Council, local businesses and community groups got together on Friday 8th November 2013 in Dunbar Townhouse to discuss potential projects to reduce waste going to landfill and to increase recycling. Representatives agreed that much work is needed and a new partnership approach. They also heard that businesses will need to segregate their waste for recycling …
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Kelp is not waste
Monica is a Dunbar resident with a problem on her doorstep I recently moved near Dunbar’s East Beach – idyllic! The sound of the gulls in the morning, sunset over the water, walking along the beach investigating what the tide had brought in … and a lot of what it brought was kelp, piles of …
Community Resources Network Conference 2013
A couple of us from Dunbar went over to Bridge of Allan to the Community Resources Network (CRNS) 2013 conference. The topic was the “Circular Economy” and we had a chance to talk with delegates from most of the “community resource” sector, many public & private players too. Frazer Scott, Head of Business & Development …
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National Reuse Phoneline
Posters promoting the national re-use phone line started to appear in bus shelters earlier this year. The re-use phone line is a free service to make it easier to donate quality, unwanted goods like furniture, white goods, working electrical goods and other bulkier items. Funded by Zero Waste Scotland, the re-use phone line – 0800 0665 …
Four out of 10 of apples are thrown away – what a waste
There’s a lot of waste in the food value chain. This infographic from WRAP UK (2009/10 data.) suggests consumers have control over a lot of that waste.[1. Percentages denote amounts of food wasted as a proportion of that produced for UK consumption]
Design for disassembly makes repair, re-use and remaking easier
It also makes it easier to recycle. Here’s a couple fo illustrative videos. Gadgets are increasingly easy to repair and disassemble, by why isn’t everything made this way? http://youtu.be/tQY1VdpHF4c
Recycling is good but redesign is better
Recycling more, is indisputably a good thing, but what are the implications for redesigning products and materials life cycles to improve their life span? Over at the Ellen McArthur Foundation they are rethinking such things. Check out their youtube channel and website to see what they are up to:
What would make you recycle more?
What would make you recycle more? I know what I would like. Weekly collections and better segregation as I cannot stand having to mix stuff up and then separate it again – space is at a premium in my house, and I expect most other homes. And wouldn’t it be great if I we didn’t …