Manchester Friends of the Earth | Archive of website content

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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. See also our new releases, our media appearances and our newsletters.

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WASTE&RESOURCES

Plastic Free Takeaways

Waste

Supermarket Packaging Action

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23rd Jun 2007

On the morning of Saturday 23rd June Manchester Friends of the Earth, campaigners set out to show the major retailers that people don’t want – or need – bulky, excessive and unsustainable packaging.

Manchester shoppers unite against excessive packaging

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news release

Photo Opportunity: Campaigners will be delivering trolley-loads of excess packaging to South Manchester supermarkets in Hulme (ASDA, Fallowfield (Sainsbury’s), Chorlton (Morrisons), from 10.15am and Didsbury (Tesco) at 9.45am on Saturday 23rd June.

Virtual Tour of a Waste Treatment Plant

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1st Feb 2007

The waste treatment plant in Lübeck in northern Germany is designed to treat 150,000 tonnes of residual ('black bag') waste per year using Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) with Anaerobic Digestion (AD).

Supermarket Packaging Action

Manchester shoppers unite against excessive packaging

Virtual Tour of a Waste Treatment Plant

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