Read all about the sucess of the Zero Waste Places project here...The project (or this phase of it) is coming to an end now after achieving masses of sucess in the shape of thousands of tonnes of waste prevented from ending up in landfill. What's more the project hasn't just stopped the stuff from being landfilled through recycling, it's stopped it being created in the first place!
Peterbrough was selected as one of six areas in the UK to become a Zero Waste Place and trial innovative methods of reduce, reuse and recycle. The initiatve has been funded by Defra and the project in Peterborough has been managed by Peterborough Environment City Trust, the environmental charity working to create the UK's Environment Capital in the city.
Defra has been so impressed by Peterborough's progress that the Minister for Waste will be in the city to see first-hand what we've done on 28th April.
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