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Explore how to calculate tax & national insurance in the UK This task is easily editable (see screen 1 and screen 13) so that you can update new tax and NI bands.

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Dave Gale's video on tax and NI brackets for 2024

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Dave Gale's video on tax and NI brackets for 2024

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Core Maths Collection - Income Tax and National Insurance

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Dave Gale's tax and NI question generator

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Dave Gale's tax and NI question generator

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Core Maths Collection - Finance Calculator

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Would you like to practice some Income Tax and National Insurance questions? Try out these tools. NOTE: The calculators and tables below are based on what the brackets will be for the 2026 exams.

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Dave Gale's blog on finance from June 2022

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Dave Gale's blog on finance from June 2022

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As part of the AMSP’s Core Maths Summer Conference, I’m presenting a small slot on the financial aspects of the course. This blog post is just to support that session but may well be useful for others too.

The expensive brownie

£10 for Pensioners

£1 000 000

Would one million pounds be enough money for someone to retire at the age of 50?

Car vs Moped

Get students to compare the cost of buying and running a car versus a moped.

APR and AER

A reminder that these are not big parts of the course.

There are several Core maths videos I’ve made in this playlist here.

Buying a House

Using Rightmove, Compare the Market and a Mortgage calculator website, what sort of job might you need to afford the house you want?

National Insurance and Tax

Could be an interesting year as the tax bands are the same as last year for Income Tax but the National Insurance bands are different and also change part way through the year!

An older blog post about this.

This Income Tax video will still work.

This National Insurance video has the right concepts but the numbers will change.

What interesting questions could be asked in the exam (or class) based on this?

Hopefully that’s enough ideas to inspire you. Feel free to follow this blog to stay updated and I’d welcome any comments.

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Slow reveal graph on 40 years of years of sales by platform

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Slow reveal graph on 40 years of years of sales by platform

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Revenue Streams by Music Platforms
data visualization by Ghafar Shah (@GhafarShah9) / slow reveal by Jenna Laib (@JennaLaib)
( Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)

Type of Graph: bar graph
Paired Texts:

Source: " Music Industry: 40 Years of Sales by Platform " by Ghafar Shah (via Tableau)

Rys, Dan. " US Recorded Music Revenue Reaches $11.1 Billion in 2019, 79% From Streaming: RIAA." Billboard, published on February 25, 2020.

Wikström, Patrik. " The Music Industry in the Age of Digital Distribution." Published on BBVA Open Mind, from the book Change: 19 Key Essays on How the Internet Is Changing Our Lives (2013).

Sweney, Mark. " Taylor Swift strikes a blow for fellow artists as digital revenues soar." The Guardian, published on November 24, 2018.

Potential Math Content: bar graph, making sense of the x-axis, scale along the y-axis, developing theories about why

Potential Content Connections: music, technology, economy, the arts

K-8 Math Specialist near Boston, MA View all posts by Jenna Laib

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Music Industry: 40 Years of Sales by Platform - Slow Reveal Graphs

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How has the music industry made its money over the last 40 years? How has it changed? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.

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Short video explaining collection society

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Short video explaining mechanical rights

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Music Licensing: Mechanical Royalties Explained

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Explore how music publishing relates to how artists make money.

Find out about rights, royalties and splits and how to get your music out there.

Learn how Stormzy, Amy Winehouse and Mac DeMarco have dealt with music rights.

Video Transcript Video Transcript

MUSIC This is the sound of us.
Lynden: It's really catchy.

Tara: We've actually just finished recording it and it's our first song, so we really need to find some information about how we can get the track out there. And I know you work here at this independent record label, so I thought it would be really great to get some of your advice about how we could do that.

Lynden: No worries, yeah. Happy to help.

Tara: First of all, what are the different ways that we can release our track?

Lynden: One of the things that a lot of our artists do is use social media to share their releases with their friends and family, build up their following. And then there's lots of different online platforms that you can use to share your music more publicly. So, there's things like SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and there's lots of different companies that can help you connect with those platforms if you're not sure how to do it yourself.

Tara: Can you tell me who actually owns our song? Does it belong to the band?

Lynden: So, if you've made the sound recording and you've written the lyrics and the notes, you own those rights. If you want to, you can sell the sound rights, the recording to a record label and you can sell the lyrics and the notes to a publishing company. And those two companies will help you release music to a wider audience and help you make money from it.

