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Posts in support of our work aligned with Climate action
If you've cycled to Newport there are many places where you can secure your bike - Please see the map below for details. Bike parking
We had our first trial of Climate Fresk training in February at the Newport library, facilited by our vice chair Susanne Bearblock. The training was a success with participants being happy with the outcome and…
This week my family joined 100 UK households to collect and analyse our single use plastic waste. We collected the (clean) plastic in a separate bin, hunted down rogue plastic in the “regular” bin, and kept…
Newport, Shropshire is Awarded ‘Plastic Free Communities’ Status as it Takes Action on Single-Use Plastic. Newport has joined a network of communities across the UK who are leading the way to tackle throw away plastic…
June 19th is National Refill Day and to commemorate the occasion and celebrate how many Refill points we now have we ran a competition. Water bottles were donated by Number 45 and Be Bold Media…
Following on from the inspiration Zero Waste Events gave us at the Field to Fork Festival in May, and the success of the Shrewsbury Cup the Sustainable Newport team decided to bring this scheme to…
On May 21st Sustainable Newport were pleased to bring Daniel Webb from EveryDay Plastic to town. 50 people attended the meeting at Newport Girls High School where Daniel updated us on the findings from his…
On Saturday, May 4th Sustainable Newport were invited to stand at the Harper Adams Field to Fork Festival. This was our first public standing since our re-branding and Shropshire Festivals had put us in touch…
Volunteers lined up to start our #RefillRevolution On March 28th Sustainable Newport kicked off the regions #RefillRevolution. The UK's Refill scheme is run by charity City to Sea a non-profit organisation running campaigns to prevent…
Objective 2 to gain Plastic Free Community status is to get business's on board with the goal to remove Single Use Plastics. To meet this objective for a population of 10,000-20,000 people we need at…