Using ‘ The Big Plastic Audit ‘ in preparation for National Refill Day
The energy crisis is focusing attention on how we wean ourselves off oil and gas, and single use plastics are one oil based product we...
- Feb 4
Why Is Recycling So Hard?
Our Terracycle waste recycling scheme is threatened by contaminated waste
- Oct 28, 2021
Lowering Your Halloween Plastic and Carbon Footprint
On the eve of probably THE most important intergovernmental conference in history, COP26, I want to write about Halloween. Yes,...
- Jun 22, 2021
Partying without plastic
We are all looking forward to a return to some sort of normality and I bet there will be some serious celebrating going on when we’re...
- Feb 21, 2021
Plastic, plastic and now yet more plastic…
But now, for good reasons of course, much more plastic is being used in our battle with the coronavirus, and this will continue for some...
- Nov 26, 2020
We’re dreaming of a Green Christmas……Will we or won’t we? That is the question.
By the time you read this we will hopefully have a better idea and I expect many of you will already have done much of your present...
- Jul 17, 2020
Plastic Free July
Over the last few months we’ve had so much else to worry about that plastic pollution has taken a back seat. But the problem hasn’t gone...
- Apr 20, 2020
Lifestyle changes to limit Covid-19 also help to repair our climate
Taking into account UK production and import of goods, the average person in the UK produces 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents...
- Mar 3, 2020
Transition Town Contributions To NHDC Environmental Panels
Click here for a handout including all the TTL submissions.
- Jun 26, 2019
A Plastic Free Picnic
Transition Town Letch Here are some ideas on how to avoid single use plastic when picnicking: Bring your drink in a reusable bottle. Pack...
- Jun 13, 2019
Letchworth, the UKs first garden city, is the first town in Hertfordshire to be awarded ‘Plastic Fre
Transition Town Letchworth, a charity whose aim is to tackle climate change locally,started the campaign in January 2018 with a lively...
- May 11, 2019
Tackling Climate Change One Milk Carton At A Time
As part of the Plastic Free Letchworth team we have been talking to local schools about switching from milk in cartons with straws to...
- Apr 10, 2019
Letchworth’s Big Spring Clean
Almost a decade ago SAS conducted an award winning plastic pollution brand survey that revealed that the majority of all beach litter...
- Jul 4, 2018
Letchworth Festival Children’s Art Competition
There were 371 entries and these were displayed throughout the Festival in the Community Museum and the Garden City Shopping...
- May 30, 2018
Plastic Free Letchworth at the Food Festival
It was great talking to people about what changes they had been making to reduce their dependance on plastic. For example, it turns out...
- May 15, 2018
Plastic Free Letchworth Project Update
As we talk to people about the Plastic Free Letchworth project we hear about changes people are making in their own lives as well as...
- Apr 30, 2018
Plastic Free Letchworth Launch Weekend
Local shops Bamboo Turtle and Fairhaven provided sample ‘plastic free’ goods for displaying at the event and the team shared ideas with...
- Mar 25, 2018
Plastic Free Project Update
The children’s art competition at the Letchworth Festival is going to be themed on ‘Plastic Free Letchworth’. Click here to find out how...