The Zero Waste Dunbar & District ‘Recycling on the Go’ trailer is ready to have recycling bins loaded for Civic Week. Through the summer the Zero Waste team will be out and about at local events helping organisers to get an understanding about what kind of waste is being produced at their events and together …
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Dunbar & District – our time is now!
Here in the Dunbar area we have the chance to lead the way in Scotland to make more of our local waste – locally. For the next two years Dunbar and District have the focussed support of Zero Waste Scotland and direct access to national and international expertise for realising ways our area can reduce …
Are you interested?
Are you interested in setting up your own repair and reuse social enterprise? Or are you an organisation that would like to diversify into repair? Zero Waste Dunbar & District can fund you to attend this workshop being given by Sophie Unwin, co-founder of the Brixton Remakery and founder and director of Remade in Edinburgh. …
Is a bottle and can deposit return system feasible in Scotland?
A new report investigating the options for whether the introduction of a refundable cash deposit for recycling drinks bottles and cans could work in Scotland has been released today by Zero Waste Scotland. Iain Gulland, Chief Executive, Zero Waste Scotland, said: “Scotland has set ambitious targets for moving towards zero waste, and we know that …
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Innerwick Primary School Scrap Play Pod
We are pleased to be able to support Innerwick Primary School with their exciting new project to build a shed to store all kinds of stuff to play with (that would have otherwise ended up landfill). We have helped to fund a wooden shed and are helping to source stuff from local businesses like tires, …
We are recruiting 2 Project Officers
Zero Waste Dunbar and District are looking for 2 Project Officers to deliver the Zero Waste Dunbar programme. If you have the skills and experience to facilitate and help deliver this exciting programme we’d love to hear from you. Full job descriptions for the Education and Community Project Officer and Business and Community Project Officer …
Zero Waste Dunbar is Recruiting
We’re looking for a new Project Manager to lead the Zero Waste Dunbar programme. If you have the skills and experience to lead this exciting programme we’d love to hear from you. A full job description can be found here. Application Closing Date Candidates should apply by emailing a current CV and covering note to …
Zero Waste Christmas #5 – The Big Day
It’s Christmas Eve and our last blog about having a Zero Waste Christmas looks at what to do after the big day, re-using, recycling and using up those leftovers. Re-use Once all the new presents have been opened you might find that you have some old items which have now been replaced. If you got a …
Zero Waste Christmas #4: Love Your Clothes
Inspired by the little black dress workshop at our Zero Waste Christmas event last night our 4th Zero Waste Christmas blog looks at how we can love the clothes that we have. There is an estimated £140 million worth of clothing going to UK landfills every year. Love Your Clothes is a national campaign which aims to …
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Zero Waste Christmas #3: Trees – real or fake?
For our Third Zero Waste Christmas blog we’re thinking about trees. Few things make us feel more Christmassy than getting our tree up and decorated but there’s a lot of debate out there over which trees are best for the environment, real or fake? While fake trees can usually be re-used year on year, and …
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