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    Using ‘ The Big Plastic Audit ‘ in preparation for National Refill Day
    • Apr 20
    Stuff

    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...
    Why Is Recycling So Hard?
    • Feb 4
    Plastic Free

    Why Is Recycling So Hard?

    Our Terracycle waste recycling scheme is threatened by contaminated waste
    Christmas  – Again!
    • Jan 11
    Stuff

    Christmas – Again!

    All I really want is their company One daughter has the privilege of buying me socks each year. I mostly get through a pack of socks each...
    • Oct 28, 2021
    Plastic Free

    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,...
    Transporting Cargo Without The Carbon
    • Jun 29, 2021
    Stuff

    Transporting Cargo Without The Carbon

    As a charity without premises we needed a trailer that would fold away when not in use, so we opted for the XLC cargo trailer, which...
    Partying without plastic
    • Jun 22, 2021
    Plastic Free

    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...
    Plastic, plastic and now yet more plastic…
    • Feb 21, 2021
    Plastic Free

    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...
    • Jan 10, 2021
    Stuff

    Making a New Year’s Resolution that will help repair our climate

    As we look to 2021, Transition Town Letchworth have been debating the New Year’s resolutions that each of us could choose to help repair...
    Letchworth Receives Transition Bounce Forward Grant Award
    • Dec 21, 2020
    Stuff

    Letchworth Receives Transition Bounce Forward Grant Award

    The grant is to provide our TerraCycle service with a large-capacity bike cargo trailer. This will relieve us of having to use a car for...
    We’re  dreaming of a Green Christmas……Will we or won’t we?  That is the question.
    • Nov 26, 2020
    Education and awareness

    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...
    Plastic Free July
    • Jul 17, 2020
    Plastic Free

    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...
    Make Do and Mend
    • Jun 23, 2020
    Stuff

    Make Do and Mend

    As individuals we can help repair the climate by mending and repurposing items rather than sending them to waste. With shops and service...
    Lifestyle changes to limit Covid-19 also help to repair our climate
    • Apr 20, 2020
    Stuff

    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...
    What next for our waste collections?
    • Apr 6, 2020
    Stuff

    What next for our waste collections?

    If an alternative solution had been proposed of a three weekly service on all bin types would this have been preferred? Many of us I...
    Transition Town Contributions To NHDC Environmental Panels
    • Mar 3, 2020
    Stuff

    Transition Town Contributions To NHDC Environmental Panels

    Click here for a handout including all the TTL submissions.
    Letchworth’s New Years Community Litter Pick
    • Jan 22, 2020
    Plastic Free

    Letchworth’s New Years Community Litter Pick

    • Jul 23, 2019
    Stuff

    Transition Town Letchworth response to NHDC declaration of a ‘Climate Emergency’

    North Herts District Council declared a Climate Emergency at its meeting on 21 May 2019. Transition Town Letchworth (TTL) formed in 2008...
    A Plastic Free Picnic
    • Jun 26, 2019
    Plastic Free

    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...
    Letchworth, the UKs first garden city, is the first town in Hertfordshire to be awarded ‘Plastic Fre
    • Jun 13, 2019
    Plastic Free

    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...
    Tackling Climate Change One Milk Carton At A Time
    • May 11, 2019
    Food

    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...
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