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Thursday November 22nd 2018 Climate Change Coalition launch (with added music) The Manx Legion in Market Street starting at    7:30pm

We won £1,000 from TESCO's Bags of Help scheme to update the Green Centre with a new carpet and a coat of paint and signs.

The government's new Waste Strategy has appeared. I'm afraid they are not going for zero waste and there is very little detail in the document.

Attention has been drawn to the amount of food that is wasted at super-markets on the island. You may remember we brought Tristram Stuart, the food waste campaigner, to the island a couple of years ago. 

July 2016 France has banned single use plastic bags.


France bans plastic bags

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 Cardboard Recycling

You can now take cardboard to the Eastern Household Waste and Recycling site in Middle River for recycling.

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 Recycling for flats

If you would like to recycle ask your property management to inform Douglas Corporation.

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 Hazardous Electrical Items

In the UK recent research from Fujitsu-Siemens reveals that only half of unwanted PCs end up going to a new home. In the last 5 years about 12.5 million machines have gone to municipal tips. 41% of people surveyed claim to have given their old computer to a friend or charity.

We hope that the extension of the island household waste site scheme will see our recycling rates continue to rise.

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 Say 'No' to plastic bags - ongoing

 We are asking everyone to make a habit of carrying re-usable bags and cut down on the number of plastics bags taken home.

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Beach cleaning


Beach Cleaning - Bill Dale organises regular beach cleans. Look in the local newspapers and Facebook for details.

Website: Marine Conservation Society

Website: Adopt-a-beach and Beachwatch

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Litter picking

For litter picking guidelines please click the link below.

Litter picking guidelines

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