel dubbed "E10 petrol". The current Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps made the announcement today (4th March 2020) which could see UK CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions...
10 Unmissable Activities and Events in London: Summer 2020
The air is finally starting to clear, with the snow and cold rain of winter now (hopefully) a distant memory. That means that the summer of 2020 is now nearly upon us and is the time of year when we replace hunkering down at home and cosy nights in with adventure and...
Garden Clearance FAQs
If you live in London and have a garden, you'll know that keeping it looking neat and tidy is a tiresome and ongoing job. Quite often, you just simply may not have time to clear it yourself and if you do, it can be back-breaking work. Most Londoners lead busy, hectic...
10 Easy Ways to De-clutter and De-Stress Your Life
Not only does having a good old-fashioned decluttering session open up your home and give you space to store the things you actually will use, an ordered and low clutter living environment has been proven to enhance your mental wellbeing as well. To get you started on...
Benefits Of Using A Waste Clearance Service
The Benefits of Using A Licensed London Waste Collection Company One of the biggest headaches as a business owner is how to dispose of your London waste in a responsible way that abides by the Environmental Protection Act of 1990. Although you're perfectly within your...
London Hot Air Balloon Regatta – 2020 Festival
Update: Due to recent events concerning the Coronavirus, this event may be postponed. Please ensure you check with the organisers before making any plans. London Hot Air Balloon Festival - 2020 (Please note that we're not affiliated with this event - We just love hot...
Real vs Fake Christmas Trees – Which is Best?
OK, it's nearly Christmas for those that celebrate it. If you do, you're probably thinking of moving all that loft junk out of the way once again and digging the fake tree out for yet another year. Alternatively, you may choose to go on the hunt in London for a real...
Recycling and Waste Management Options in London
At the risk of stating the obvious, London is a big city with a lot of people in it. That being the case, the city also produces a great deal of rubbish. No surprise there! As we become increasingly aware of the waste that we create on a daily basis and its impact on...
Recycled Pallets From Brixton Market Benefits Local Playground
This fabulous idea caught our attention today and it's just the sort of positive recycling story that could so easily benefit other areas of London too. Slade Gardens Adventure Playground in Stockwell Park Road SW9 already benefits from an edible garden, where kids...
Overloaded Skips – How to Load a Skip Correctly
Whether they're empty or full, it's fair to say that skips aren't the prettiest things in the world to look at; even less so when they're overloaded. Aside from that, it's illegal for a skip company to transport a skip if it's dangerously overfilled. If you've weighed...
Get Your Domestic DIY Rubbish Cleared Before Winter Arrives!
As the summer draws to a close, you may well be exhausted after completing all those pesky DIY tasks that you promised yourself you'd do before the frosty weather arrives. So, if you've had enough and have only just put away your builders' gloves until next spring,...
Can I recycle Tetra Pak juice cartons and containers?
Aside from the image above clearly being a carton of "Own Brand" orange juice, the container that it comes in is called a Tetra Pak (or Tetra Brik). Nearly everyone will be familiar with these types of cartons as they're used all over the world to contain and prolong...
Investing in the future – Out and about in Belgravia SW1
Originally known as the "Five Fields" way back in the Middle Ages, Belgravia was once a series of fields that were used for grazing animals. As today's residents of SW1 are acutely aware, an awful lot has changed since then! With the exception of Belgrave and Eaton...
What’s on at Battersea Coaling Jetty?
Since we're based in Battersea the area has a special affinity for us. After writing about the history of the iconic Power Station which dominates the Battersea skyline, we thought we'd let you know that Battersea Power Station's Coaling Jetty is now open to the...
Man accidently ‘recycles’ his life savings of $23,000 in a shoebox
Recycling rubbish can be an expensive business, and that certainly turned out to be the case for one man from Northern California who inadvertently dumped his $23,000 life savings. The man, who kept the money tucked away in a shoebox, accidentally 'recycled' it with...
Should I crush cans for recycling?
Image by BRRT from Pixabay It may seem like an odd question as you'd think the answer would be self-evident. I mean, why on earth wouldn't you crush a can before throwing it in the recycling bin? For one, it saves on space; if you use a lot of tin cans and plastic...
Builders’ Waste – Skip Hire v Waste Clearance; Which Is Best?
Now summer is in full swing, most London streets are awash with the sound of hammers, power drills and electric saws. It’s at this time of year that you’ll see vast numbers of skips plotted by the side of the road and numerous front gardens with skips on the driveway....
History of Waste Management
After dealing with all kinds of junk and bric-a-brac for over a quarter of a century, we've learned a thing or two about rubbish removal throughout London and one thing we're certain of is that all living things produce waste, even plants. In particular, where there...
Microplastics now thought to be blown worldwide by the wind
As if it wasn't bad enough to know that microplastics are already polluting rivers, oceans, the soil and even our drinking water supply, a new study suggests that these tiny plastic particles are being blown by the wind to even the remotest places on the planet... and...