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The main difficulty with recycling glass is the need to remove the unwanted materials that contaminate it and avoiding the mixing of different colours. Glass collection points, known as Bottle Banks are very common near shopping centres, at civic amenity sites and in local neighbourhoods in the United Kingdom.
The British Red Cross is recognised by the UK Government as one of three Voluntary Aid Societies, [11] the other two being St John Ambulance and St. Andrew's First Aid. It is the sole Red Cross Society for the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories .
A letter has been sent to refugees after it was revealed the Government is spending £4.7 million per day housing asylum seekers in hotels.
In the UK, all businesses and other organisations have a legal duty of care over the waste they generate. This legal responsibility was introduced in the groundbreaking Environmental Protection Act (EPA) 1990 [7] and was recently amended by the Environment Act (EA) 2021 [8] to provide more clarity in definitions and expand responsibilities. The ...
A council says 'tis the season to reduce, recycle and donate to charity shops before Christmas.
Planet Aid, Inc. collects used clothing through a wide network of donation bins placed on public and private property, donation centers, and curbside pickups. [24] The group has collaborated with local businesses and other organizations to place bins on their property, with an aim to make donations more convenient and thus increase recycling rates. [25]
It gives advice, information, and advocacy to people and campaigns, and lobbies government and local authorities for new laws and policies. It works in partnership with Shelter Cymru in Wales and the Housing Rights Service in Northern Ireland. The charity was founded in 1966 and raised 75.2 million pounds in 2022/23.
Gift Aid allows individuals who are subject to UK income tax to complete a simple, short declaration that they are a UK taxpayer. Any cash donations that the taxpayer makes to the charity after making a declaration are treated as being made after deduction of income tax at the basic rate (20% in 2011), and the charity can reclaim the basic rate income tax paid on the gift from HMRC.