POSTS ARCHIVE
Our website contains a variety of items dating back to 2001. You can use this archive to explore by year, campaign theme, specific campaign, and category.
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Chorlton Brook litter pickin’ in the rain!
Despite the rain we had a depressingly successful litter pick at Chorlton Brook on Saturday clearing away loads of stuff that had been dumped – half of which can be recycled. Continue reading
23rd Mar 2019
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Levenshulme market first stall
The Plastic-Free Takeaways campaign team held their first stall at the Levenshulme market on Saturday the 24th of March. Ali, Lucie, Mirjam and Sébastien all arrived around 10am under a nice sunshine and Ian was an unexpected but appreciated addition … Continue reading
26th Mar 2018
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October Waste campaign meeting
We held the October Waste campaign meeting this Wednesday during which we discussed our findings about Manchester take-away businesses and planned future actions. To recap, our campaign focuses on single-use items in local take-aways. The aim is to influence businesses … Continue reading
15th Oct 2017
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Highlights from the second Waste Campaign meeting: Zero Waste, plastics as main focus and first steps – surveying local food take-away businesses
Following June’s meeting during which we identified six potential campaign goals, we held a meeting with the aim to discuss these ideas to narrow down our focus further and start working towards our goals.
22nd Jul 2017
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Highlights from our first Waste Campaign meeting
Highlights from the first Waste Campaign meeting – brainstorming and narrowing down focus We held our first waste campaign meeting last Tuesday at Green Fish. As waste is such a multifaceted and complex issue, and although ideally we would like to … Continue reading
5th Jun 2017
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Leaking landfills – a ticking timebomb as climate change hits?
Thousands of old landfills could be at risk of leaking out waste and contaminants into rivers and estuaries as sea levels rise, new research shows.
22nd Feb 2016
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Panorama gets under the skin of Apple’s ethical claims
The media just won’t leave Apple alone – I almost feel sorry for them. I know I shouldn’t feel sorry for the global megabrand, but I almost do: Apple’s getting the Panorama treatment.
18th Dec 2014
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