This section displays previous media releases issued by Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority.
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Birkenhead community organisation creating a buzz for furniture rescue and repair
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
Community theatre waste project takes centre stage
A local charity theatre is celebrating a funding boost which they say will help cut waste and increase reuse and recycling. Valley Community Theatre in Netherley, Liverpool, has been awarded £7977 to help deliver ‘Valley Vegheads’, a food growing and cookery skills project which it hopes will reduce food waste, increase composting and encourage food – Continue Reading
Bootle charity on a mission to rescue unwanted textiles
A charity in Bootle has made it their mission to stop textiles from being thrown away – and has received a financial funding boost to help them in their efforts. The Repurpose Project: Breathing New Life into Old Textiles is the creation of The Venus Charity, a Bootle-based community group who help to empower, promote – Continue Reading
Residents being encouraged to ‘choose to reuse’ this Christmas
Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority has launched a Christmas campaign advising residents to ‘choose to reuse’, in a bid to tackle climate change. Along with reuse tips, the campaign – which is being driven through the Authority’s Zero Waste LCR branch – offers other sustainable guidelines, which can help people to save money while protecting – Continue Reading
The Baltic Triangle swap shop saving textiles from trash
An environmental project in the Baltic Triangle area of Liverpool has been helping to rescue and reuse unwanted clothes and textiles. The Baltic Triangle Area C.I.C. used funding from the Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority and Veolia Community Fund to run the Baltic Swap Shop project, with the aim of stopping clothes and textiles from – Continue Reading
Recycling Centres switch to winter hours
Local Recycling Centres are set to switch to their shorter winter opening hours. From Sunday 1st October the Centres will be open from 8.00am until 5.00pm* – changing from the summer hours of 8.00am to 8.00pm. There are 16 Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) in the Liverpool City Region. They are operated by Veolia on – Continue Reading
Upholstered Domestic Seating
From 1st August 2023, if you’re bringing seating with upholstery to a Household Waste Recycling Centre then site staff will direct you to the Upholstered Domestic Seating Container. WHAT? Changes in regulation mean we have to separate items classed as Upholstered Domestic Seating that are brought to a Recycling Centre. These items contain ‘POPs’ (Persistent – Continue Reading
West Kirby Recycling Centre reduced opening hours
West Kirby Recycling Centre will be open with reduced opening hours of 11am – 3pm for the duration of The Open golf championship from Sunday 16th to Sunday 23rd July. Normal opening hours will resume from Monday 24th July. To avoid possible disruption please use Bidston, Clatterbridge or South Sefton Recycling Centres. END
Mersey residents urged to stop putting batteries in bins
Local residents are being urged to stop putting batteries in their bins, as they can cause fires and pollute the environment. Batteries can contain hazardous materials, such as mercury, lead and cadmium which, if they are not disposed of correctly, can cause fires in waste collection vehicles, household bins and at Recycling Centres. Material Focus – Continue Reading
Mersey community groups secure £165,000 funding to help reduce waste
Thirteen community groups have been awarded a share of £165,000 to help the Liverpool City Region reduce, reuse and recycle more. The money has come from the Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority (MRWA) and Veolia Community Fund 2023/24 which helps to support local waste prevention, reuse and recycling initiatives. Earlier this year the organisations had – Continue Reading
Merseyside charity on a mission to rescue, reuse and recycle unwanted items
A Sefton charity has spent the last year recruiting an army of volunteers to deliver workshops in clothes, furniture and plastics reuse to help stop materials from going to waste. Fix Up, Look Sharp is the creation of Crosby-based Mencap Liverpool & Sefton, which last year was awarded £7990 by the Merseyside Recycling and Waste – Continue Reading
Essential groundwork repairs are taking place at Clatterbridge Recycling Centre from Thursday 18th – Friday19th May.
