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Waste

This Transition Working Group is in need of creative input. If you would like to help set up a project focused group that works towards meeting the challenges of waste in a Transition Town please contact us

What are the Main Challenges of Transition Waste?

How much of the waste that we produce every day is actually necessary? How much Energy do we consume in disposal and recycling when mending and re-using would suffice? Is there a reluctance to ‘make do and mend’, and why?

How can we assist individuals, groups and local companies to reduce their waste?

What can we do with the seemingly useless rubbish that goes to landfill?

Reduce, Re-use & Recycle!

1st Monday of the Month: October

Movie Poster: The Economics of Happiness

past event:
Mon 3rd October 2011, 7:30pm, Hereford

This Month’s ’1st Monday of the Month’ Film:

The Economics of Happiness
‘Going local’ is a powerful strategy to repair our fractured world—our ecosystems, our societies and our selves Continue reading

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From Waste to Taste:
Could fungus save the world?

mushrooms

There are teams of scientists working on ways to use technology to solve the problem of waste; from turning plastic back into oil to recycling into new packages. but these strategies still use energy and ultimately fossil fuels to drive the process.Wouldn’t it be great to have a solution that didn’t require fuels and resulted in food rather than more plastic bags? Continue reading

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