Locally produced organic food delivered to your door? Yes please! Organic box schemes are great for the environment and for your health. (Find out why here). If you live in Essex here are some ones that may be local to you…
Bennison Farm – Bennison Farm Community Supported Agriculture. Local, seasonal, Organic veg bags for the Colchester area. Bennisons …
If you are looking for grants, loans, investment or support for a project in Essex, the following websites offer funding advice together with online funding search facilities free of charge. A fabulous resource for local businesses and residents, and not just for eco-projects either.
A crowdfunding platform that in addition to allowing the public to donate to …
Another way to recycle something is to re-use it as something else, also known as up-cycling. Here are some ideas to get you going:
If you cannot re-use any items of waste then the next stage is to recycle them. The following materials can all be very easily recycled:
How To Recycle
It is very easy to recycle our waste with minimum effort:
If you have something you no longer want, ask yourself if it can be used by someone else or for something else before sending it off to landfill! You might even be able to make a bit of money at the same time…
The following things can generally be re-used:
Reducing waste is easy, and the smartest choice you can make as an eco-minded individual! Get started with any of these smart choices:
Green Homes Wanted – en-form Press Release 2nd June 2015
Have you had solar panels installed on your home, or perhaps a wood burning stove or a heat pump, in fact anything that makes your home greener and energy bills cheaper, then environment group en-form wants to hear from you.
Local Charities en-form and Signpost are working with Colchester Borough Council to reduce energy bills for local residents.
They are currently running a Government funded project to review consumers energy bills and then to offer free, impartial and unbiased advice on alternative tariffs. If you decide to switch they will even arrange this for you.
Although the service is open …