composting

Waste

Recycling lorry being loaded

A doorstep recycling scheme in operation
Photo: Chris Brown, Cardiff Friends of the Earth.

Our throw-away culture is risking people's health and wasting the world's natural resources.

Prioritising recycling and investing in waste reduction would go a long way to solving the
waste crisis.

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Reduce reuse and recycle your waste

Composting

Making your own compost is satisfying and good for the garden as well as the environment. Best of all, compost is free. You can make it without spending a penny.

Three compost bins

Compost bins at Centre for Alternative Technology
Photo: Lyndsay Maiden, Cardiff Friends of the Earth

Message in a bottle

James Maiden, handing Councillor Simon Wakefield a bottle at City Hall

James Maiden from Cardiff Friends of the Earth handing Chair of the Environmental Scrutiny Committe, Simon Wakefield, a Message in a Bottle

Has Cardiff Council got the bottle?

Zero waste policy

A doorstep recycling scheme in operation

Zero Waste policy

Friends of the Earth believes that councils should adopt Zero Waste policies as a goal to be achieved within 25 years. Zero waste means we should:

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