Tara: Can you tell me some of the ways that we could make money from the song?

Lynden: The first thing I'd suggest is that you play live and you can get the door money from a gig and hopefully loads of people turn up and want to follow you, and stream your music. Another great way to earn money is to license your music. So every time your music is used on a radio show or a TV programme, or even in a compilation, you can earn some money. The important thing to do is to sign up to collection societies and these collection societies will look after that for you. PPL in the UK will collect money for your sound recordings and PRS will collect money for your lyrics and notes, which is publishing.

Tara: Thank you so much for all of your advice.

Lynden: My pleasure. Good luck, Tara.

What is music publishing?

Once you have created a piece of music, you can make money from it in various ways, including when it is:

performed live

played on the radio

streamed

downloaded

sold as a CD or vinyl

used in a game, film or commercial

A publishing deal is when you sell the rights to your music to a company, who then work to get that music out to a bigger audience.

If you haven't signed a publishing deal, then you are the publisher and all the money should come to you.

Organising the money due

Publishing helps organise the money due to you when your music is used for something.

You can receive some money for being the writer of the music and some for being the performer of it.

An example:

You perform a cover version of a famous song at a music festival. This is then shown on TV.Who is due money from this?

There would be earnings from the performance and the broadcast.You and the original artist would be due money. You get money as the performer.

Sheet music

Sheet music is music that has been written down and could be printed on paper. It usually includes musical notes and bars. It can be written by hand or using a computer.

The owner of music has rights to that music printed and sold as sheet music. For example, if a singer performed a song in a theatre using sheet music, the writer of the music would get paid and so would the singer of the song.

The sheet music for The Sound Of Us is owned by the BBC but it is free for you to download, print and play.

Royalties

If your music is played there are a few ways you could earn from it:

Performance royalties - when your music is played on the radio, at a music festival, in a shopping centre, cafe or public place.

Mechanical royalties - when your recorded music is streamed, downloaded or sold as a physical product like vinyl or CDs.

Licensing & sync royalties - when your music is used on a TV program, computer game, film or advert.

In the UK, PPL and PRS organise the collection of royalties:

PPL (Phonographic Performance Limited) - collect money from businesses that play your recorded music and pay it to you.

PRS (Performing Rights Society) - collect money when someone uses the music composition or lyrics that you have created and pay it to you.

When you register your songs with PPL or PRS, they will then send you statements (like a bank account) and pay you money when it is due.

What to do with your music

Make a piece of music and then consider what you will do with it. How would it be published?

Splits

Sometimes music is made in collaboration, by a band or group. The band must decide how their share will be split and this gets complicated when different amounts of writing are done by different members. It's best to agree how to split up publishing when you write a song, to avoid these problems later.

Record and publishing deals

These occur when you agree to sell some of the rights to your music to a record label, in exchange for them helping to release and promote it. Often this takes the form of you giving them a percentage of your recording/publishing, and they manufacture and distribute the music to a wider audience.

You should carefully consider any deals offered by a record label - often the record label may end up making more money from the music than the artist! At the same time, record labels and publishing companies can be the best way to take your music to a wider audience.

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sheet music
A piece of music written out using notation so it can be read on paper.

performance royalties
What you receive when your music is played on the radio, at a music festival, in a shopping centre, cafe or public place.

mechanical royalties
What you receive when your recorded music is streamed, downloaded or sold as a physical product like vinyl or CDs.

licensing & sync royalties
What you receive if your music is used on a TV program, computer game, film or advert.

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Music rights and publishing - who owns your music? - KS3 Music - BBC Bitesize

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Learn all about the music rights for the music you create and find out about publishing stories from stars like Stormzy in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

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Spreadsheet of most streamed Spotify songs 2023

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Spreadsheet of most streamed Spotify songs 2023

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Spotify’s Top 10 Takeaways on the Economics of Music Streaming and 2021 Royalty Data

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In 2021, Spotify launched Loud & Clear, a resource for artists and industry professionals that breaks down the royalty system, the players, and the process. Today, we’re publishing new and updated information and data—and figures from 2021 that show further meaningful progress toward a healthier and more diverse music industry. Read on for our top... Read more »

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Slow reveal graph on music consumption by genre and format

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2018 Music Consumption by Genre... and Format - Slow Reveal Graphs

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Here are excerpts from four Guardian articles, all from 2017. The original headlines are shown in bold. Nearly half of all fresh potatoes t…

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From an email sent by Greenpeace:

1) How many bottles per year in the UK?

