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Eco Day 2023
Plastic Free Hitchin’s preparations for an ambitious Eco Day 2023 are well underway for Saturday 15th July! Last year’s Eco Day took over the market square, showcasing 22 stalls from eco-minded businesses, environmental charities and community groups, attracting crowds for the family friendly activities and tips on living a more environmentally mindful life. This year…
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[Eco-anxiety]
It’s not often my alarm rings at 04.15 on Sunday mornings, but a few weeks ago it did. I dressed quickly and left the house while faint threads of dawn were visible in the east. There was a blackbird singing and a robin too, though robins are an exception to the rule and sing…
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Eco Day – The Return
Okay, so if, like me, you’re lucky enough to have a garden, you might have noticed it’s been a little damp recently. Of course, this is great – there was barely a drop of rain since the new year and off the back of last summer’s sizzling sweaty swelter, our precious earth was in…
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Waste-not Wizardry
Did you know Hitchin has its own answer to platform nine and three-quarters? Okay, so you can’t quite push a handcart through to a brick wall where you’ll find the Hogwarts Express which will carry you off to a school of witchcraft and wizardry – this I admit. But through an unassuming door…
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855 billion piece problem
Last weekend, I visited friends on the Kent coast and on our way home, my wife and I stopped for fish and chips. The shop faced the beach and the tide had withdrawn off down the sands and it was pleasant to sit and watch the moody sky where it met the sea. The chips…
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Third place for Hitchin in national plastic waste survey
Hitchin is one of hundreds of Plastic Free Communities, from Orkney to the Scilly Isles, accredited by Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) throughout the country aiming to turn the tide on needless waste. Each year, in order to measure our growth, SAS helps their communities to measure their impact through a survey to help us see…
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Plastic Free Hitchin are Surfers Against Sewage accredited Plastic Free Community
We’ve done it! Plastic Free Hitchin are officially a Surfers Against Sewage accredited Plastic Free Community! Massive shout out to all the businesses, community allies and community members that have supported us as we’ve worked towards the five-step framework. But the biggest and warmest thanks goes to our amazing team for all their hard work…
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Plastic Free Hitchin
Plastic Free Hitchin was founded last June, in order to get Hitchin certified under the Plastic Free Communities scheme from Surfers Against Sewage. SAS have been actively tackling the pollution of our oceans – one of the biggest polluters is of course plastic! SAS encourage individuals, businesses and communities to take actions to reduce their…