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Love Essex is the official website of the Essex Waste Partnership - working together to drive change and reduce our impact on the environment.

An open box with a range of period products including reusable period pads, pants and period cup as well as disposable tampons and liners and resources.

27 June 2025

Love Your Period school's giveaway!

Nominate your school to win one of 10 Hey Girls period education demo kits.

Four illustrated people sorting their recycling and waste into the relevant container.

9 June 2025

Waste Strategy Action Plan published

An action plan has been published, setting out what we will do in 2025 to achieve the targets and ambitions of the Waste Strategy for Essex.

A yellow JCB sorting through a large pile of rubbish on the ground at a waste facility with a blue sky in the background.

29 May 2025

The journey of recycling and waste in Essex

Find out what happens to the recycling and waste in Essex once it’s been collected from your household or recycling centre.

30 August 2024

Big compost bin sale this September

Get a compost bin for just £10 this September and reap the benefits for your garden and the environment!

Two recycling centre staff members carrying a large rigid plastic item at a recycling centre.

16 August 2024

Rigid plastic recycling scheme expanded to more recycling centres

We’re delighted to announce the expansion of our rigid plastic recycling scheme at recycling centres.

Illustrated people sorting their waste and recycling into various bins. in front of a house and trees

23 July 2024

Essex has a new waste strategy!

The Waste Strategy for Essex sets out how to reduce the impact on the environment from things we throw away.

Councillor Peter Schwier, Councillor Bob Massey and an employee from Letterbox Distribution pictured outside an Essex household holding the stickers, leaflets and compostable liners delivered to all eligible households in Essex for the Food Recycling Project.

22 July 2024

Essex residents move food waste from plate to purpose

Food recycling project rolls out to over 375,000 households in Essex and is already seeing positive results.

Selection of plastic free products on a green surface.

1 July 2024

Plastic Free July

Every year, summer brings the global movement, Plastic Free July. Millions of people across the globe take part in doing their bit to reduce plastic pollution.

17 April 2024

Businesses invited to learn about the draft waste strategy

Businesses of all sizes are invited to lunch and to learn about how the draft waste strategy will affect them.

15 March 2024

Top tips for recycling at Easter

Over 80 million Easter eggs are sold in the UK each year, with the cardboard, foil and Easter cards generating an estimated 8,000 tonnes of waste!

Person next to car with it's boot open at a recycling centre.

1 March 2024

Bookings set to stay at recycling centres

A decision has been made to keep the booking process at all 21 recycling centres permanently.