2) What percentage of the global bottles are sold in the UK?

3) How much landfill would the bottles (in the UK) take up per day?

4) In Germany they charge a deposit of ¢25 (you pay an extra 25 cents when you buy a plastic bottle of drink, but if you return the empty bottle (via a Reverse Vending Machine) they give you the 25 cents back). At the current exchange rate, what would the total deposit be on the UK bottles? What percentage do you estimate would not be returned?

5) In 2015, 93.5% of plastic bottles were recycled in Germany. If we managed to get a similar percentage in this country, how many bottles per day would be recycled?

1) Using upper and lower bounds on the 16 million per day (and then multiplying by 365) I get somewhere between 5.7 billion and 6.0 billion bottles per year.

2) This means about 6% of the global bottles (and presumably the global drink sales) are in the UK.

3) If we assume the bottles are crushed to half their size and that the majority will be 500ml bottles then we could say that each bottle will take up about ¼ litre. Multiply this by 16 million to get 4 million litres, which is 4,000 cubic metres. Lots!

4) The students will need to look up the current exchange rate.

5) If the 16 million figure is assumed to be exact then 93.5% of that is 14.96 million.

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From an email sent by Greenpeace: What questions? Here are some ideas: 1) How many bottles per year in the UK? 2) Wha...

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About this tool

The interactive data visualisation below supports our report on government's waste management reforms. The tool uses public data, as well as data provided to us by the Environment Agency, to present an overview of the current waste management system in England.

Instructions: how to use this tool

There are two interactive maps showing a national view of waste management (Interactive National view) and international exports of waste sent for recycling (Interactive International view):

Start by selecting which measure of interest you would like to view using the first drop-down menu on the left-hand panel. This data will then be presented in the 'Map' and 'Table' panels to the right.

Above the national map, there are options to change the year of the measure displayed and which local authority geography to show.

Further detail about the measure displayed can be found by expanding the tab below the drop-down menus (indicated by a triangle). Contextual information about each dataset and any caveats are available on the More Information tab of the tool.

Clicking individual areas within the map, or selecting them using the drop-down list, will bring up isolated information for that area. This includes a graph showing how the measure has changed over time. To close the extra information for an area, either click the highlighted area again, causing it to deselect, or press backspace within the drop-down list.

Optional information can be overlayed on the map using drop-down menus or select/deselect options, also available in the left-hand panel.

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Waste management: data visualisation - National Audit Office (NAO) report

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Interactive map showing local authority spend on waste, recycling rates and waste management sites in England.

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How much waste does one human create video

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How Much WASTE Does ONE Human Create? DEBUNKED

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Information is beautiful on the problem with plastics and recycling

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The Problem with Plastics & Recycling - Information is Beautiful

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Guess what % of plastics have ever been #recycled? No prizes :(Data on why recycling doesn't work - visualized.

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Visualising the world's addiction to plastic bottles. Around the world, almost 1 million plastic bottles are purchased every minute.

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See your stream counts in Spotify for Artists.

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Is there a fairer way to pay artists? Article

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Spotify's chief economist, Will Page, has raised a couple of points in defense of the existing model. Under the current system, every time you stream a song, it has the same value, though of course that's only fractions of a cent. With the user-centric approach, the value of each stream would vary from listener to listener: a paid subscriber who streams a hundred songs per month would, in theory, give more to each artist than someone who listens to a thousand songs per month. Page, who has since left Spotify, argued in a recent interview that this would lead to royalty payouts that are "more volatile, and less predictable."

The biggest argument against the user-centric model is that it could be too complex. Calculating payouts based on every individual user's listening is, inevitably, more complicated than just adding up the total and divvying up the pot. The extra administrative cost-say, figuring out what each person's streams are worth each quarter and then distilling that into a semi-coherent pay statement-could actually leave artists with less money to go around, Page has maintained in a paper co-authored with an executive from music-licensing giant ASCAP. Changing systems wouldn't be the right decision if it ends up hurting the people it's supposed to help.

