Community News and Events: Highland

Keep on composting...

Submitted on Fri, 28/01/2011 - 4:34pm

Although the Scottish Government subsidised compost bin scheme has now come to an end, you can still source compost bins online, at garden centres or of course, you can make your own.  Click here for a selection of video clips on how to build your own pallet bin, wormery or even tumbler!  Zero Waste Volunteers are still available to visit you at home to troubleshoot existing problem bins or get you started. Just call 01349 867063 or email zerowastevolunteers@rowan.org.uk

RoWAN is 10 years old!

Submitted on Fri, 28/01/2011 - 4:19pm

Here at RoWAN we are celebrating the start of our 10th anniversary year.  RoWAN started out in 2001 by selling cheap compost bins, but quickly gained publicity with the famous Waste-Free Household project in 2003 that supported over 120 families in reducing the amount of waste they sent to landfill.  During the last 10 years, we have supported 180 volunteers and advised literally thousands of householders on waste reduction issues.  Read more

not just Master Composters anymore...

Submitted on Thu, 28/10/2010 - 9:20pm

The Master Composter Programme, which RoWAN has successfully delivered since Oct 2008, is expanding to cover new campaigns from October 2010.  The new programme, known as Zero Waste Volunteers, will continue to provide home composting advice, but will also include themes such as Love Food Hate Waste, Peat-free Compost and Stop the Drop (unwanted mail).  Current volunteers are learning about the new topics with great enthusiasm - and of course we would like more folk to join our team of 20 across Ross and Cromarty and Inverness.  If you have benefitted from support and advice from RoWAN in the last wee while and would like to help spread the waste reduction message, please do get in touch with zerowastevolunteers@rowan.org.uk.

Jazz up your garden with some funky flowers!

Submitted on Tue, 15/06/2010 - 11:30am

If you have visited a community event recently, you may have noticed the lovely plastic bottle flowers that volunteers have made.  Particularly eyecatching and effective in a garden, if you would like to make your own, see the attachment below.

Zero Waste Volunteers are available to set up displays, hold workshops or do walkabouts at community events or galas.  Please do give Katy a bell on 01349 867063 or zerowastevolunteers@rowan.org.uk if you would like us to come along!

 

 

 

Let's Talk Rubbish

 

RoWAN are hosting a talk entitled “Archaeology is Rubbish” by local archaeologist Susan Kruse. Susan will be giving us food for thought with a talk entitled "Archaeology is Rubbish". She will explore the way people have treated rubbish through the ages, from the earliest Mesolithic times through to today. From this perspective she will suggest that there may be valuable lessons from the past, as well as sobering reflections on what archaeologists of the future may think about us today. Read more

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Where & When

Tue, 01/06/2010 - 7:30pm
Dingwall Community Centre

......And Good News On Electrical Equipment Recycling

Submitted on Thu, 04/02/2010 - 4:35pm

A wide range of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)  can now be taken to the Highland Council recycling centres in Dingwall, Alness, and Inverness. For more information click here.

Keep an eye out for RoWAN and enter a free prize draw!

Submitted on Tue, 15/12/2009 - 10:33am

Fancy taking part in a treasure hunt with a difference?  We have come up with a fun way to raise awareness of the Master Composter project, which promotes home composting across Ross and Cromarty and Inverness City.  If you spot one of our funky bright new car stickers across the region, text the car number plate (or a photo!) to 07899 897419 and you will be entered into a free prize draw for composting and waste reduction equipment.  The competition runs until Easter, so you have plenty of time to find one of our stickers!  To find out where our Master Composter volunteers are based, click here.

The Co-operative Members' Meeting

RoWAN staff will be staffing a great display at this event, as well as delivering a fantastic presentation on different aspects of our work.  If you would like more information about our campaigns, would like to find out about volunteering with us, or if you have a recycling or composting query, come along and have a chat!

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Where & When

Sat, 17/10/2009 - 11:00am - 3:45pm
Royal Highland Hotel, Inverness

Lochaber Environmental Group

Lochaber Environmental Group aims to provide information on 'everything there is to know about recycling, waste prevention, composting and renewable energy in Lochaber.'

 

Phone Numbers: 
+44 (0)1397 700 090
Links: 
http://www.lochaber-environmental-group.org.uk/
Address: 
An Drochaid Claggan Road, Claggan, Fort William, PH33 6PH