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Bike Rescue Seeks Artists

The local non-profit Bike Rescue organisation is seeking artists for a interesting artistic challenge: designer cycles.

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Bike Rescue comes to York

A new organisation has hit York. The Bike Rescue project aims to address the issue of the 60 bicycles that we throw away each week as a city, by recycling them!

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Tetrapak recycling for York

Five recycling banks for Tetrapaks are the newest addition to recycling facilities in York.

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York Freecycle Hits 6000

During September 2007, York Freecycle gained its 6000th member. This is a milestone for the group, which has been running since April 2005...

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Over 1000 bikes are rescued!

Over 1000 cycles. That's how many have been saved from the waste stream by community interest company Bike Rescue in the last year.

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Big Recycle Day

3rd of June was a big day at the York Environment Centre in St Nicholas Fields. About 300 people took part in the Junk Swap, bringing their unwanted items and taking away new-found goodies...

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Organise Your Household's Recycling

A yorkrecycling.net reader solves a common household recycling problem...