Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:42:02 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/ CornwallWasteAction en-gb http://wasteaction.org.uk/images/logo.gif http://wasteaction.org.uk/ webmaster@wasteaction.org.uk http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=473 CWA's beach clean and MCS survey is on SUNDAY 19 September from 10.30 am to 12.30. Volunteers needed!... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:42:02 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=472 Cornwall Council has signed up to a new Commitment to ensure residents in Cornwall receive a waste and recycling collection service which is value for money and meets their needs... Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:21:23 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=471 Concerns over how fair and sustainable the rewards-based scheme RecycleBank is have been discussed at a private meeting in central London attended by Defra and WRAP... Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:20:32 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=470 Use of carrier bags down 43% in four years, says Waste & Resources Action Programme, but recent figures show fresh rise. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:10:27 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=469 Money raised from dumping rubbish in the ground could help a nation of budding Jamie Olivers to grow their own food... Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:31:16 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=468 Reusable cups and recyclable tents aim to consign the ritual trashing of festival sites like Glastonbury to the past... Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:25:54 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=467 Planning approval for attempts at the first commercial geothermal power plant in Cornwall could see renewable heat and electricity being generated as early as 2013... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:13:00 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=466 Householders are more likely to waste lower-priced food and drink items than ones which cost more, according to the latest analysis published yesterday (July 27) by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)... Source: Letsrecycle.com Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:31:03 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=465 The Government has announced its cost cutting measures for the sector, including a reduction in funding for v and Capacitybuilders... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:27:46 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=464 Putting your rubbish into traditional black bags to dispose of costs five times as much as recycling the material according to new figures from Cornwall Council. Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:47:55 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=463 The row between Eric Pickles and Caroline Spelman over who controls waste policy is diverting attention from the real task ... Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:31:30 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=462 Plastic flotsam is the bane of the Pacific Ocean – now Dutch conservationists want to turn some of it into an inhabited island ... Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:17:59 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=461 Cornwall Council can confirm that the United Mines landfill site will stop landfilling of wastes on 31 October this year... Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:05:28 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=460 Cornwall Council have Green Johanna Food Digesters at a special price of ..... Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:45:01 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=459 Defra is reviewing waste policy and delivery in England and they are keen to hear about and discuss your views... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:27:16 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=458 Cornwall Council has teamed up with evengreener.com to offer residents home composting bins and water butts at bargain prices... Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:25:14 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=457 Community Composting Network (CCN) have launched a campaign to repeal unnecessary composting legislation on the governments 'your freedom' website... Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:20:03 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=456 A new community project to help local people get involved in horticulture will be launching on July 18 with a Big Lunch for the people of Penryn and Falmouth, Mabe and Constantine... Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:15:16 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=455 Britain will run out of landfill space in less than eight years' time unless recycling rates are boosted and the amount of rubbish dumped in the ground is reduced, council leaders have warned... Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:31:02 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=454 A consultation on how to implement the revised EU Waste Framework Directive in England and Wales has been launched... Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:28:56 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=453 People living in mid Cornwall are being invited to join a new community consultation group that will help Cornwall Council develop its future waste collection and recycling services... Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:57:48 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=452 Communities secretary Eric Pickles is pressuring the Audit Commission to withdraw controversial guidance on alternate weekly collections... Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:38:57 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=451 Bosavern Community Farm is a 32 acre organic farm on the edge of St Just in Penwith, and is being leased from Cornwall Council Farm Service by Lands End Peninsula Community Land Trust... Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:08:11 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=450 Download our Summer newsletter here! Summer Newsletter Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:53:07 +0100 http://wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=449 A three-year study has been investigating the most effective ways to create and maintain a society that encourages citizen action and community involvement in public policy... Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:35:05 +0100