Please follow the traffic signs, we aim to keep disruption to a minimum but during the works there maybe queuing at busier times. To avoid possible disruption please use Bidston or West Kirby Recycling Centre or consider visiting during offpeak times before 10:00am and after 6:00pm. www.merseyside-and-halton.veolia.co.uk/HWRCS
Essential groundwork repairs are taking place at Clatterbridge Recycling Centre
Essential groundwork repairs are taking place at Clatterbridge Recycling Centre from Tuesday 9th – Friday 12th May. Please follow the traffic signs, we aim to keep disruption to a minimum but during the works there may be queuing at busier times. To avoid possible disruption please use Bidston or West Kirby Recycling Centre or consider – Continue Reading
Longer hours for Recycling Centres
Merseyside and Halton residents will soon have the opportunity to recycle more as Household Waste Recycling Centres open for longer over the spring and summer months. From Saturday 1st April the region’s Centres will be open from 8.00am until 8.00pm*. There are 16 Household Waste Recycling Centres in the region. They are operated by resource – Continue Reading
Liverpool Half Marathon -Sunday 26th March
Liverpool Half Marathon on SUNDAY 26th MARCH 2023 – 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 26th March 2023. Access to and from Jericho Lane / Aigburth Road will be restricted between 9.00 – Continue Reading
Mersey cookery classes serving up skills for Food Waste Action Week 2023
Eight community projects in the Liverpool City Region are helping people to cut food waste, eat healthier and save money after a funding boost. The projects have been given a share of £110,000 through the Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority Community Fund 2022/23, which supports community reuse, recycling and waste prevention initiatives across the region. – Continue Reading
£165,000 fund launched to help community groups reduce, reuse and recycle
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 Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority and Veolia Community Fund 2023/24 – is for community and voluntary groups, schools and not-for-profit organisations, who can reduce household waste, – Continue Reading
Wirral Social Enterprise rescues almost 700,000 litres of paint from going to waste
Reciprocity Wirral, a Merseyside-based pioneer in paint waste, have diverted over 680,000 litres of paint from being wasted and redistributed it into community organisations and families across the region and beyond. By partnering with Veolia and Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority, Recipro have collected hundreds of thousands of litres of householder’s unwanted paint, which is – Continue Reading
Kids combating climate change with the Great Clothes Swap!
Schools from across the Liverpool City Region have come together in an effort to tackle climate change – by reducing the amount of clothes that people throw away. The Great Clothes Swap is the creation of Toxteth-based Liverpool World Centre and environmental charity Faiths4Change, who have been awarded £16,900 by the Merseyside Recycling and Waste – Continue Reading
Chief Executive appointment
MRWA has welcomed Lesley Worswick to the Authority as its new Chief Executive. Lesley previously spent over 24 years at the Environment Agency, her most recent post being Area Director for Greater Manchester, Merseyside & Cheshire. Councillor Tony Concepcion, Chairperson of MRWA, said: “Lesley is joining us from the Environment Agency and brings with her – Continue Reading
St Helens students take LEAP of faith into reuse and recycling
Students from a specialist learning college in St Helens have opened their own café and reuse shop to help the local community reduce, reuse and recycle more. The Not Too Shabby project is the vision of LEAP Specialist College in Newton-le-Willows, which has received £8000 from the Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority and Veolia Community – Continue Reading
Community heroes going green for garden restoration
A Wirral project has received funding to transform overgrown church grounds into an eco-garden – with the help of enthusiastic schoolchildren and green fingered volunteers. St Mary’s Church in Liscard has been given £8,000 from the 2022/23 Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority and Veolia Community Fund to transform the space which will now host fruit – Continue Reading
Latest Key Performance Indicators
MRWA has released its latest Key Performance Indicators. They can be viewed and downloaded below: KPI 1 – DOWNLOAD (PDF) KPI 2 – DOWNLOAD (PDF) KPI 3 – DOWNLOAD (PDF)
Liverpool laundrette in a spin to reduce, reuse and recycle wasted clothes
It’s so far sew good for a Liverpool laundrette looking to cut the amount of clothes and textiles going to waste across the city. The ‘Textiles RRR’ project has been conceived by Kitty’s Laundrette, the community launderette and social space in Everton, which has received £8000 from the Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority Community Fund – Continue Reading
RECYCLING CENTRES SWITCH TO SHORTER WINTER HOURS
Merseyside’s Recycling Centres are set to switch to their shorter winter opening hours. From Saturday 1st October the Centres will be open from 8.00am until 5.00pm* – changing from the summer hours of 8.00am to 8.00pm. There are 14 Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) in the region. They are operated by Veolia on behalf of – Continue Reading
