Reducing Waste
Find out how to reduce food waste, discover links to local food producers and information about composting and gardening.
Food Waste
- Love Food Hate Waste provides simple ideas to save food, save money and save the planet.
- An easy guide on composting at home.
- Ely allotments: find out how to sign up for an allotment locally.
- Too Good To Go prevents food waste by having restaurants and shops offer customers food that is close to its sell-by-date at a lower cost.
- Unwrapped
Using Your Belongings for Longer
- Right to Repair is a campaign to repair products rather than throw them out.
- Love Your Clothes encourage people to reduce their clothing waste by refashioning and upcycling. They offer tips and raise awareness of the implications of clothing going to landfill.
- The Reuse Network give items a new lease of life to reduce waste and help those in need.
- Zero Waste Scotland offer tips on how to reduce your waste.
- Ely Tool Hire
- Re-Imagine Resource Centre | Ely | Facebook
Water Usage
- Anglian Water offer ideas on how to save water.
- Find out how to save water in the garden.
- Learn about how to create a nature-friendly garden.
- Find further tips on how to save water.
Recycling
- Eco Ely is a local resource for individual actions ranging from helping reduce waste to improving energy efficiency. Visit the website or join the Facebook group.
- NAKEED
- Wichford’s reuse centre
Learn how waste is currently collected in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
- East Cambs District Council – Reducing Waste