News & Events

A to Z of 'waste': Newcastle's Reduce, Reuse, Repair and Recycle Directory

Alice Massey, above, is a volunteer at BAN Waste and has been part of the steering group coordinating the efforts of the various people involved in pulling together the information and developing the online directory. Alice is also responsible for inputting the new entries that will come from people entering the prize draw.

Our new online searchable directory will be launched on Monday 21st December in time for Christmas and to help you with your New Year resolutions!

We are having a prize draw for new entries, with a top prize of £50!!!

Go and have a look at the directory at: www.banwaste.org.uk/directory.php and tell us your suggestions to encourage people to reduce their waste, repair, reuse things or ways to recycle something the directory does not provide. 

We also have some goody bags for runners up so so keep thinking and please pass on the request for more entries so this can be as wide ranging and helpful (or just plain quirky). 

Contact us with your entries at this email, the form on the directory web pages or by post at:

BAN Waste,
C/O Newcastle Healthy City,
14 Great North Road,
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4PS

All entries to be with us by January 25th 2010.  Winners announced on the Friday 29th January. 

Happy Holidays
BAN Waste

WORM SUMMIT: June 2009

The first Conference of its kind here in Newcastle upon tyne, proved to be a popular and fascinating event.

NEWS ON WASTE STRATEGY & RECYCLING FOR COMMUNITY CENTRES & GROUPS - READ ON!

Recycling News for Community Organisations

COMMUNITY BULLETIN draft 26 03 09

Next BAN Waste Meeting in

July 2009 Date TBA at Newcastle Healthy City Project, 14 Great North Road.

All Welcome!

The Waste Strategy Consultation Extends Again!

After having to suspend the BAN Waste Partnership with Newcastle City Council in January, over the fact that we were only given 10 days over xmas to respond to their report. BAN Waste were given 4 more weeks by the Environment Scrutiny Panel and were presented with our report 'Aiming for Zero Waste' on March 9th. (Link below)

This excellent 64 page document was compiled by committed members of BAN Waste Strategy Working Group, who were commended for this work by Newcastle City Council Scrutiny Panel & Executive Cabinet.

After this the Environmental Scrutiny Panel made the following recommendations to the Executive on March 25th.

• Anaerobic Digestion should be included
• Incineration should be excluded
• Whatever technology is chosen, a range of size options should be tendered for, rather than just 40,000 tonnes, to allow for changes in waste growth and recycling measures etc
• The council should develop an action plan setting out firm costed proposals for further recycling and waste minimisation measures.

The Executive meeting they decided to delay their decision until mid May to consider all the issues raised!

Aiming for Zero Waste Feb 2009 final no pics

During the process we found out some interesting information on proposals for a gasification plant. See link below for press release.

row erupts march 9 2009