Recycling Projects and Events

Love Food Hate Waste
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Great Yarmouth Borough Council has been working with the County and District Councils in Norfolk in supporting the WRAP national campaign "Love Food Hate Waste”, that revealed we are throwing away a staggering third of the food that we buy in the UK - most of which could be eaten.  The campaign aims to raise awareness of the need to reduce the amount of food that we throw away and how doing this will benefit us as consumers and the environment.

Most of the food thrown away ends up in landfill where it produces methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas - this doesn’t take into account the energy used to produce, package, transport and store food that could have been eaten.  Instead, this ends up being thrown away and produces the equivalent of at least 15 millions tonnes of carbon dioxide every year.

WRAP believes that action on food waste would deliver big environmental benefits.  Wasting food costs the average family £420 per year and there are also serious environmental implications too.  If everyone stopped wasting food, the CO2 impact would be equivalent to taking one in five cars off the road.

Textile Collection

From the 4th June to the 21st June 2011 The Salvation Army will be holding a textile and shoe collection. They will collect clean dry clothes and shoes when placed out in their branded bags. Keep an eye out for your bag with details on your collection date and make a little more room in your wardrobe.

Master Composting Foundation Training Course

Master Composters act as ambassadors for home composting in their local community. Composting at home is an environmentally friendly way of dealing with bio-degradable waste at home. The program started in 2006 and volunteers are trained to spread the word by encouraging neighbours, friends and colleagues to compost at home. There will be a foundation training course held on Thurs 22nd and Fri 23rd March at Ecotech in Swaffham. If you are interested in joining the scheme or attending the training please either telephone 03448008020 or e-mail mastercomposters@norfolk.gov.uk

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