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Typically, a household produces thirty percent more waste during the festive period than at any other time, and with more people spending Christmas at home this year, this figure is set to increase. Therefore, people across Norfolk are being asked to do their bit to help reduce waste and increase recycling over the festive period….
30/11/20 | Read More
Food Savvy, a collaborative food waste reduction campaign led by Norfolk County Council, Suffolk Waste Partnership and environmental charity Hubbub, is here to help households to reduce food waste and save money this Christmas. It is estimated that UK residents will waste the equivalent of 54 million platefuls of food during December. This not only…
26/11/20 | Read More
Did you know, we throw away around 30% more rubbish at Christmas? The good news is there are lots of things we can all do to help to reduce this, like choosing gifts with no packaging, using up leftover food, reusing wrapping materials and recycling as much as we can. We’d like to encourage as…
25/11/20 | Read More
All recycling centres are open with social distancing measures in place Following the Government’s announcement on 31 October of an England-wide lockdown we are pleased to say that all of Norfolk’s Recycling Centres will remain open as normal. Unfortunately, none of the Reuse shops will be allowed to open. For further details please click here….
03/11/20 | Read More
ANNOUNCING new dates for free Composting For Beginners online workshops this Autumn. Designed to help you get started or improve your composting you can now book your free workshop via the booking form. 100% of people who have attended workshops before said it had given them the confidence to start or continue composting. All workshops…
14/10/20 | Read More
New stats show we care more about the environment than ever before. The theme for Recycle Now’s 17th annual Recycle Week is to thank the people Norfolk for continuing to recycle despite all that has happened this year. Statistics released by Recycle Now show that through lockdown the UK has become even more environmentally aware,…
21/09/20 | Read More
All Reuse Shops at Norfolk’s Recycling Centres are now closed (from 11am Monday 23 March 2020)until further notice, we have made this decision after following advice on COVID-19 (Coronavirus). The Reuse shops are located at the following Recycling Centres: Ashill, Bergh Apton, Caister, Dereham, Heacham, Ketteringham, King’s Lynn, Mayton Wood, Snetterton, Strumpshaw, Thetford, Wells-next-the-Sea and…
23/03/20 | Read MoreEvent Date: 03/12/20
Thursday 3rd December 2020, 7pm to 8pm. Designed to help you get started or improve your composting you can now book your free workshop via the booking form. 100% of people who have attended workshops before said it had given them the confidence to start or continue composting. All workshops are delivered by Norfolk Master…
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Event Date: 21/02/21
Sunday 21 February 2021, 11:00-15:00, Silver Road Community Centre, Norwich, NR3 4TB Norwich Seed and Plant swap have a date for the 2021 Norwich Seed and Plant Swap! At the moment we’re hoping that we’ll be able to meet as normal at the Silver Road Community Centre. However, hope by itself is not a plan….
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