Recycling Upstairs and Down
Recycling Upstairs and Down is the chosen theme of Scotland’s Recycle Week 22 – 28 June 2015 – encouraging us to look past the kitchen when recycling around the home. Studies show that we are great at...
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Recycling on the Go
We are good to go! See you at most local events through the next few months We are working with local event organisers to get an understanding of what sorts of waste their events generate and together...
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Your Collection Calendar
To find out which days your bins and boxes are emptied, please enter your postcode below and click search. Make sure you add a space when you type in your postcode e.g. EH42 1JX not EH421JX Click here
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Recycling Week 2015
It’s recycle week this week and are out with our ‘Recycling on the Go’ bins to local schools to help them to sort, and if possible recycle, their waste in the playground. Here we are at West Barns...
View ArticleThat’s a lot of Nappies!
Did you know that the average cost of keeping a baby in disposable nappies for 2-3 years is £1,200 per baby. Every day in the UK a staggering eight million disposable nappies are thrown away,...
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Article 4
This Summer the Zero Waste Town Project team has been out and about with our portable recycle bins to events and places in our Ward area. Whilst diverting rubbish to landfill by recycling we have also...
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Calling all Upcyclers
The Zero Waste Town Project would like to organise a series of workshops which will help the community reuse, recycle and refurbish/up-cycle or mend items which would go otherwise to landfill and would...
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A Family Project
Are you up for taking the Zero Waste Challenge? We are looking for families living in the Dunbar District who are keen to give it a go and to write a regular blog about your experience. Let us know...
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I can trace back why I am in the job I am today …
Hello, I am an Education Officer for the Zero Waste Town Project. I can trace back why I am in the job I am today to a teacher and an astronaut and sadly I do not remember either of their names but...
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Congratulations Innerwick Primary School!
FANTASTIC NEWS! Innerwick Primary has WON the CRNS (Community Resources Network Scotland) competition called The Next Big Idea which called for schools to think of the next initiative that Scotland...
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food Waste collection
As of April 2015 East Lothian Council rolled out the new weekly food waste collection system. We would like to hear how you are getting on. Please take a few minutes to have your say. Please have your...
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Dunbar Primary 20.04 KG from going to landfill!
Well done to Dunbar Primary who, on the 25th November, saved 20.04 KG from going to landfill at their toys and book Swap Shop at the Lochend Campus. Good work!
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Good to Go in Dunbar
Diners in Dunbar need no longer feel embarrassed to ask for a ‘doggy bag’ for the leftover food they’re not able to finish while dining out. The Scottish Government’s ‘Good to Go’ scheme, run by Zero...
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Dunbar Grammar School is Recycling
The Zero Waste Dunbar team is working with Dunbar Grammar School to develop it’s recycling facilities. As of this week the school will have the facility to send cardboard, glass, cans and plastic...
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Our Waste is Our Resource
The Zero Waste Dunbar and District Project are organising an open public meeting/ consultation event 2nd March at 7pm in Dunbar Town House. Simon Glover will share with you what he has learned about...
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Friday 4th March Family Ceilidh
Dunbar Community Science Ceilidh for families Dunmuir Hotel FRIDAY 4th March 7pm to 10pm Come and learn how to do the Circular Economy dance with Dunbar Primary School FAMILY (2+2) £10 ADULT £5 CHILD...
View ArticleGo Zero Challenge
All 6 of our local schools are taking the Go Zero Challenge – working to become Scotland’s 1st Zero Waste Schools! Our schools have carried out waste audits to get a better understanding of what their...
View ArticleFilms by West Barns Primary School :-)
Zero Waste Dunbar is very pleased to launch two films which were made by the pupils of West Barns Primary School as part of a collaboration with us. These films highlight the issues with litter in the...
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Lets do this!
So far 194 households have pledged to make Dunbar and District Scotland’s 1st Zero Waste area. Zero Waste to landfill means – we are aiming to reduce, reuse and recycle way more stuff so very little...
View ArticleWest Barns Primary School Film
Zero Waste Dunbar is very pleased to launch a films which were made by the pupils of West Barns Primary School as part of a collaboration with us. These films highlight the issues with litter in the...
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