Slim Your Bin

The power of pledging is helping people across the Highlands to reduce their household waste. 5 out of 6 people find that pledging to take specific action helps them to cut their waste.

More than 500 pledges to take action to cut household waste have been gathered - at schools, in the Eastgate, at events, in the street - as part of RoWAN's Slim Your Bin campaign. RoWAN staff have been busy calling those who joined to find out whether they have followed through on their pledges, and so far from almost 300 responses we're finding that 5 out of 6 say pledging helped "a little", "some" or "a lot".

Here are some typical comments:

      "Filling in the pledge form helped me focus"

      "The children are learning about waste at school and that's helped me at home"

      " The face-to-face chat gave me some great practical advice" Read more

Over 500 people have pledged to Slim Your Bin. You too, can be part of the waste solution. You can download a copy of the survey and pledge and return it to us (freepost) or phone and we’ll get back to you or PLEDGE ONLINE.

 If you fill either of these in and live in Ross-shire you will be entered into a prize draw to win a £40 voucher for a locally run business of your choice. 

Click here for tips on how to Slim your Bin. Read more

Meet Gordon the Seagull.  He's the new Invergordon mascot to remind people to cut waste and 'Slim their Bin.'  A good number of households in Invergordon have already joined our Slim Your Bin campaign, pledging to reduce the amount of rubbish in their bin. You can join in too - click here to find out how.

We’ll enter all those who sign up in Invergordon into a prize draw for a £40 voucher towards a meal at a local restaurant of your choice or to spend at the Health Food Shop in Alness or at Easter Ross Organics (Ardross). Read more

South Lodge Pupils say "It's Bin Interesting!"

Invergordon's South Lodge primary pupils have taken on a new challenge: to make a major reduction in the school's waste.

Pupils from the Eco Committee, working with RoWAN, collected a day's worth of rubbish then sorted and weighed it to get a picture of what is currently thrown out by the school. The results were eye-opening: the total weight of waste on the day was 30kg, around the weight of a P1 pupil, and over the school year that adds up to almost 6 tonnes. This waste currently goes to landfill in Peterhead, a round trip of 260 miles. Read more

Ullapool’s Village Hall saw a great turnout in November to Ross-shire Waste Action Network’s Christmas event, aimed at helping householders cut waste at Christmas. Read more

On Saturday 17th October, the Coop hosted its members' meeting at the Royal Highland Hotel.  In addition to the meeting there were a variety of exhibitors, including: Energy Savings Trust, Highland Real Nappy Project, Friends of the Earth, Community Energy Scotland and RoWAN.

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