Food Waste
How Schools Can Benefit from Climate Ambassadors
Turning Ambition into Action. Climate change is no longer just a topic for lessons — it’s a reality schools must prepare for. The Climate Ambassadors programme connects nurseries, schools, and colleges with expert volunteers who help create practical climate action plans. Backed by the Department for Education’s sustainability strategy, it supports schools in meeting the…
Read MoreCreate and enjoy a wildlife-friendly, and sustainable ‘grow your own’ garden
Here are our 8 tips for creating your own wildlife-friendly garden, one in which you could also ‘grow your own’ veg. BUTTERFLY GARDENS – Who’d like a garden haven for you and the butterflies to enjoy? CLIMBING PLANTS AND HEDGES CREATE A MINI PONDAny pond can become a feeding ground for birds, hedgehogs and bats…
Read MoreThrowing out food is one of the biggest contributors to climate change?
Like and share on Facebook When we waste food, it’s not just the food we’re wasting, it’s the resources taken to produce it too – like water and the land that could have been cleared to grow it. With a massive 25-30% of global greenhouse gases coming from the food system, we need to do…
Read MoreClose the Loop on Waste & Become Plastic Free
As we hear more and more about climate change, we are asking local businesses in Wetherby, Boston Spa & Villages to make a voluntary pledge to sign up to our Sustainable Local Business Award Programme, as part of our collective journey to attain Plastic Free Community status: 1 star for joining the Refill scheme or…
Read MoreDon’t Bin Your Pumpkin Flesh
Don’t waste the pumpkin flesh when making your Halloween lanterns etc. The flesh can be cooked and eaten, and the seeds can be cleaned, dried, then roasted with a bit of olive oil to sprinkle on soups and salads. Emily Gussin has great ideas of what to do with pumpkins in her book, Don’t Waste…
Read MoreInternational Stop Food Waste Day 28th April 2021
Whilst International Stop Food Waste day is 28th April 2021 is a fairly American led event, primarily by Compass Group plc, we wish to share some of Alice Woodwark’s comments about the issue of food waste in her sector, during a recent interview. Alice who is the managing director of Restaurant Associates, UK, said, about…
Read MoreA net-zero carbon roadmap for Leeds & how we can help
Like and share on Facebook The first version of the Leeds Net-Zero Carbon Roadmap was published by the Leeds Climate Commission in the spring of 2019. A lot has happened and so much has changed in the short period of time since the first version of the roadmap was published that a new version is…
Read MoreGuide to Home Composting
Compost really is the gift that keeps on giving. Reduce your household’s food waste by turning your discarded scraps into the kind of ‘black gold’ we like. Homegrown compost will enrich your garden’s soil, hopefully feeding a fruit and veg patch whose scraps can go back into your compost bin – closing your own little loop.…
Read MoreCAN I FREEZE IT? YES YOU CAN!
There are lots of foods that you can put straight in the freezer instead of the fridge. This includes meat and poultry, ready prepared meals, fresh pasta, bread – and did you know you can even freeze butter and cheese? Here are some examples: Milk: All milk can be stored in the freezer and defrosted before use.…
Read MoreAnaerobic Digestion
Firstly, we need to know about food waste that goes to landfill and food waste that can be composted. Half of local Councils, including Leeds, do not collect food waste separately from home owners. The food waste, fruit, vegetable, fish, meat goes into the black bin and is taken away for Incineration, or in the…
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