In trying to make sense of the existing model, Page has brought up the comparison of a gym membership, where a single fee gives you access to all of the equipment even if you only use the treadmill. But music can't really be compared to exercise gear. Nobody is actually clamoring for all of their YMCA membership dollars to go toward funding the one treadmill they use. There are trade-offs in the long run, between predictability and efficiency on the one hand and fairness on the other, and there's no one-to-one analogy to help determine what the best solution would be.

As some of the pro-user-centric arguments hint, which option you prefer is partly a decision about cultural values, not economic cost. When you buy an album, no matter how many times you play it, you are making a conscious choice that it's worth your hard-earned cash. With the existing streaming model, your money is not a direct investment-it is at the mercy of collective listening habits. Whether we want a system that rewards the conscious choices of individuals-versus, say, algorithms piping in modern-day muzak 24/7-is a question about more than dollars and (fractions of) cents.

Deezer, with 7 million paid subscribers, trails far behind Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon in terms of streaming market share, so what works for them may not scale for their competitors. But the only way to find out if the direct democracy of user-driven royalties will function better than the Electoral College-style efficiency of the existing model is to try it. The debate over whether streaming is here to stay is long gone, but the time to experiment with ways of making streaming fairer for everyone is just getting started.

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Is There a Fairer Way for Streaming Services to Pay Artists?

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After years of industry debate, one company-Deezer-is finally trying out the user-centric approach to streaming royalties.

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Here's How Artists ACTUALLY Get Paid By Spotify - 5 min video

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Recycling is something that we struggle to get our heads around in the UK. In fact recent reports by the BBC claimed that as much as 338,000 tonnes of household waste is rejected annually from recycling facilities.

However, in an effort to clear up the confusion over recycling at home, recycling charity WRAP has begun working towards a set of nationally agreed guidelines which clear up any confusion over recycling, offering key advice over what exactly can and can't be recycled. Here are some key takeaways which might help you to be a better recycler.
How to present your recycling
One of the biggest takeaway's from WRAP's guidelines is the importance of presenting your recycling in the right way. For example, did you know that most pizza boxes can usually be recycled but are commonly rejected? The reason for this is that pizza grease binds to the fibres of the box and makes it too difficult to recycle, so it then ends up being rejected when it reaches the recycling centre. Recycling charities are encouraging homeowners to be more mindful of not only what they recycle but also how they recycle in the hope that more household waste ends up being recycled rather than discarded in landfill sites.

Sorting
To get started with recycling you will need to sort your waste according to type and keep it separated. So glass, plastics and metals should all be divided up, while paper and cardboard can normally be kept together. Crush and fold any large boxes, or cut them up to create extra room. Some examples of specific things to avoid include electronics, garden waste, multi-material products like Pringles tubes, foil-card, padded-card, mirrors, plates of glass, paint tins, wires and cables, meat, carpet and cushions.

Wash and squash
A great way to ensure that your recycling is free of contamination is to wash and squash wherever possible. This means scraping out food, pouring away any leftover liquids, rinsing containers with washing up liquid and generally making sure they are relatively clean. Next you should crush metal cans such as beer and food cans and squeeze plastic bottles to flatten them and expel as much air as you can.

Lids
The importance of removing labels, caps and lids from bottles and jars really depends on the type of container. With plastic bottles it is very important to throw away plastic caps from bottles in your general waste wherever you can. The reason for this is that the plastic used in caps differs from that of bottles and has a different melting point so can't be recycled together. However, with glass bottles and jars it's less important as they are generally crushed and re-washed.

The amount of detail that you put into your recycling efforts will depend on how strict your local council is with their rules. You may have bins, bags or boxes to separate your recycling into and this may influence how you prepare your recycling for removal. Click here to read the full guidelines from WRAP which provide clear and easy to understand guidelines over how to recycle your household waste.

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Recycling etiquette - how to recycle properly

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Recycling is something that we struggle to get our heads around in the UK. In fact recent repor

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Turtle emancipation video (hard to watch)

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Turtle emancipation video (hard to watch)

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Plastic Fork Removed From A Sea Turtle's Nose!

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It's been a funny old year. One that many of us would rather not repeat. But it hasn't been all bad. Countries came together at the recent COP26 Climate Change Conference. World leaders pledged to do more to help combat climate change, and UK recycling statistics are up, albeit slightly compared to previous years.

