11/04/2023

Recycle Now and Love Food Hate Waste,  have come up with some egg-cellent tips this Easter to help ensure you waste as little as possible.   If you’re planning on indulging in your favourite treats, try to waste as little as possible by recycling as much as you can and avoiding food waste. Top tips include: Easter egg foil: The foil wrapped around most easter eggs CAN be recycled – Simply scrunch the foil into a loose ball along with any…

16/06/2022

World Refill Day Today artwork capturing a snapshot of the Welsh coast has appeared on Penbryn beach, inspiring the public to ‘leave no trace’ as they explore the Wales Coast Path. Created by Welsh artist, Rachel Shiamh, the artwork highlights the importance of enjoying Wales sustainably this World Refill Day and beyond — to help keep the environment, oceans and communities plastic-free for generations to come. One such way of eliminating single-use plastics includes the use of reusable water bottles — which can be conveniently filled at…

23/04/2020

Build a make-do and mend mentality   Brands and stylists are increasingly encouraging us to up-cycle and mend fashion items in order to find something new to love in an old garment. While it makes economic sense, it also helps us to identify the things we really value and refine our style accordingly.   Recycle packaging   With high streets closed and many of us spending our time working from home or self-isolating, online shopping prevails. Deliveries typically arrive in…

29/03/2018

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) is pleased to announce it will be working in partnership with Wales Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) on a project that will not only help reduce waste but also save the NHS valuable money. For the past ten years, staff from the Physiotherapy Department at Cardiff and Vale UHB have been recycling and re-issuing walking aids in a bid to reduce waste and better invest NHS money. As the population ages and there are…

07/06/2016

80 events took place over the course of the campaign to help tidy the Welsh coastline ahead of the summer   Local residents and staff from the local McDonald’s restaurant in Longwood Drive took part in a clean-up event in Cardiff to help support the fourth annual Clean Coast Week, sponsored by McDonald’s.   25 volunteers from the local area and McDonald’s joined forces to help clear unwanted litter from Parc Tredelarch to help get the stretch of coastline looking…