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Where and how to recycle your old electrical items as Brits are urged to raid 'drawers of doom'

‘Drawers of doom’ in homes up and down the UK contain millions of items made with recyclable copper, a study has found

Evening Standard

Britons urged to dig out unwanted electricals to tackle copper shortage

Items such as cables and old tech could contain £266m worth of metal vital for decarbonisation drive, study finds

The Guardian - UK

Vapes redesigned to avoid UK crackdown could lead to more waste, say critics

Reusable varieties unlikely to dent environmental impact of e-cigarette waste, even as they curb battery waste

The Guardian - UK

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NBL refs boss admits 'mistake' in United-Perth thriller

An officiating error denied Matthew Dellavedova a chance to win Melbourne United's clash with Perth at the free-throw line, the NBL's referees boss says.

AAP

Half a billion cheap electrical items go to UK landfills in a year, research finds

Research by Material Focus shows everyday items such as disposable vapes are a big contributing factor

The Guardian - UK

Ban on single-use vapes in UK may ‘flood market with illegal products’

Ministers said to be planning to legislate against the devices because of concerns about children’s health

The Guardian - UK

Five million single-use vapes discarded each week, research finds

The study also showed that just 17 per cent of vapers dispose of their vapes in the correct way

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Five million disposable vapes thrown away every week, campaign group says

The number of disposable vapes thrown away has quadrupled to five million per week over the past year, according to research from a recycling…

The National (Scotland)

Number of vapes thrown away every week soars to five million as habit fuels alarming rise in waste

This is a fourfold surge compared to 2022

The Independent UK

Call for UK ban on single-use vapes as more than 5m discarded each week

Exclusive: Fourfold increase on 2022 sees enough vapes discarded to create 5,000 electric car batteries

The Guardian - UK

The data suggests Britain's best years of electronics recycling are already behind it

But the raw numbers are hiding other trends behind Britain's plateauing recycling numbers, and an expert points to Covid and our changing attitudes to tech to provide answers.

PC Gamer

Man sobs in court after threatening to burn ex's mum's house down

Scott Butler sobbed as he was sentenced at Liverpool Magistrates' Court

Liverpool Echo

Investment Woes? Fight Back With Tax And Retirement Planning

Retirement planning: Roth IRAs and tax-loss harvesting reap big rewards.

Investors Business Daily

Faces of 75 people jailed in Liverpool in April

Murderers, rapists and gun thugs are in the overview of court cases linked to Merseyside

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Faces of 19 people jailed in Liverpool this week

An overview of Liverpool court cases and those jailed for crimes linked to Merseyside

Liverpool Echo

Paedophile with knickers obsession took sick photos of girl

We can't show you Scott Butler's face because Cheshire Police refuse to release his picture

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