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Ealing Repair Cafe announces new dates

Ealing Repair Cafe – Next event : 21 June 2021

Ealing Repair Cafe encourages people to mend and repair clothes and textiles, aiming to help create a circular economy for clothes, and a move away from fast disposable fashion. It runs monthly gatherings around Ealing and posts suggestions and samples of repairs done by it and its regulars.

At sessions, its members help by lending sewing equipment, threads and fabric for patches, and offering advice on how to mend by sewing, embroidery, visible mending, patching, boro and sashiko stitching.

Events are planned for the following days: Mondays, 7.15-10 pm, at Dickens Yard on 24 May, 21 June, 12 July, 20 Sept and 18 Oct. All events are dependent on Covid restrictions. Facemasks will need to be worn as it’s inside; everyone will be socially distanced.

More details and information about forthcoming events can be found on Ealing Repair Cafe’s Facebook page and its website.

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Councillor Lambert comments on Dispatches programme on recycling

Channel 4 recently aired a programme called Dirty Truth About Your Rubbish: Dispatches, which it described as “A look at how millions of tonnes of household recycling end up incinerated, hiking carbon emissions, with councils locked into long and expensive waste contracts.”

Brentford councillor Guy Lambert made these comments about the programme:

“A thought provoking documentary, but experts take the view that it was very slanted.

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Could you be an environmental champion?

As part of  its Cleaner Greener Hounslow programme, Hounslow Council is launching a community volunteering opportunity to get residents from all parts of the borough to join in making Hounslow a cleaner and greener place to live. The Council wants to “to empower our communities to make a difference by developing a volunteering network bringing everyone together to tackle environmental priorities”.

The Council suggests some of the following activities to make Hounslow a cleaner, greener borough:

  • Help wildlife flourish – Identify sites for wildflower planting and rethink your own back garden to be wildlife friendly 
  • Plant and care for trees – Adopt a street tree or help plant trees in your neighbourhood
  • Organise community events – a play street, a street party, or a community cleanup (please check the Government’s latest COVID-19 guidelines first)
  • Beautify your street – Get together with your neighbours to ensure your street looks its best

For more information, click on this link.

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Recycle Week 2020 is here!

Recycle Week 2020 is being held this week, from 21 to 27 September. The theme is about thanking the nation under the banner ‘Together – We Recycle’.

The organisers, WRAP, want Recycle Week 2020 to recognise the sacrifices that key workers and citizens have made to keep recycling going and create positive change in the world around us. It’s recycling and waste key workers that have heroically carried on collecting while the world slowed down around them.

For more information, please click on this link.

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New campaign uses ‘mesmerising cat’ to promote recycling of electricals

The Recycle Your Electricals Campaign has unleashed HypnoCat, a pink fluffy feline that uses its hypnotic superpowers to persuade people to recycle their electricals rather than binning them.  His pink coat reflects the designated  colour for electrical recycling.

The campaign has been launched in response to the UK’s surge in clearing out during the coronavirus lockdown. It was initially rolled out on paid social media and radio in four locations across the UK: Bristol, Bath and North Somerset; Tyneside and Newcastle; Edinburgh and Falkirk; and Norwich. Continue reading →

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Ealing reduce, reuse, recycle cafe: Clothes repair and making event this Monday

Ealing Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Support Group is holding its first event this coming Monday, 4 February, a clothes repair and making evening at the Northfields Community Centre in Ealing (details at end of post).

Share a cuppa with organisers Lucy and Mary, and bring any projects and clothes or fabric for inspiration and advice.

Please also bring along some small change (suggested donation of up to £2.50) to cover hire of room and tea and coffee.

Details
Date: Monday, 4 February 2019
Time: 7.30pm to 10pm
Northfields Community Centre, 71a Northcroft Road, Ealing, London W13 9SS
Travel:
Underground: Northfields (Piccadilly line)
Rail: West Ealing
Bus: E3

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Petition for the creation of a UK-wide waste and recycling system

A petition has been launched calling on the UK government to create a UK-wide waste and recycling system.

If the petition reaches 10,000 signatures, the government will respond to it; if it reaches 100,000, it will be considered for debate in Parliament. The deadline for signing the petition is 24 January 2019.
For more information, and to sign the petition, click here.