Councils across England now required to collect food waste each week - the district council has announced that preparations are underway to commence this service in the Moorlands at the end of June. Residents will need to present any food waste separately from garden waste. At the same time, the Council and its waste and recycling collection partner Alliance Environmental Services (AES) will be introducing an opt-in subscription scheme for collecting household garden waste. E

Every two weeks, we place our grey bin outside, ideally filled with tins, bottles, and plastic, with the hope that they will be recycled, helping to protect our planet from landfill and climate change. But what if I told you there's a larger issue hiding in our kitchen, and it's the unassuming washing machine? Looks a nice washing machine but... They might be reliable, all the switches and displays work, and the motor runs perfectly, but some manufacturers are hiding a worryi

Residents across the Moorlands are being reassured that upcoming changes to their waste and recycling services as a result of the national scheme to introduce weekly food waste collections will not require households to have a fourth bin and will not result in fines. Recent reports in the national and local media have suggested that all residents will receive additional bins and could be fined up to £400 if recycling isn’t separated in line with the new rules. Staffordshire M

People in Staffordshire can grab a household bargain or Christmas gift and support a community group or charity at the same time at a series of pop-up sales events run by the county council. At all of Staffordshire’s household waste recycling centres, good quality reusable items are donated to county charities, care leavers who are setting up a new home or sold at one of the regular Rescue Me pop-up sales. People can pick up a wide variety of bargains of items including kitch