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…
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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…
Love Food – Hate Waste
The old motherly advice that you should leave the table feeling hungry has many different meanings in today’s world, where an increasing number don’t have enough to eat and many of us too much. Making the most of what’s left in the fridge can be a challenge, but it can also be fun too. Here’s…
Scotland’s Waste regulations are changing for businesses BIG and small
If you’ve missed the news, here’s a link to Resource Efficient Scotland, which provides the latest information and helpful advice and guidance on what steps you may need to take.
Sandal wearing tofu munchin’
Not long ago talk of a Green Town or a Zero Waste Town was strictly the realm of liberal thinking, sandal wearing, tofu munching Guardian readers. The caricature seems a long way off from Zero Waste Scotland’s decidedly modern notion of Green Town. Even if you have a small business this little tool is worth a quick…
Can it be recycled?
We’ve found this to be a frequently asked question. One day there will be an app to take the sweat, but meantime this little tool might be a help:
Business Waste Survey
Did you know ALL business waste will come under NEW regulations in January 2014 – that’s only 4 weeks away ! In the context of Zero Waste Town Dunbar, we are working to see how businesses are planning to comply with these new regulations. We’ve prepared a short survey to help assess your waste and…
Household Waste Survey
We’re gauging household “wastelines” with a short and hopefully interesting and entertaining survey.
The survey is in trial mode right now, but we’ll be rolling it out to the wider population imminently.
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Making connections
Waste usually attracts furious debate, but when the local newspaper reported that East Lothian Council will fail to reach the target to recycle half of residents’ waste by the end of 2013, there was little more than a stir. Nine out of 32 local authorities met or exceeded the target, while East Lothian Council was…