Has the pandemic helped with our recycling efforts? With many of us forced to spend more time at home due to national lockdowns, perhaps we are recycling more than we did before? Or are we just becoming more resourceful by reusing and reducing our household waste?

As another year draws to an end, it's time to look back on what was most recycled in 2021. The results may surprise you.

UK Recycling 2021

You only have to read the WRAP Recycling Tracker Report 2021 to see that we're on track when it comes to recycling in the UK. Nine out of ten households consider recycling as an established norm. But with four in five homes causing cross-contamination by putting non-recyclable items in their recycling bins, it is clear that we still have a long way to go.

Here is a brief overview of some of the recycling statistics released in the WRAP report:

88% of UK households consider recycling an established norm. 9% admit to only recycling occasionally, and 3% say they do not recycle at all.

52% of us recycle more than we did a year ago.

18-34s are more likely to recycle than any other age group.

Households with younger children aged 0-12 recycle more than those with older children.

55% of British households place items that could be recycled, such as foil, aerosols, and plastic detergent bottles, into their general rubbish bins.

85% of us contaminate our recycling bins with items such as drinking glasses, toothpaste tubes, and plastic film lids.

On average, we dispose of 6.1 items incorrectly when sorting our household waste, putting non-recyclables in our recycling bins and recyclables in our rubbish bins.

While three-quarters of us admit to checking recycling information on product packaging, research shows that up to 76% of us misunderstand what recycling labels mean.

To help us overcome our recycling problems, we need clear instructions on what can and can't be recycled and consistent package labelling. WRAP plans to collaborate with local authorities in the UK to improve these areas and help us all achieve our recycling goals.

What We Recycled Most This Year

Despite all the confusion, we are recycling more in the UK. We currently rank 17 th on the Global Waste Index , coming just behind Austria and one step ahead of our neighbours in Ireland. It takes into consideration how much waste is generated, how much is recycled, incinerated or sent to landfill.

As a nation, we're making an effort to Reuse, Reduce & Recycle, and this is what we have been busy disposing of this year:

Paper & Cardboard Recycling Statistics UK 2021

With more of us shopping online, it is no surprise that Amazon reported a record performance in 2020. Over 2.8 billion parcels were sent throughout the UK last year, creating a whole lot of packaging. Fortunately, most modern packaging materials are 100% recyclable, and paper and cardboard are the things we recycled most in 2021.

According to Statista, we recycle around 80% of paper and cardboard in the UK each year. We could increase that to ninety or even ninety-five per cent if we put every piece of paper packaging in our recycling bins, so this is one area we can all improve on.

Metal Recycling Statistics UK 2021

Metal is the second most recycled material in the UK in 2021. Steel is the most recycled metal nationwide, followed by aluminium and copper. Drinks cans and food cans are relatively easy to recycle. We recycle over 2.5 billion cans in the UK every year. However, we can still do more.

Those aluminium cans in your rubbish bin can be recycled, refilled, and on shelves in less than six weeks. But we're only recycling 71% of this type of household waste. Make metal recycling your priority in 2022, and we could easily reach government targets next year.

Glass Recycling Statistics UK 2021

Glass is another item that is easily recycled. But we recycle just 67% of it in the UK each year. The reason for this is likely confusion, as not all glassware is recyclable. Glass bottles, jars, and condiment containers can go into your recycling bin for collection by your local authority. All items should be emptied, rinsed, and recycled with the lids intact.

Wine glasses, Pyrex dishes, broken mirrors and lightbulbs are not suitable for recycling and should not go in your recycling bin. The reason? They are pre-treated during the manufacturing process and have different melting points to regular glass items.

Are deposit schemes the answer to our glass recycling problems? According to a report by finder.com, 58% of Brits said they would be "very likely" to use a deposit scheme if it was available. A further 54% said they would return glass bottles in exchange for cash.

Plastic Recycling Statistics UK 2021

Plastic waste remains one of the most pressing environmental issues we face today. It's clogging up our oceans, killing our wildlife, and polluting developing nations. According to , we generate over two million metric tons of plastic waste in the UK each year, equating to roughly 36kg per person. Sadly, we recycle just 43.8% of plastic packaging waste.

