Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:27:16 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/ CornwallWasteAction en-gb http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/images/logo.gif http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/ webmaster@wasteaction.org.uk http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=459 Defra is reviewing waste policy and delivery in England and they are keen to hear about and discuss your views... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:27:16 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=458 Cornwall Council has teamed up with evengreener.com to offer residents home composting bins and water butts at bargain prices... Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:25:14 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=457 Community Composting Network (CCN) have launched a campaign to repeal unnecessary composting legislation on the governments 'your freedom' website... Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:20:03 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=456 A new community project to help local people get involved in horticulture will be launching on July 18 with a Big Lunch for the people of Penryn and Falmouth, Mabe and Constantine... Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:15:16 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=455 Britain will run out of landfill space in less than eight years' time unless recycling rates are boosted and the amount of rubbish dumped in the ground is reduced, council leaders have warned... Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:31:02 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=454 A consultation on how to implement the revised EU Waste Framework Directive in England and Wales has been launched... Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:28:56 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=453 People living in mid Cornwall are being invited to join a new community consultation group that will help Cornwall Council develop its future waste collection and recycling services... Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:57:48 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=452 Communities secretary Eric Pickles is pressuring the Audit Commission to withdraw controversial guidance on alternate weekly collections... Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:38:57 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=451 Bosavern Community Farm is a 32 acre organic farm on the edge of St Just in Penwith, and is being leased from Cornwall Council Farm Service by Lands End Peninsula Community Land Trust... Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:08:11 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=450 Download our Summer newsletter here! Summer Newsletter Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:53:07 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=449 A three-year study has been investigating the most effective ways to create and maintain a society that encourages citizen action and community involvement in public policy... Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:35:05 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=448 The Government is to carry out a full review of waste policy in England... Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:49:06 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=447 Viewed in new light, waste is a resource - to be used again, recycled or resurrected for another use... Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:06:26 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=446 Cornwall Waste Action (CWA), a not for profit organisation based in Redruth, is now looking to recruit volunteer “Compost Mentors” in the wider Mid-Cornwall area, to take part in a community project that aims to encourage more local people to compost their own food and garden waste at home... Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:43:28 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=445 UK Government decides to scrap plans for a tax on bins, saying it would have 'fuelled fly-tipping', and says reward schemes will be more effective... Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:52:30 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=444 Yesterday Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society, along with over 50 MPs from around the country gathered in London to say ‘Thank You’ to the millions of UK volunteers who contribute their time to their communities... Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:51:58 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=442 Waiting lists for allotments in Bodmin and surrounding villages have been cut thanks to a £8,700 grant from Local Food, the £50 million funding programme supported by the Big Lottery Fund... Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:07:23 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=441 Local people within the Penzance area without gardens are being provided with an opportunity to obtain a free wormery this summer... Thu, 20 May 2010 15:04:50 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=440 Cornwall Rural Community Council (CRCC) is launching an exciting new competition open to all villages in Cornwall with a population of 5000 or less... Wed, 19 May 2010 15:53:30 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=439 National citizen service, radical reform of planning and a general power of competence for councils are among government plans to build a ‘Big Society’... Wed, 19 May 2010 09:46:26 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=438 Kabin is taking part in Greener Together, an environmental project aimed at reducing personal CO2 emissions from energy use, transport and waste. We would be glad if you or any of your colleagues would like to take part... Fri, 14 May 2010 16:44:33 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=437 CWA is currently looking for volunteer “Compost Mentors” in Truro and St Austell to take part in a project that aims to encourage more people to compost their food and garden waste at home and to grow their own food... Fri, 14 May 2010 15:02:20 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=436 The new coalition Government has agreed on their environmental policies for the next parliament, including the scrapping of the new third runway at Heathrow... Thu, 13 May 2010 12:03:27 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=435 Dr Paul Connett will be speaking at the Eden Project Foundation Building, on Thursday 13 May, at 7.00pm - Sponsored by Cornwall Friends of the Earth... Wed, 12 May 2010 13:43:23 +0100 http://www.wasteaction.org.uk/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=434 Recycling green waste as compost could match the environmental benefits of converting it in to renewable energy, in terms of CO2 savings, according to new German research... Wed, 12 May 2010 13:42:47 +0100