Waste
Activities
Swap Shops
Our best known
activity is the Swap Shops which have their own
page.
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| Leaving batteries |
Examining books |
Weighing what we've received |
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| Swapping |
Children get involved |
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Washable Nappy Trial
Every year, UK landfills take over one million tonnes of nappy waste. Disposable nappies can take 250 years to decompose in a
landfill, but there are alternatives. The washable nappy has come a long way
since terries and safety pins.
- We offer a free 7 day trial of a variety
of washable
nappies - contact Sally Eccleston on 01491 834780 or
contact us.
- Plush Pants Cloth Nappies is an independent
real nappy stockist based in Long Wittenham. Parents can "try before you buy"
on any of the nappies and wraps that we sell, without obligation. Mum of 4
Christine also will visit toddler and antenatal groups, and can see parents
in her home, to advise on the range available and how to use them. Contact
Christine on 01865 408040 or visit the website,
www.plushpants.com.
- Click for nappy suppliers.
- We win a National Real Nappy Award
Wallingford Bunkfest
'In 2005 we
collected 5000 plastic beer cups for recycling. In 2006, much hard work by one
of our members, with help from the rest of the group and the Bunkfest
organizers, achieved the recycling of 77% by volume of the waste from the public
bins on the Kinecroft – a great success. The 2007 Bunkfest was much smaller and
our involvement wasn't required; we hope to be involved again in 2008. Click
here
for the Bunkfest
site and
here
for news about
our contribution to Bunkfest in 2006. The bins that we used are available for
hire to improve recycling rates at other events; contact the
CAG project for more information.
Drink cartons
Tetrapaks and
similar cartons are hard to recycle as they contain a mixture of materials. As
there were no local facilities for recycling them, we began collecting them at
our Swap Shops in July 2005. Our efforts to find a good home for them bore fruit
in March 2008, by which time we had enough for Tetra Pak to send a large lorry
to collect them for recycling (click here to
read more). There are now Tetra Pak recycling banks at the recycling centre at
Oakley Wood and the council offices car park in Crowmarsh Gifford, although for
the time being we continue to collect them at Swap Shops for people who may find
it hard to get to these places.
Plastic Bag Free Wallingford
We are privileged to have been invited to join the Town Council
working party, which aims to make Wallingford a plastic bag free town. Shop
traders in the centre of the town have been approached regarding their views on
the idea, and most are very supportive. Our input has been to advise and source
a suitable bag which will be launched in July. This will be printed using water
based inks, depicting artwork chosen from a wonderful selection provided by
Wallingford School students. The slogan was chosen from many thought up by St.
John’s School Year 6 pupils, when they chose to concentrate on the bag issue for
one of their curricular activities. Their work is displayed in the old Waitrose
shop window – do have a look. It is very encouraging to see more and more people
around the town reusing bags and not picking up yet another carrier bag.
Wallingford Business Recycling Project
This was run by the
Centre for Environmental Studies in the Hospitality Industry at Oxford
Brookes University, with support from the government-funded Waste Resources and
Action Programme, but Sustainable Wallingford members helped to recruit
businesses into a scheme for recycling their business waste. 350 businesses were
contacted, and 120 expressed sufficient interest for them to be visited again to
encourage them to sign up. A number have now done so, with more expected to – a
very good success rate.
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