Attended Zero Waste Man event at Loch Parade sorry the Promenade Methodist Church last evening. Two great speakers and experts on recycling - Mal Williams from Wales and Iain Gulland gave us a three hour insight into how waste can be managed. Dudley Butt MLC chaired the meeting. However only 38 attended which was rather disappointing for the organisers.

Basically the advice was to keep it simple.

1. Put waste in separate bins

2. Collect material for recycling weekly

3.Everybody must take part for it to work.

According to Dudley the Dept.is committed to Kerbside Collection. Presently only 5% of household waste is recycled. This is extremely low when the fact is that 80% of household waste can be recycled.

More info can be gleaned from:

www.crns.org.uk

Local contacts:

Muriel Garland at Zero Waste Man

Stephanie Gray at DOLGE

Patrick Lewis 07624 497915; 825826 Email: buck@askbuck.com

who achieve 99% recycling rates.

It's easy to recycle, just askbuck.