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London-Based What a Load of Rubbish Solves Recycling and Garbage Woes

by Lindsay E. Brown · 02/17/12

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We’re acutely aware that there is no magic place called “away” where our garbage goes. But when it comes to recycling and actually doing something about it, the old saying ‘out of sight, out of mind’ goes for many. In the U.S. alone, over 7 billion pounds of PVC is thrown away each year; and of that amount, only 18 million pounds (approximately one-quarter of 1 percent) is actually recycled. The UK fares a bit better: Roughly 25% of the their plastic waste is recycled.

Savvy London-based company What a Load of Rubbish is changing the way citizens and organizations handle their rubbish, or, as we say in the States, ‘trash.’ Their rubbish removal specialists pick up any and all kinds of garbage — no matter the size — from homes, offices, hotels, schools, constructions sites, you name it, and deliver it to transfer stations where the garbage/rubbish/trash/junk whatever you’d like to call it, is sorted and recycled in the most responsible way.

The company empowers people to take responsibility for their trash without having to do the dirty work. Their customers sleep better knowing they’ve done right by their trash and the environment, and they save valuable time which can be spent on life’s myriad of demands. The company even provides documentation so customers understand precisely where their trash goes.

Their service is to be of service to the earth and humans’ health in more ways than one. Not only do they save copious amounts of garbage from being sent to landfills where toxins often seep into the earth and waterways, but they protect precious natural resources from depletion in the future.

A company like What a Load of Rubbish who makes it their mission to help humans preserve the earth gets an A+ in our book, no matter where in the world they’re located.

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Tags England, green recyclable, London, recycle, Recycling, trash, US

Lindsay E. Brown Lindsay E. Brown is the managing editor of eco-chick and the author of the just-published Don't Hook Up With the Dude: 200+ Career Secrets for 20-Somethings. She's contributed to Cottages & Gardens, Edible East End, and writes regularly for an array of media including EarthHour.org, ThriftyandGreen.com, LauraTurnerSeydel.com and on behalf of Ecover US. She loves penning the interview series Heroines for the Planet on Eco-Chick, as she gets to share powerful stories of women who are changing our world. After overcoming an eating disorder, Lindsay channeled her energy and made promoting healthy living and choices to women - in and out of work- her life's mission. She co-founded 2Booms.com to spark productive cross-generational conversations and to help young women find their way. Lindsay lives and plays with her dog Layla in New York. In her downtime, she shares her eco-musings and interviews on her blog BrownLovesGreen.org, experiments with vegetarian cooking, makes all-natural beauty products (sometimes unsuccessfully) and savors healthy, happy hours running or walking in the park. Follow Lindsay on Twitter at @LindsEBrown.

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