Waste Warriors to reduce food waste on Merseyside
The Waste Warriors programme is coming to Merseyside, with the aim of reducing food waste across the region. The programme will be run by the British Dietetic Association (BDA) thanks to a £20,000 investment from the Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA) and Veolia Community Fund 2022-2023. With the UK on average throwing away 4.5 – Continue Reading
Recycle Right – it matters
A new advertising campaign reminding people of what they can and should recycle, and why it matters, has launched across the Liverpool City Region. Recycling Matters campaign adverts will be appearing on buses, trains, train stations and digital outdoor displays, as well as on local radio and on social media from September through to February. – Continue Reading
Mersey community groups secure £165,000 funding to help reduce waste
Sixteen community groups have been awarded a share of £165,000 to help the Liverpool City Region reduce, reuse and recycle more. The money has come from the Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority and Veolia Community Fund 22/23 which helps to support local waste prevention, re-use and recycling initiatives. The sixteen organisations had to bid for – Continue Reading
£50,000 available for community groups in and around Kirkby
The 2022 Kirkby Neighbourhood Community Fund – a £50,000 community fund for projects in and around Kirkby – opens for applications on 06 June 2022. The Fund provides £50,000 each year for community groups, charities and projects operating in Northwood, Cherryfield, Shevington, Whitefield and Prescot North (Knowsley Village). Community groups developing community, health and wellbeing – Continue Reading
A million get the message to Recycle Right
It is estimated that a campaign designed to help boost recycling across the Liverpool City Region has been seen over a million times. Launched in October 2021 and run through into March 2022, Recycle Right adverts reminding people of what they can and should recycle have appeared throughout Liverpool City Region on buses, local radio – Continue Reading
Liverpool community project on a mission to reduce rubbish
A Liverpool charity has spent the last year on a mission to stop clothes and textiles from being wasted – with the help of local youngsters. The Recycle, Refashion, Recreate project has been developed by the Dovecot and Princess Drive Community Association, which provides breakfast, lunch clubs and other activities for children affected by poverty – Continue Reading
Meet the hero schoolkids helping to fight food waste
A social enterprise has been working with schoolchildren across Liverpool to help in the battle against waste and climate change. Farm Urban – which delivers education and innovative solutions to sustainable food growing in communities – has been running the Future Food Heroes project since receiving a £19,580 grant from the Merseyside Recycling & Waste – Continue Reading
Restrictions to access at Otterspool Recycling Centre, Jericho Lane, Liverpool
Restrictions to access at Otterspool Recycling Centre, Jericho Lane, Liverpool Liverpool Half Marathon on Sunday 27 March 2022 There will be restrictions to the access at the Otterspool Recycling Centre during the Liverpool Half Marathon on Sunday 27th March 2022. Access to and from Jericho Lane / Aigburth Road will be restricted between 9.00 am – Continue Reading
Defibrillators installed at Recycling Centres across Merseyside and Halton
Recycling Centres operated by Veolia on behalf of Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority now have emergency defibrillators on all sites. A total of 19 defibrillators are now in place at recycling facilities, including the 16 Household Waste Recycling Centres across the region. With an annual footfall of over 1.5 million visitors, the sites will be – Continue Reading
Longer hours for Recycling Centres
Liverpool City Region residents will soon have the opportunity to recycle more as Household Waste Recycling Centres open for an extra three hours every day. From Friday 1st April the region’s Centres will be open from 8.00am until 8.00pm*. There are 14 Household Waste Recycling Centres in the region. They are operated by resource management – Continue Reading
Worms, furniture, food and fashion – the college on a mission to supply students with sustainable skills
Carmel College in St Helens has been teaching its students to become more environmentally aware with practical recycling and reuse skills, thanks to a funding boost it received last year. The college received the funding to deliver the Sustainable Steps Towards Sustainability project which has been helping empower their students with the knowledge and abilities – Continue Reading
Liverpool City Region residents urged to Recycle Right
A new campaign has been launched across the Liverpool City Region reminding residents how to make the most of their recycling. Don’t Treat us Like Rubbish is part of Recycle Right, an initiative led by Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority, MRWA to help improve recycling rates across the city region. The new campaign is reminding – Continue Reading
£165,000 fund launched to help community groups reduce, reuse and recycle
