Recycling - information and advice
Information from composting to waste events, and how to reduce, reuse and recycle your waste
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District / borough recycling and composting rates
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Dorset Reduction and Recycling Group
The Dorset Reduction and Recycling Group (DRRG) brings together all the local authorities in Dorset, working together to promote waste reduction and recycling across the county.
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Packaging
The inside story
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Proposals for a waste management facility in the Bridport area
Dorset County Council is putting forward proposals to develop an integrated waste management centre in Bridport.
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Refuse - flytipping
Fly tipping is the illegal dumping of waste on any land and is a criminal offence.
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Schools and education
Resources for children and teachers, including fun, games, facts and figures.
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Where does my recycling go?
Have you ever wondered just what happens to the materials you recycle, where they go and what they become in their new life?
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Why is waste a problem?
In Dorset we produce over 220,000 tonnes of household waste every year. That is about half a tonne, or half a car of household waste per person - the annual increase alone would cover a football pitch 3 feet deep.
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Recycling aerosols
Aerosols, like empty deodorant, hair spray, air freshener and furniture polish cans can all be recycled as part of residents' kerbside collections.
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Garden waste and composting
Garden waste can be composted at home. Alternatively, you can have it collected by your district/borough council or take it to your local household recycling centre.
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Recycle for Dorset blog
This blog allows you the chance to get involved in recycling, to find out the latest on recycling from your local councils and to follow the adventures of Sammie Strawberry!
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Recycling - reduction and reuse
Information to help you reduce the amount of waste that you dispose of.
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Recycling at home
Recycling at home is really simple and it is something that everyone can do. Recycling means that less waste is sent to landfill and materials can be made into new products more than once.
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Recycling banks that take electrical items
Dorset residents can now recycle their unwanted small electrical items more easily at new recycling banks.


