The Resources & Waste Strategy for Cornwall was approved by full Council at County Hall just recently. The Neighbourhoods and Overview Scrutiny Committee met to consider the various options (containers) for improving the delivery of an enhanced kerbside recycling service … Continue reading
Transition Falmouth has extended its congratulations to the Plastic Free Falmouth team and their partner organisation, Falmouth Marine Conservation Group, for being awarded Plastic Free Coastlines status by Surfers Against Sewage (SAS). Falmouth is only the third place in Cornwall … Continue reading
Cornwall Council is asking for your views on Cornwall’s kerbside recycling and waste collection so they can best understand the impacts on residents before changes are recommended to the 2020 waste and recycling contract. Cornwall Council Cabinet Members met in … Continue reading
Some of us attended Cafe Repair Falmouth’s highly successful first public event at Falmouth Art Gallery on Sunday 7th May. The place was buzzing with highly skilled and enthusiastic repairers on hand to take on a very wide range of … Continue reading
Transition Falmouth has joined forces with over 30 other organisations in the Cornish Plastic Pollution Coalition to support the introduction of a Deposit Return System for Cornwall and the U.K., designed to reduce the huge number of bottles and cans … Continue reading
As good Transitioners, you are doubtless also avid recyclers. If you’re anything like your intrepid author, you’d probably like the council to be able to recycle even more plastics than it currently does. According to this article in the West … Continue reading
In response to growing public concern over pollution of the marine and wider environment a coalition of over 30 marine-linked organisations across Cornwall have recently joined forces to raise awareness of this critical issue and to promote solutions. Transition Falmouth … Continue reading
See the Turn on the Tap logo in any pub, inn and hotel across Cornwall and inside you can refill a water bottle for free. The initiative is thanks to Clean Cornwall, Surfers Against Sewage and St. Austell Breweries who … Continue reading
On Tuesday, 24th November Cornwall Council voted at its full Council meeting to prohibit releases of balloons and sky lanterns from its properties, including schools, and also from events or projects which may take place on these properties, where, for … Continue reading
Transition Falmouth has received welcome news that Cornwall Council, in conjunction with its contractors Cory Environmental and Suez, will launch its new plastics recycling trial as from 30th November and it will last for six months. Not all plastics are … Continue reading