City Bridge Trust is offering fully funded eco-audits and tailored support packages to third-sector organisations as part of the initiative to help ‘green’ the third sector, improving both organisational performance and reducing environmental impact. Continue reading
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Disposable cup recycling service
Veolia is rolling out a national disposable coffee cup recycling scheme. With 84% of takeaway hot drink consumers reported to still be using disposable cups, Veolia said its coffee cup solution aims to collect takeaway cups as soon as consumers have finished their drinks to reduce cup contamination and increase recycling rates. Read more at Recycling and Waste World.
April 2017 minutes
Brentford Recycling Action Group
Minutes of Meeting held in the Toll House, Brentford Lock
on Tuesday 4th April 2017
Attending: Patti Horsnell, Hugh Picton, Rukmini West, Virginia Fassnidge, Wendy Mackenzie, Malcolm Crofts Continue reading
Digging the Dirt
Digging the Dirt is an award-winning production by Multi Story Theatre Company that will be performed on Sunday 4th March at 7pm at the Brentford and Isleworth Quaker Meeting House, Quakers Lane, London Road, Isleworth TW7 5AZ.
The play, a mixture of fable and political commentary, provokes questions about the world we’re making for ourselves.
Food-waste supermarket opens in Leeds
A food-waste supermarket, the first of its kind in the UK, has opened in Pudsey, a suburb of Leeds. The Sharehouse sells surplus food donated by restaurants, allotments, supermarkets and other local businesses, most of which would have ended up in landfill. It is the brainchild of the Real Junk Food Project, a campaigning group that runs food-waste cafes throughout the country. The Project plans to introduce the scheme to every city in the UK.
Source: Time Out, January 17-23, 2017
November 2016 minutes
Brentford Recycling Action Group
Minutes of Meeting held in the Toll House, Brentford Lock
on Tuesday 1st November 2016
Attending: Patti Horsnell, Hugh Picton, Douglas Benford, Rukmini West, Virginia Fassnidge, Catharine Browne, Wendy Mackenzie, Malcolm Crofts, Chelsea Edwards, Cllr Myra Savin, Sarah Dwyer Continue reading
October 2016 minutes
Brentford Recycling Action Group
Minutes of Meeting held in the Toll House, Brentford Lock
on Tuesday 4th October 2016
Attending: Patti Horsnell, Hugh Picton, Douglas Benford, Rukmini West, Virginia Fassnidge, Wendy Mackenzie, Malcolm Crofts Continue reading
August 2016 minutes
Brentford Recycling Action Group
Minutes of Meeting held in the Toll House, Brentford Lock
on Tuesday 2nd August 2016
Attending: Patti Horsnell, Hugh Picton, Douglas Benford, Rukmini West, Virginia Fassnidge, Malcolm Crofts, Joanna de Casey-Ireland Continue reading
July 2016 minutes
Brentford Recycling Action Group
Minutes of Meeting held in the Toll House, Brentford Lock
on Tuesday 5th July 2016
Attending: Patti Horsnell, Hugh Picton, Rukmini West, Kath Richardson, Wendy Mackenzie, Malcolm Crofts Continue reading
June 2016 minutes
Brentford Recycling Action Group
Minutes of Meeting held in the Toll House, Brentford Lock
on Tuesday 7th June 2016
Attending: Patti Horsnell, Hugh Picton, Virginia Fassnidge, Catharine Browne, Douglas Benford, Joanna de Casey-Ireland, Rukmini West, Chelsea Edwards Continue reading
