Welcome to the second day of our Zero Waste Christmas. Today’s topic is one of those Christmas conundrums, Secret Santa! It’s the same in offices across the country, you’ve pulled a name out the hat and now you’re franticly trying to remember who Dave is and figure out what on earth you can get him …
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Zero Waste, What does it all Mean?
Dunbar is Scotland’s first Zero Waste Town, but what is it all about? What actually is Zero Waste and what is a Zero Waste Town? Zero Waste, What Does it Mean? Zero Waste is about using our resources more efficiently. In a Zero Waste society the ‘waste’ we create is reduced, designed and utilised as a resource that …
Zero Waste Christmas #1
It’s the first of December, Christmas lights are twinkling, our festive hats and mittens are keeping us cosy and we’re looking forward to our daily advent chocolate. It’s that time of year again: Christmas Time! Easily our favourite time of year in the Zero Waste Dunbar team, we love the lights, the happiness, the excitement, …
EVENT: Zero Waste Christmas 10th Dec
Join us on Wednesday 10th December 2014, 7-9pm at The Bleaching Field Centre, Dunbar, for an evening of festive fun, filled with inspiration and ideas of how we can all enjoy a greener Christmas. Zero Waste Christmas Event Poster 2014
Zero Waste Dunbar
Welcome to Zero Waste Dunbar’s website. Earlier this year Dunbar and District become Scotland’s first Zero Waste Town, on this website you will be kept up to date with plans and progress of this exciting and promising programme. Over the next two and a half years we will be working with the community, schools and businesses in Dunbar and …
Food Waste @ Your Local Co-op
Co-operative Food stores are highlighting food waste in Dunbar, at their main store at Friar’s Croft, which incidentally has easy parking and recycling facilities. Working on Waste (WOW) supports companies to help their customers reduce food waste and October 2014 is a month of co-ordinated food retailer action. The Co-operative is asking customers to take a …
Dunbar goes for Zero Waste
Could “Zero Waste Town” become a common-place accolade in Scotland? Given Scottish Government’s ambitions in its Zero Waste Plan, we certainly think that a community led approach may be a game changer. This plan describes a Scotland where all waste is seen as a resource; Waste is minimised; valuable resources are not disposed of in landfills, and most waste …
Waste not – if you can recycle it
Householders will by now be receiving news through their letterbox that changes in waste collections are in the pipeline. This has to be a welcome move as waste is costly to dispose of, while recycling pays. As Tom Reid, ELC’s Waste Services Manager says to the reporter over at the East Lothian News website there’s considerable …
How does Flanders achieve a 73% diversion rate?
Grainne McIntyre, consultant, lives locally and reflects on what might help Dunbar become a Zero Waste Town. This is the fourth of 5 case studies from across the globe Arguably, Flanders has one of the best recycling and prevention programmes in Europe. The Flemish region is one 6 in Belgium, with a population of 6.2m …
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Vegetable Waste La Pintana, Chile
Grainne McIntyre, consultant, lives locally and reflects on what might help Dunbar become a Zero Waste Town. This is the third of 5 case studies from across the globe The Chilean community of La Pintana – one of the poorest in the country – has found that recycling their largest waste segment – vegetable waste …