Due to our lack of recycling facilities, we send much of our plastic recycling materials overseas. In 2020, we exported 0.54 million metric tons of plastic waste abroad. Much of it went to Turkey, which (unsurprisingly) happens to be the worst country in the world at managing waste on the Global Waste Index.

While 92% of UK adults admit to being concerned about plastic pollution, many find plastic recycling confusing. The UK government needs to improve plastic labelling. This will help consumers know which items go in which bin. However, for now, they have decided to introduce a Plastic Packaging Tax. From April 2022, this tax will apply to all plastic packaging that doesn't have at least 30% recycled content.

WEEE E-waste Recycling Statistics UK 2021

If you plan to buy a new Smartphone, iPad, games console or TV this Christmas, please dispose of your old tech responsibly. If not, you'll contribute to the 57.4 million tonnes of Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment or WEEE that we expect to produce in the UK this year.

Technology may have changed our lives for the better, but it's not doing our planet any favours. We need to recycle more E-Waste than ever before if we are to keep up with the demand for new gadgets and devices.

To meet Environment Agency recycling targets, we need to recycle over 500,000 tonnes of household WEEE by the end of the year. If you are not sure how to do this, contact your local authority. There are WEEE collection points throughout the UK, and up to now, we have only recycled 47.5% of our goal.

Recycling Goals 2022

We can recycle so many items these days. Therefore, there is no need to fill up our rubbish bins with household waste. Many high street stores will take back your unwanted clothes, charity shops will take much of your unwanted goods, and TerraCycle will recycle almost everything else.

If there's one New Year's Resolution we should all make in 2022, it is to recycle more. You'll find all the inspiration you need right here on our blog.

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Core Maths Conference London Friday 28th June

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Core Maths Conference London Friday 28th June

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Supporting Students Transition to level 3 Maths

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Games, Mastery, AI, Social Justice and more!

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Summary

Our Core Maths Summer Festival is an extensive series of online interactive workshops. Each session will provide resources and activities which you can take straight to the classroom.

You can download the Core Maths Summer Festival 2023 Programme to see a summary of all 8 sessions.

Please note that the main session content will be delivered in the first hour and a half of each session and the remaining time will be dedicated to questions and support.

Who will benefit from attending?

These sessions are designed to appeal to all teachers that wish to bring their contextualised maths lessons to life. No prior experience or knowledge of L3 Core Maths is required.

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Listed here are the upcoming dates and times sessions from this festival will run.

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To register your interest in any of our Core Maths courses, please register your interest and we will contact you when a suitable course is open for applications.

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Preparing to teach Core Maths online short course

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Short course for those that will be teaching Core Maths for the first time in September 24

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Support and strategies for offering Core Maths

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RAYE calls for songwriters to receive "master royalty points" during BRITs acceptance speech

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RAYE calls for songwriters to receive "master royalty points" during BRITs acceptance speech

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RAYE used a BRITs acceptance speech to call on music executives to allow songwriters to receive royalty payments.

The singer spoke from the stage at the O2 in London while accepting the Songwriter Of The Year award, and took the opportunity to bring the issue to a wider platform.

"I think we need to have a conversation," she said. "I want to normalise giving songwriters master royalty points"

"It doesn't have to be at your expense, but it just means that if the songs win big, then the writers get to win big too. Please allow that to happen. Please, please, please. Thank you."

RAYE went into the BRITs as the artist with the most nominations, with a record-breaking seven. In the first hour of the show alone, she picked up Song Of The Year for 'Escapism', Best R&B Act and Best New Artist.

That was in addition to the Songwriter Of The Year prize, which she had already been confirmed as winning ahead of the ceremony.

The ceremony took place at The O2 in London, with the show being presented by a trio of hosts - Maya Jama, Clara Amfo and Roman Kemp.

Dua Lipa opened the show with a performance of her new single 'Training Season', with further performances coming from Raye, Tate McRae, Jungle, Rema, Becky Hill and Chase & Status, and Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding.

Kylie Minogue, who is picking up this year's BRITs Global Icon Award, is set to close the show with her own live performance.

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RAYE calls for songwriters to receive "master royalty points" during BRITs acceptance speech

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Raye used a BRITs acceptance speech to call on music executives to allow songwriters to receive royalty payments.