Love Food Hate Waste Part One – Think Globally, Act Croydon
In this first part of a series, Liz Sheppard-Jones notes some startling news about the state of recycling in Croydon Croydon has received some extremely good news. We waited a long time, we made a lot...
View ArticleLove Food Hate Waste Part 2 – A Cold Wind Blowing
In the second part to her spotlight on the Love Food Hate Waste campaign, ‘A Cold Wind Blowing’, Liz Sheppard-Jones explains what impact the recession has had on efforts to curb needless waste, what...
View ArticleRe-using bikes: in Croydon, recycling means exactly what it says
Just a little story to share with you. One of the original projects on the Croydon ReUse site was a social enterprise that would make use of unwanted bikes. These would either be donated machines from...
View ArticleHow many bins do we need in Croydon?
When someone has a good idea, praise is not always that forthcoming – but when they have a bad idea, everyone’s a critic. Personally, I usually reserve judgement for a while before making up my mind....
View ArticleIgnore the many: Croydon’s bins cause a crisis
When it comes to change there is an immutable truth: you can’t please everybody. Just look at the hot topic of the moment – bins. Yet the need to improve our recycling rate has cross-party agreement...
View ArticleSummer 2018 in brief
Football came home to Boxpark July’s World Cup celebrations in Boxpark Croydon made national news. After images of local fans’ exuberant reactions to the national team’s success left TV commentator and...
View ArticleA plastic-free month in Croydon – are you up for the challenge?
Here in Croydon, we now have massive plastic wheelie bins to encourage us to recycle more plastic (and other items). The first thought that came into my mind on hearing of this change to our recycling...
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