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ZERO WASTE WEEK HAILED BIG SUCCESS
Date : 24.01.08
A week of efforts to reduce the waste produced by homes in Bath has been
judged a success.Zero Waste Week last year asked people to take up the
challenge of seeing how little rubbish they could throw away by reducing,
reusing, recycling and composting instead and recording their
achievements.
Participants managed to cut their waste down to just of a quarter of what
they would normally throw away.
They achieved this through some imaginative approaches
including:
taking a reusable plastic box to shops to buy items from sandwiches to
cheese and fresh meat
using yoghurt pots to plant seeds
giving up crisps, sweets and plastic-wrapped toys for the week
baking flapjacks as an alternative to sweets
freezing leftover food.
Participants found the Bath and North East Somerset Council-organised
week brought back a number of old habits, including buying loose
vegetables and using markets, using reusable nappies for young children,
composting waste and using reusable bags when out shopping.
One family that did particularly well were the Pritchard-Booths, who
heard about the week through Newbridge Primary School. They reduced the
amount they threw away from 17kg to just 405g - the equivalent of nearly
two black binbags down to just half a carrier bag's worth.
Mum Lisa said: "We will definitely buy more wisely in the
future.
"We'll recycle or compost more paper and foil and cardboard and at
home we'll compost things such as food peelings."
B &NES cabinet member Cllr Charles Gerrish said: "Bath and North
East Somerset Council would like to pass on a really big thank you to
everyone who took part this year, including parish councils, schools,
community groups, council staff and councillors.
"It was a magnificent achievement and proves just what can be done
when people put their minds to something."
For further information on how you can reduce the amount you throw away,
go to www.bathnes.gov.-
uk/wasteservices.
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