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Ruth's visit
We invited Ruth Llewellyn from Wales Community Recycling Network to come over to the island. She gave two interesting talks about recycling at events. Ruth has worked with the organisers of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show and the Ryder Cup and she said there was potential to do more recycling at the Royal Manx Agriculural Show and Tynwald Fair Day.

Interior Rehab is a new company rescuing and restoring furniture. You can contact Gemma at ineedrehab@ interiorrehab.com or on her mobile 07624 300888

Grand Total 1797 Morsbags.

The Mannin Pod has now made 1797 morsbags from duvet covers and curtains. Much of this is due to the impressive work done by prisoners at IOM Prison in Jurby.

We still need suitable material and volunteers to make the bags. Ring 664796 if you can help in any way.

See the Downloads page to download all the Green Centre newsletters. April 2012 issue now available.

See www.morsbags.com if you fancy making some bags yourself.

The zero waste philosophy

At Zero Waste Mann we believe a rethink of current ideas on WASTE DISPOSAL is long overdue. Instead we should be aiming for 'RESOURCE RECOVERY' because everything we throw away has value. We aim to:

  • Promote awareness
  • Provide resources
  • Encourage participation
  • Identify, support & encourage appropriate legislation
  • Highlight relevant news items
We cannot continue burying and burning the world’s natural resources. At present, there is a ‘take, make and throw-it-away mentality,’ which cannot be sustained. If we were to apply all the available technologies, we could easily and quickly achieve efficient use of natural materials, energy and human resources. We must learn to look on materials as RESOURCES rather than RUBBISH. Our aim should be to have Zero Waste.

If we want to keep the Isle of Man beautiful for ourselves and future generations we must act NOW. Don't you think our children deserve a better legacy than piles of our waste?

To learn more about ZERO WASTE, have a look at the following websites:

www.zerowaste.org

www.zerowaste.co.nz

www.grrn.org


'Zero Waste' is happening all around the world. We want it to happen on the Isle of Man.

See www.plastics2020challenge.com to read more about reducing plastic waste.


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