Each year households in England generate over 21 million tonnes of waste. This waste causes environmental damage and costs businesses - and consumers - money. The recycling rate is about 44%.
So there’s still a lot we can do to improve.
We produce about 10 million tonnes of food waste in the UK. Think of that - even if you didn’t eat it, you could make electricity out of it - and save carbon. A tonne of food waste, converted into electricity, saves the equivalent of a tonne of carbon dioxide.
Swap Shop
Swap Shops are our long-established community events for people to recycle and reuse things. Maybe then, you won't need to buy new!
Bring any unwanted articles, take away anything you fancy, do one or the other, or both - you don’t need to "swap". It’s £1 entry, to pay for hall hire costs etc.
We welcome reusable bric-a-brac, kitchenware, books, tools, clothes, toys, small furniture items.
Please - No large items or DIY waste, no TVs or PCs etc, no DVDs and videos, nothing dirty or broken and no chemicals.
Our volunteers arrange the hall hire and display items donated on the day. Usually we can arrange PAT testing on the day so that small electrical items can be safely swapped. We clear up at the end of the morning, taking left-overs to charity shops or the recycling centre at Dix Pit.