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Week ending Friday 21 July 2017
Havering Council spends nearly £15m a year disposing of waste and it's going up by £1m a year, which is why it’s so important that everyone plays their part in reducing waste, preventing litter and keeping our borough clean and safe.
 This summer Havering residents will be encouraged to think
about what they are throwing away in a bid to save themselves up to £60 a month
and help tackle food waste in the Borough.
Havering Council and London
Green Points Havering will be introducing the Food Waste Challenge to give
you some practical tips and tricks on reducing food waste. Get involved in the
challenge and you will be able to earn Green Points to spend in the online
shop, transfer to high street vouchers, or donate to charity
The launch takes place on Saturday 22 July at Romford
Market, where you will be able to find out more about the challenge, learn how
wasting less will save you money, watch our community chefs demonstrate some
quick, easy and healthy dishes (with samples!) and enter a prize draw to win a
fabulous NutriBullet!
 This weekend will see the first Jumble Trail stop in Havering.
On Sunday 23 July, from 12-4pm, a resident in Saunton Road, Hornchurch
is organising a community 'yard' sale.
Residents can register their ‘yard’ or ‘stall’ for free and get more
information at www.jumbletrail.com/event/rm12. When you register your address on the website, it's then added to the
trail which displays all other participating houses and streets in the area selling homemade treasures, arts and crafts, tea and cakes etc.
On the day, people in the community as well
as those passing through can follow the trail to hunt for bargains and meet others in
their neighbourhood.
The roads included are in the Albany Road and
Chestnut Avenue area of Hornchurch.
So have a clear out, make some money and make new friends by registering your 'yard', or just come along for a browse!
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Havering’s clean air champion Miles the Mole is popping up at primary schools across the borough to help children learn
about air pollution.
Last month over 30 schools were treated to a theatre workshop on air quality by Performance In Education and featuring our very own Miles.
Miles stars in a Council film looking at how poor air
quality has a negative impact on health and gives us some useful tips on what we can all do to improve the quality
of our local air.
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Get composting and save yourself and us money!
Around 40% of black bag rubbish in Havering is food.
If you find you have lots of raw fruit and vegetable waste and can’t use the foods for quick soups or smoothies, then please consider composting it.
Havering Council have a special subsidised compost bin offer for residents. For just £5.99 including delivery, you can have a 330 litre compost bin and a free kitchen caddy making it easy to collect food scraps from your kitchen and other compostable items from around your home and transfer it to the compost bin.
Get composting, help us keep down our costs and give yourself a free supply of great nutritional compost to use in your garden.
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Learn more about how to reduce waste and save money in the July edition of Living in Havering magazine - out now!
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