Did you know that recycled drinks cans could be back on shop shelves in just six weeks?
Did you know that recycling two cans can save enough energy to power a computer for 12 hours?
Did you know that as well as tins and cans, you can recycle aluminium foil, foil takeaway trays and biscuit and chocolate tins in your white sack?
Metal is an amazing material because it’s endlessly recyclable - every last bit can be turned into something else. It’s a cycle that can go on forever.
Every piece of metal packaging you recycle will be used again and again for years to come. Every time it’s recycled we save energy, cut emissions and reduce landfill areas and costs.
If you'd like to know a bit more about what you can put in your white sack, or find out
You can find out more on our website.
This week is Food Waste Action Week - and reducing our food waste would be a huge plus for the planet.
This year's campaign is encouraging you to 'Choose What You’ll Use' by buying your fruit and vegetables loose instead of packaged. Research from Love Food Hate Waste has shown that we could reduce food waste by 60,000 tonnes just by buying loose fruit and veg.
Every stage in the journey of our food draws resources from our planet and produces greenhouse gas emissions.
If we can make sure only the food we are going to eat reaches our homes, and no good food ends up in the bin, we could save the emissions created producing that food from ever needing to be created in the first place.
Ensuring you use up all of the food you buy and let none of it go to waste is a key way to reduce your carbon footprint and help tackle climate change.
You can find out more by clicking here.
Spring is almost here, looking forward to getting out in the garden?
You have less than two weeks left to subscribe to our annual garden waste collection service.
The annual cost of £55 applies for fortnightly collections, excluding the weeks over the winter period when the service is suspended.
If you sign up, please make sure that your garden waste sacks are put out for us to collect by 7:30 a.m. on your normal collection day.
Subscribe online until Monday 1 April.
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall election takes place on Thursday 2 May. Are you registered to vote?
If not, make sure you go online and apply by Tuesday 16 April.
Remember, you won’t be able to vote in person without voter ID.
Find out what ID you need.
If voting by post in any of the upcoming elections, there are some changes to be aware of:
- You need to reapply for a postal vote every three years
- Voters can now only hand in their own postal vote, and those of up to five others
- You now to prove your identity as part of the application process. Both online and paper applications require ID verification
Find out more on the Electoral Commission website.
Did you know a typical detached Victorian house loses up to 40% of its heat through uninsulated walls?
Find out how to retrofit your home with energy efficient methods to reduce your bills, create a comfortable, healthy home and lower carbon emissions.
Our partners Energy Saving Devon have a FREE retrofit guide to help.
Our busy and friendly senior leadership team are looking for a new Personal Assistant to hit the ground running.
Do you have excellent PA and IT skills? Are you a great communicator with lots of enthusiasm?
If yes, then it could be your time to join a forward-thinking and dynamic organisation working across two high performing Councils.
Find out more and apply online.
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