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06 Aug 10
Award Winning Love Food Hate Waste Garden
A unique, modern garden designed and developed by three Ayrshire Councils with support from Zero Waste Scotland was one of the highlights at this weekend’s Ayr Flower Show, after winning two prestigious awards. Both the premier Provost MacDonald Trophy and Gold Medal, were awarded by the judging panel to the “Love Food Hate Waste Garden”.
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09 Jun 10
Scotland's Zero Waste Plan Launched
Scotland's first Zero Waste Plan was published today (09 June 2010 ).
The plan sets out key actions, including new targets, to tackle the near 20 milion tonnes of waste produced by Scotland every year.
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14 Apr 10
Survey Reveals What's In Scots' Bins
Waste survey highlights opportunities for households to recycle more.
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18 Mar 10
Landfill Bans Could Save Money And The Environment, Says New Report
Restricting or banning some types of rubbish from landfill could deliver significant benefits to the UK – saving as much as £8.25 billion and 189 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions by 2024.
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04 Mar 10
IRN-BRU to join packaging and food waste revolution
Scottish soft drinks company AG Barr is joining a UK-wide scheme to reduce household food waste and cut product and packaging waste in the grocery supply chain.
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01 Mar 10
Scotland's Businesses Spend 13 Million Hours Going Green
The Scottish business community contributed a combined total of 12.98 million man hours* worth at least £75.3 million** towards the process of improving their environmental footprint last year, according to new figures from Zero Waste Scotland.
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08 Feb 10
Reusable Revolution Gets Underway In Govan
From today (Monday 8th February 2010), shoppers in a Glasgow supermarket will be able to buy fabric conditioner from in-store vending machines using reusable pouches, introducing a new concept in shopping and helping to reduce packaging waste.