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 Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority and Veolia Community Fund 2022/23 – is for community and voluntary groups, schools and not-for-profit organisations, who can reduce household waste, – Continue Reading
Achieving Zero Waste in the Liverpool City Region
A resource has launched this week that will provide residents across the Liverpool City Region with help, advice and opportunities to start their zero waste journey in their homes and communities. Zero Waste LCR www.zerowastelcr.com is a new brand featuring a website and supporting social media channels. We are working to achieve zero waste by – Continue Reading
Check Your Tech – new campaign aims to cut electrical waste
A new campaign has been launched to stop electrical and electronic equipment from going to waste. Recycle Right – an initiative led by Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA) to boost recycling – is targeting waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) that is hoarded, or incorrectly disposed of, across the Liverpool City Region. Launched in – Continue Reading
Recycle Right this Christmas and New Year
Householders in the Liverpool City Region are being asked to recycle right this Christmas and New Year – but to take care when visiting Recycling Centres and continue to follow the national COVID-19 guidance. Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority (MRWA) and its contractor Veolia are reminding local people that the region’s 14 Household Waste Recycling – Continue Reading
Birkenhead community group turning textiles into treasure this Christmas
A Wirral-based community group is using Christmas decoration-making to help stop clothes and textiles from going to waste. Market Street-based Make It Happen Birkenhead is a community Interest Group which is using the festive season to help give their Textiles As Treasure project a boost, as well as providing local people with an opportunity to – Continue Reading
COP26 kids combating climate change with ten tonne fashion fix
Schools from across the Liverpool City Region have banded together in an effort to combat climate change and to stop clothes from being wasted. The project Fashion Fix: Fixing clothes and changing behaviours to reduce textile consumption and waste is the creation of Toxteth-based Liverpool World Centre and environmental charity Faiths4Change, who have been awarded – Continue Reading
SUNDAY 24TH OCTOBER Liverpool Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Resident Notice
Liverpool Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon on SUNDAY 24th OCTOBER 2021 – Restrictions to access at Otterspool Recycling Centre, Jericho Lane, Liverpool. There will be some restrictions to the access at Otterspool Recycling Centre during the Liverpool Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon on Sunday 24th October 2021. Jericho Lane will be closed at the junction to Aigburth – Continue Reading
Latest Key Performance Indicators
MRWA has released its latest Key Performance Indicators. They can be viewed and downloaded below: KPI 1 – DOWNLOAD (PDF) KPI 2 – DOWNLOAD (PDF) KPI 3 – DOWNLOAD (PDF)
Recycling Centres to switch to winter hours from 1st October
Merseyside’s Recycling Centres are set to switch to their shorter winter opening hours. From Friday 1st October the Centres will be open from 8.00am until 5.00pm* – changing from the summer hours of 8.00am to 8.00pm. There are 14 Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) in the region. They are operated by Veolia on behalf of – Continue Reading
Merseyside community groups come together to help reduce waste
Seventeen community groups have met in Liverpool to come up with ideas to help the City Region reduce, re-use and recycle more. The groups have all received funding from the Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority (MRWA) and Veolia Community Fund 21/22, which has distributed £165,000 to help support local waste prevention, re-use and recycling initiatives. – Continue Reading
Pringles tubes and other paper containers with metal ends now accepted at Merseyside recycling Bring Banks
A new recycling service for paper containers with metal ends, such as Pringles tubes, hot chocolate, nuts and other products, has been launched at Merseyside’s 14 Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) this Recycle Week. Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority has introduced the service in partnership with Veolia and the Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the – Continue Reading
Recycle Week 2021: This year ‘Step It Up’ in the fight against Climate Change!
Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA) is proud to ‘Step It Up’ in the biggest and best Recycle Week ever. Recycle Now and MRWA are asking residents to ‘Step It Up’ in the fight against climate change and take action to protect our environment through even better recycling habits. This year Recycle Now welcomes a – Continue Reading
Liverpool Half Marathon on SUNDAY 12th SEPTEMBER 2021
Liverpool Half Marathon on SUNDAY 12th SEPTEMBER 2021 – Restrictions to access at Otterspool Recycling Centre, Jericho Lane, Liverpool. There will be some restrictions to the access at Otterspool Recycling Centre during the Liverpool Half Marathon on Sunday 12th September 2021. Jericho Lane will be closed at the junction to Aigburth Road between 9.00am and – Continue Reading