King’s Award for Voluntary Service

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Today, November 14th, 2024, Sustainable Newport has been awarded a King's Award for Voluntary Service. This award is the equivalent of an MBE, awarded for life, and the highest award given to volunteer groups across…

Cycle Parking locations

On your bike?

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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

Sustainable Newport AGM – July 10th 2024

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This week, amongst all the other news it was confirmed that the last 12 months global temperatures have consistently been 1.5degrees above pre-industrial levels, further demonstrating there is still much to be done to protect…

Climate Fresk training

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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…

Chairs Report – 2023

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The last 12 months have continued to demonstrate there is still much to be done to protect the ongoing habitability of our planet.  The cost of living crisis continues, with inflation in the UK higher…

Image of the sticker on the Tetrapak bin showing what types of items can be recycled there

Our new Bin!

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After gathering the evidence from our Hard to recycle events about just how many tetrapaks and other mixed element recycling we were gathering we've partnered with Newport Town Council to have a new Bin for…

Chairs report AGM – 2022

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The last 12 months have slowly seen a gradual reintroduction to our new normal, with someface-to-face activities starting to resume which has helped to offset the ongoing “online fatigue”and increase in ability to create new…

Volunteers at the library behind a table, accepting "hard to recycle" waste next to Sustainable Newport Banner

Hard to recycle collection

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Our volunteers Jane Cooper and Sandra Crabb put forward the idea of aggregating "Hard to recycle" items to take on to larger locations such as Roots in Stafford, the Household recycling Centre in Hortonwood or…

Chairs Report 2021

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The last 12 months have been extraordinary on a Global level – which has unfortunately meant we weren’t able to accomplish as much as we’d hoped but looking back, it’s great to reflect on how…

Chairs report 2020 AGM

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Plastic Free Newport Simone continues to make herself known around the county as the go to person to start a plastic free town campaign including TWC. She has helped set up and mentor Shropshire Against…