Category Archives: Zero Waste

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To Good To Go

Too Good To Go – Chippenham – Save Money save Food Waste

If you’ve never used the Too Good To Go App  in Chippenham before – what are you waiting for? We first started using the Too Good to Go app six months ago. It’s easy to use, download the app to your phone and allow it to use your current location. You will immediately see Food bag […]

Corsham Repair Café: a regular and successful event

After Black Friday came Green Saturday: a ‘waste less’ day in and around Chippenham

After the shopping frenzy of Black Friday came Green Saturday. Saturday 25 November 2023 was a stunningly beautiful Autumn day: blue sky, soft sunshine and trees displaying the last of their leaves in hues of copper, crimson, ochre and russet. Nature at its glorious best. A tonic for humankind. Saturday 25 November was also a […]

Halloween Plastics

Halloween: scary amounts of single-use plastic destined for landfill

The shops are currently full of single-use items for Halloween, aimed at children.  The image above shows some on display at a local supermarket. How about the treat of a trip to a café, but not just any café?  On Saturday 28 October, The Pound Arts Centre in Corsham is hosting a Repair Café.  Fixing […]

Life Below Water – Plastic Pollution

United Nations Sustainability goal 14 looks at life below the water (1). The UN goals says… As much as 8 million tonnes of plastic is entering the oceans every year. That’s a rubbish truck a minute dumped into the ocean somewhere in the world. The micro-plastics overlap with the food prey of many marine animals, […]