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Category: Recycling

What is Dry Mixed Recycling & How Should I Dispose Of It?
Ellie Hickling

Ellie Hickling / 16 November 2023

Recycling and becoming more environmentally conscious is becoming more and more important. Thankfully, there are lots of ways we can all get involved and do our bit to help protect our environment.  Dry mixed recycling, often referred to as ‘DMR’, is one of the most cost-effective and popular ways of disposing of clean, and most […]

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How to Dispose of Furniture: Our Top Tips
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Paris / 24 October 2023

Renovating or decorating your home can be really exciting. Picking a new colour scheme, new carpet, and new furniture – but it can mean that you may have to dispose of old tired furniture in readiness for all your new statement furniture. It’s important to dispose of your old, unwanted furniture responsibly. So, we have […]

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Recycling Initiative: Roughwood Primary School, Rotherham
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Paris / 19 August 2023

At KCM, we’re committed to helping our local schools in Rotherham and Sheffield to reduce the amount of waste they create and recycle as much as possible of what goes into their bins. A key issue across a high number of schools is not only ensuring their waste goes to the right place once it’s […]

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Our Top 5 Tips for Festival Waste Management
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Paris / 13 July 2023

Festival season is upon us! If you’re organising a music festival or are in charge of any environmental aspects of a festival, you’re bound to have a to-do list as long as your arm. Every year millions of festival goers across the UK gather to enjoy music festivals. But after the parties, are over they […]

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Plastic Free July: How To Reduce Your Plastic Waste
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Paris / 30 June 2023

Plastic Free July? If this is the first time you’ve heard of it, don’t worry. We have all the information you need to help you get involved in this global zero-waste movement! People all over the world will be taking part in Plastic Free July. It’s a global challenge to help reduce the wastage of […]

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How To Tackle Fly Tipping In Sheffield & Rotherham
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Paris / 30 June 2023

Let’s start with the facts – fly-tipping is a criminal offence. It is defined as the ‘illegal deposit of any waste onto land that does not have a licence to accept it’. So, when you’re driving down the road and see bin bags, old furniture, mattresses and general waste strewn in the street, this is […]

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10 Ways to Be More Sustainable at Work in 2023
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Paris / 23 November 2022

Becoming more sustainable at work means reducing our environmental impact and promoting sustainable practices. Most of us are doing our best to be more conscious of our footprint at home. However, we spend a lot of our time at work, so it’s important that we take responsibility for how we act sustainably at work. This […]

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Remote Work Sustainability: 5 Environmental Benefits of Working from Home
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Paris / 16 June 2021

Since feeling the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year or so, many businesses are already seeing the environmental benefits and sustainability that working from home can bring. As we delve further into 2021, it’s clear that sustainability is also at the forefront of people’s minds. Companies are looking to embrace new ways […]

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Our Latest Recycling Campaign in Conjunction with Rotherham United Football Club
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Paris / 19 April 2021

KCM Waste Management are proud to partner with and support Rotherham United Football Club in their latest recycling campaign! In an effort to make the club more environmentally friendly and create a more sustainable environment, RUFC are now collecting all single-use plastic bottles in their KCM bins both pitch side and in the changing rooms. […]

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Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE): How To Dispose Of It?
Ellie Hickling

Ellie Hickling / 7 March 2021

Disposing of waste electrical and electronic equipment can become quite a task if you are unsure of exactly how and where you are legally allowed to dispose of these items. Electrical waste is closely monitored now more than ever, in an attempt to reduce the amount of WEEE waste which is sent to landfill. Disposing […]

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