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
- Jan 11
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
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 29, 2021
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...
- 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...
- Jan 10, 2021
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...
- Dec 21, 2020
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...
- 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...
- Jun 23, 2020
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...
- 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...
- Apr 6, 2020
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...
- Mar 3, 2020
Transition Town Contributions To NHDC Environmental Panels
Click here for a handout including all the TTL submissions.
- Jul 23, 2019
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...
- 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...