Two years ago, Transition group Zero Carbon Guildford moved into a former New Look high street store and transformed it into a buzzing community climate hub.

Volunteers set up a library of things, community fridge, zero waste shop, baby clothes library, business network and a vertical farm growing salad crops.

They ran cinema, quiz and open mic nights, a food waste feast along the high street, and a climate conversation group.

They trained energy advisors and citizen scientists to test the local river’s water quality, and hosted dozens of groups from other communities who wanted to create a hub just like theirs.

In two years, they reckon their projects have saved a whooping 583 tonnes of CO2 emissions from their community.

It shows how people who are concerned can come together, and have a real, tangible impact and engage whole new audiences with some volunteer power and a meantime space. It’s why they won innovative UK climate project in the Climate Coalition’s annual awards this year.

Now their lease is up, and they want to take Zero Carbon Guildford to a new home and the next level. They’ve set up a crowdfunder, hoping to find out what they could achieve with great capacity and a more permanent space.

Find out more and their advice for anyone else setting up a similar community climate hub: https://transitiontogether.org.uk/building-community-action-through-climate-hubs/

#climatehub #communityhub #guildford #libraryofthings #zerocarbon #babylibrary #communityfridge #zerowastecafe #terracycle #citizenscience #climatecoalition #communityaction #transitiontown #crowdfunder

I might be late to the game, but I discovered #TerraCycle today. They do mail-in or drop-off of hard-to-recycle items, paid for by corporate partners.

I can now recycle:

* Oral care products - toothbrushes, flossers, toothpaste tubes
* All kinds of writing instruments - pens, markers, highlighters
* Beauty care products and packaging - tubes, jars, you name it
* Razors and blades
* Contact lens blister packs

Plus more: https://www.terracycle.com/en-CA/brigades

#ZeroWaste

Don’t fall prey to the refrigerator water filter #scam. Filters are EXPENSIVE and only last for a few hundred gallons.

I ran a line from my reverse osmosis filter under the kitchen sink to my #refrigerator. Now I pay $50/year instead of $225 and only change filters once a year.

Plus, the money I save on filters can be used to pay for #recycling the filter media with a company like #Terracycle. I can recycle 5 years of filters for only $125, saving me $150/year overall.

https://www.terracycle.com/en-US/

"TerraCycle launches new direct-to-consumer bags for hard-to-recycle plastics"

#TerraCycle #Plastic #Plastics #Recycling

https://www.edie.net/terracycle-launches-new-direct-to-consumer-bags-for-hard-to-recycle-plastics/

The Seed Swap went really well.
We had Paul Shuttleworth, BBC Radio Shropshire presenter running a whole morning show outside our venue, many many contacts made and we're still sending out seeds.
#paulshuttleworth #radioshropshire #bbc #repaircafe #climateaction #terracycle #telford

Transition Telford's - Seedy Saturday Seed Swap

5 February  at    10:00 am  –  1:00 pm 

The Seed Swap Returns

W
e will be joined by Climate Action Hub Telford and Telford Repair Cafe + Telford Terracycle  & BBC Radio Shropshire!

Where:
 Hollinswood Community Centre, 7 Downemead, Hollinswood, Telford TF3 2EW

https://transitiontelford.wordpress.com/the-legendary-seed-swap-returns/

#radioshropshire #transitiontelford #terracycle #telfordrepaircafe #climateactionhub #bbc

Is anyone in the DC metro area a member of Calphalon's Terracycle program. It accepts pans from other companies and I have 2 for recycling which are scratched and should not be used. I was put on a waiting list for the program and 2 pans might not be enough. So if I can add my pans to someone else's that would be ideal. #terracycle #calphalon #recycling

Is anyone in the DC metro area a member of Calphalon's Terracycle program. It accepts pans from other companies and I have 2 for recycling which are scratched and should not be used. I was put on a waiting list for the program and 2 pans might not be enough. So if I can add my pans to someone else's that would be ideal. #terracycle #calphalon #recycling

Like many (all?) people who have delved into the #discard and #wasting systems of the Western world, I felt burned and disheartened by what I learned about "recycling" and plastics. Liberals and progressives HATE hearing about this: we ate that #recycling story right up. 🙃 So seeing things about #Terracycle, my interest is piqued ... and my scam radar is up. Their website is unambiguous: we recycle it all.

Spoiler: as usual, you're paying for the illusion of clean hands. https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-terracycle-tom-szaky/?leadSource=uverify%20wall

#TerraCycle Collects #Plastic Waste. Does It Really Get #Recycled?.

One for @ianbetteridge 's law 😉
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-terracycle-tom-szaky/

Same story here:
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-terracycle-tom-szaky/
This journalist put some tags to different kind of waste what #terracycle is telling as #recycleable ...
Sad story: they end up in landfills, will be burned or melted with other #plastics for #downcycling

#recycling #plastik #kunststoff #abfall #müll #plastic #Recyclinglüge @grauerle

"Recycling company TerraCycle says that it is “Eliminating the Idea of Waste”. However, when it comes to transparency around the impact of its programmes on brands’ overall waste, we’re left in the dark."

#Environment #Recycling #TerraCycle #Sustainable #Greenwashing

https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/home-garden/terracycle-sustainable-or-greenwashing

holy shit ey!!
#klima #recycling #terracycle
https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/dok/video/das-recycling-maerchen?urn=urn:srf:video:ebbcf59c-a2be-4d8d-8492-e5a189e60aab