Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority
Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority actively promotes its work in local, national and trade media. This part of our site gives you information on our most recent media releases and communications campaigns.
A local, green-fingered group have secured funding to help grow food and cut waste – all from their community garden in a Bootle park. Friends of South Park in Bootle, Sefton, have received £7985 from the Zero Waste Community Fund 2024/25 to deliver the Compost Creators! project. The Fund supports local waste prevention, reuse and – Continue Reading
RECYCLING CENTRE NOTICE Due to flooding nearby, access to Bidston Recycling Centre is blocked from the Poulton Bridge Road roundabout. The site remains OPEN, but please use the approach from Stanley Rd and Beaufort Rd or use an alternative Recycling Centre until the flooding clears. Thank you. UPDATED 2PM, WEDS 16th Oct
Roadworks at Sefton Meadows Household Waste Recycling Centre (Sefton Lane, Maghull). Please be aware that next week from Monday 21st October there may be some disruption getting in and out of Sefton Meadows Recycling Centre due to a relaying of the carriageway at the entrance. Work is due to finish on Friday 24th October. Thank – Continue Reading
A Knowsley-based youth and community centre is on a mission to help local people save money and adopt zero-waste principles in their everyday lives. Centre 63 in Kirkby has been awarded £7,200 from Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority (MRWA) and Veolia’s Zero Waste Community Fund to deliver a Community Food & Recycle Hub. The project – Continue Reading
The popular Newton-le-Willows Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) is closing for two weeks to undergo essential maintenance works. The site, which is provided by Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority and operated by Veolia, will close on: Sunday 22nd September at 8.00pm, and will re-open on Monday 7th October at 8.00am. The temporary closure of the – Continue Reading
Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority have today launched a new campaign which provides a unique and informative view of the journey of recycling across Liverpool City Region. Through a newly created series of videos, residents from Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral can learn more about where their recycling goes once collected from kerbside, and – Continue Reading
Sixteen community groups have been awarded a share of £165,000 to help the residents of Liverpool City Region reduce, reuse and recycle more. The money has come from the Zero Waste Community Fund 2024/25, which supports local waste prevention, reuse and recycling initiatives. The Fund is arranged by Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority (MRWA) and – Continue Reading
Liverpool Half Marathon on SUNDAY 17th MARCH 2024 – Restrictions to access at Otterspool Recycling Centre, Jericho Lane, Liverpool There will be restrictions to the access at the Otterspool Recycling Centre during the Liverpool Half Marathon on Sunday 17th March 2024. Access to and from Jericho Lane / Aigburth Road will be restricted between 9.00am – Continue Reading
A share of £165,000 is up for grabs to help community groups make the Liverpool City Region a cleaner and greener place. The funding – made available via the Zero Waste Community Fund 2024/25 – is for community and voluntary groups, schools and not-for-profit organisations, who can reduce household waste, encourage recycling and resource reuse – Continue Reading
A Wirral community organisation is using money received from an environmental fund to help stop furniture from going to waste. Birkenhead-based Bee Wirral CIC has clinched £5760 from the Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority (MRWA) and Veolia Community Fund to help deliver the ‘Refresh: preloved furniture’ project. The money is being used to train up – Continue Reading
