Green Fingers Spring 2010
Spring into action
As nature springs back bright and fresh, taking action to lead a greener lifestyle has never been simpler or easier. Keeping healthy and saving money are among the many benefits when we take action to reduce our waste and carbon footprint. Your spring Green Fingers newsletter is packed with offers, great ideas, information and useful tips to get you started..............
Composters continue to be on offer to all Green Club members. Reclaim soil conditioner is selling fast at local Household Waste Recycling centres. Lottie’s Plot offers tips and advice on grow-your-own. There are more ideas for reducing food waste, and you can even train as a Waste Prevention Advisor volunteer for free!
So there is no time to waste – spring into action and get your green lifestyle in tip-top condition for the year ahead.
Happy gardening
The Green Club Team
 | Compost bins are the must-have accessory for residents leading a sustainable lifestyle. There is no time like the present to begin recycling your kitchen vegetables and green waste in these no assembly compost bins made from recycled plastic. |
 | Cooking and preparing too much food is one of the main reasons we throw food away. For example cooking too much rice or pasta which gets left in the saucepan or on the plate. |
 | From stamps to hard drives, from soil to car batteries, you would be amazed at what can be recycled! Recycling is the quick and easy way to make sure redundant equipment and surplus materials are not wasted. These recyclable materials are reprocessed into new products and as a result less rubbish is sent to landfill sites. |
 | Another free course has been organised for residents who are committed to waste prevention. A full-time, two week, intensive course will begin on Monday 10th May in Chichester and places are going fast! |
 | Visit any allotment site or any piece of land cultivated for productive crops and you will see that most allotment-holders boast their own, often quirky, compost heaps. All the green waste from their gardening labours is added to the heap, making sure that no waste leaves the plot – closing the cultivation ‘loop’.
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 | Gardening tips to inspire you thoughout March, April and May. |
 | We’re signing up new garden centres, country centres and nature shops all the time. So be sure to check here regularly for the latest list offering a 10% discount. |
 | Would you like to receive a good quality pair of gardening gloves? Get friends to join the Green Club and we will send you a pair of gardening gloves to thank you for helping to spread the sustainable gardening message. |
 | Remember if you cannot compost at home you can take all your green waste to your local Household Waste Recycling Site (HWRS) or it can be collected from your kerbside. The green waste is then taken to a composting facility where it is turned into organic soil conditioner – ‘Reclaim’. |
