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commitment to this. In particular, work is being undertaken with Siobhan Taylor, part of The Cherry Tree team, who is also a midwife, to encourage new mothers to use re-usable nappies aiming to counter the negative assumptions about how much effort is involved in the use of re-usable nappies.
JOINING FORCES
The group are in discussion with the Parish Council and Conservation Society as they join forces to progress plans to re- wildflower roadside verges and co-ordinate tree planting. Working with the staff and
parents at the Robert Arkenstall Sponsored by
Primary School to encourage walking, riding, scooting to school rather than being driven. Initially via a survey about traffic management around school drop off and pick up to be followed by encouraging sustainable travel to school and working with the school and local authority to address safety and parking concerns.
Sustainable Haddenham has also formed a purchasing group of 53 householders and organisations within the village that bulk buy 100% recycled toilet rolls. Bulk buying brings the price per roll down to the equivalent of a supermarket own brand
Above left: A Haddenham purchasing group have pooled resources to bulk buy 100% recycled toilet rolls
Above right: Four bins at the Arkenstall Centre have so far collected over 30kg of Terracycle waste.
product (not 100% recycled). The organisation that produces the toilet rolls is called WGAC (“who gives a crap”). The last order of 65 boxes was for 3,120 rolls.
In nine short months Sustainable Haddenham has gone from concept to action and has proved the point that we can all do something to protect our environment… and when we do it together, in an informed and co-ordinated way, the results can be impressive.
Contact Sustainable Haddenham via email sustainablehaddenham@
gmail.com and via Facebook #sustainablehaddenham.
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