ENVIRONMENT

 – Tesco makes a start

A lot of plastic packaging is rigid. A high percentage of rigid plastic can be put in your blue bin.

But a lot of it is film of one sort or another. This is NOT for the blue bin. 

Things are changing.

Tesco gathers up used film carrier bags at its store collection points. I have discovered you can add quite a lot different packets and packaging to the same collection point.

 Inland harbour created by joining Lake Lothing with North Sea. Before that, everything was done on the beach. The inner harbour is formed by Lake Lothing whilst the outer harbour is constructed from breakwaters.

Festival of Light has become The Beach of Dreams – a spectacular installation of 500 individually designed silk flags on Lowestoft South Beach on 26th and 27th June.

Over fifty people were lucky enough to get free seeds and compost this weekend, courtesy of Most Easterly Community Group.

'Help Make the High Street Bloom' gave away seeds for people to brighten up their windowsills and balconies and gardens. So later in the year there will be new begonias and sunflowers and even radishes greeting the sun, not to mention glorious cornflowers and rampant ranunculus.

Could the High Street be the Street that Saved? Food Savvy are looking for one Norwich based and one Suffolk based community to take part in a supported challenge to collectively make your food go further and help save it from the bin.

Householders will be provided with personalised advice, a free food saving kit and join challenges and ongoing prizes to help keep things lively! And there may even be a chance to be on TV…

Deposit schemes are in operation in several countries around the world. You pay a 'deposit' on the container, then when the container is returned, you get your deposit back. Older readers will remember beer bottles (and possibly 'borrowing' them from the back of pubs to generate a bit of pocket money); and, of course, milk bottles.

The present government has committed to introducing such a scheme. Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is entering the second consultaion on having a Deposit Return Scheme in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Carbon Literacy Training for Businesses

With the environment becoming more important in a modern economy, this webinar will help business people become carbon literate and understand the difference their business can make environmentally.

Carbon literacy is an awareness of the carbon dioxide costs and impacts of everyday activities, and the ability and motivation to reduce emissions, on an individual, community and organisational basis.

Community RePaint scheme  Re-Utilise in Whapload Road IS OPEN

Purchasing affordable paint from a scheme
Our schemes sell leftover, reusable paint from just £1 per litre!
Why not get in touch with Re-Utilise directly to find out what paint they have in stock and the COVID safety measures in place.

UK citizens are the worst consumers in Europe for buying single-use, irreparable goods. In this new BBC Radio 4 programme material scientist Professor Mark Miodownik explores how we got to this unsustainable state.

You can find the programmes here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000vgh9

The High Street has been accepted onto The Street That Saved challenge!

The High Street is going head-to-head with Norfolk town Thetford.

During August, if you join us, you'll be asked to save food waste, do some fun challenges, and save money. The Street that Saves the most will win, as well as helping yourself and the planet.

Win: £50, plus £50 worth of products and save up to £730 over the course of the year! Oh, and they’ll be a mega bonus prize for the street that saves the most.