Make this the day you set everything up to be recycled, with our new and complete services at Restore Recycle.
Officially recognised by the United Nations, 2025 sees the eighth Global Recycling Day being celebrated and we’d like to say: what a load of rubbish!
Literally.
Individually, business-wide and globally, we need to make friends with waste and regard it as an opportunity. Global Recycling Day calls it the ‘Seventh Resource’, and organisers highlight that it puts some power back into our hands in the face of growing bad news from our environment, as it reacts to the earth being stripped of her resources and emissions thrown up into the atmosphere.
The act of recycling is recognised in the UN’s Sustainable Goals for 2030 as a key component of the circular economy, an economy that currently prevents 700 million tonnes of CO2 emissions every year, projected to increase to 1 billion tonnes, annually, by that 2030 deadline.
Are you ready to get recycling ready this Global Recycling Day?

In 2024, we reduced 52,000 tonnes of materials into shreds and fragments for re-use and recycling, saving:
884
thousand
Trees not felled
218
million
Litres of water
1.6
billion
KWs of energy
31
million
Kilos of C02
Get ready to recycle more
Here in the UK, new waste disposal regulations that align with Global Recycling Day’s mission are coming into force from 1 April.
Badged ‘Simpler Recycling’ by the government, these rules will mean every business with more than 10 employees MUST separate their rubbish into uncontaminated recycling bins for regular collection. The aim, of course, is to keep resources in use for longer and to reduce landfill; to accelerate progress towards Net Zero, and to enable biodiversity to thrive.
From 1 April, you MUST separate your workplace waste into:



Please don’t panic!
Restore Datashred is a waste-positive business, and we are absolutely on the beat with this regulatory change. We have set up our new, complete recycling management service – Restore Recycle – and make it our mission to help you dispose of all your workplace waste, compliantly and responsibly.
One-stop compliant and responsible waste disposal
Paper recycling and cardboard recycling – you can include all your confidential paper documents, folders, files, maps, reports and so on as our commitment to security and chain of custody remains undimmed by the recycling imperative. Add cardboard box files and boxes to your collections and keep those paper fibres circulating!
Plastics, glass and metals recycling – technology including devices, plugs, switches and printers; toner cartridges; tin cans, glass bottles and plastics need to be clean – no food or liquid residues – to make them recyclable gold!
Food recycling – we can collect food waste for composting. Speak to us about how we can help stop food waste bins from getting smelly!
General waste – we offer a single-waste management solution that covers all your needs, ensuring you stay compliant and achieve your sustainability targets.
How you benefit from using Restore Recycle
Ensures your compliance with Simpler Recycling regulations and GDPR.
Confidential and everyday waste treated as a resource: under our guarantee, more is recycled and less goes to landfill.
Enhances your sustainability credentials, maintains your security needs.
Backed by the same accreditations and industry memberships as all our services.
Easy access to Restore Recycle through your ShredSmart portal log-in.
The same, excellent, customer service and flexibility as you enjoy across all your Restore Datashred services.

Call us today on 0800 736 4422 to get your compliant recycling solution in hand. Our knowledgeable, approachable customer service team is ready to discuss how we can help you get Restore Recycle up and running.
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