Real Nappy Week
Worcestershire County Council’s Waste Challenge Team has organised events across the county encouraging parents and parents-to-be to use real nappies as part of Real Nappy Week....
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Grants for Recycling Groups
Grants of up to £3000 are available to voluntary and community groups involved in re-use and recycling....
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Nappy Fashions
Come to Worcester Guildhall for the Real Nappy roadshow. Loads of information on modern nappies, a cool competition and much more....
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Swap Shops!
Swap your roller skates for a Rubik's Cube or your stripey jumper for a Kylie CD, Swap Shops are back in fashion in Herefordshire and Worcestershire....
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Winter Newsletter
The latest newsletter from our Waste Prevention Team is now available to download. Its packed with lots of great ideas and information on all aspects of waste prevention.....
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Love Food, Hate Waste
A third of all the food we buy in the UK ends up bring thrown away. We throw away a third of the food we buy and what's more, whilst some of this is teabags and fish bones, most is perfectly good food that could have been eaten. The Love Food, Hate Waste campaign aims to reeduce this.....
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Lastet compost clinic dates
Our autumn Compost Clinic dates have been finalised. You can get free advice from our trained experts who will be happy to answer all your composting questions......
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Win a cool recycled school pack
Enter our 'pledge for a waste free day' and you could win a cool back-to-school recycled stationary set......
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Win Recycling Top Trumps
take a look at our Waste Reduction pages for a chance to win a great recycling card game......
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Food Waste Disposer Report published
Worcestershire County Council have now published an Environmental Impact Study on the use of Food Waste Disposers. The main findings are that they provide a cost-effective, convenient and hygienic means of separating putrescible domestic kitchen food waste at source and diverting it from landfill. The report is available on this website.......
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Jilt the Junk Mail
You can help to reduce waste, and save yourself the nuisance of junk mail by following these simple steps......
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Compost Clinics
We are running a series of compost clinics around the two counties. If you have any questions about composting or want to know how to get the best out of your new compost bin this is your chance....
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New Compost Bins Available in 2007
The response to the home composting initiative has been great! New bin designs now available. Prices include Free Delivery.
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Dishing out on Disposers..
Residents of Herefordshire and Worcestershire can claim upto £80 cashback when they buy and install a kitchen-sink food waste disposer.
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Nappaccino Mornings
If you are a new mum or dad, and you are interested in using 'Real Nappies' instead of disposables, you are welcome to come to one of our popular nappachino mornings, for a coffee and a chat with other parents and local real nappy consultants.
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