Sustainable Amersham visits Recycling Centre and Greatmoor EFW centre
A group tour of two very important centres was arranged for Sustainable Amersham by FCC Environment on Monday 18th October 2021. FCC Environment is one of the UK’s leading waste management companies and we have been working with Gemma Green from FCC to learn more about better recycling and how to reduce waste. Aston Clinton […]
Great Big Green Week & Recycle Week 18-26th September
Help Bucks go green for the Great Big Green Week! In support of these two national events, Sustainable Amersham will be at the regular Tuesday market in Amersham-on-the-Hill on 21st September. We will be joined by a local Terracycle organiser Tamsin Lillie, who collects items that cannot be recycled in your home bin but which […]
Plastic Free Day — 27th July 2021
July was officially Plastic Free month and to help raise awareness of the need to ditch single-use plastic, Sustainable Amersham took a stall at the regular Tuesday market in Amersham on the Hill. The team were supported by several other eco-minded stalls to help show shoppers how we can all make a difference and reduce […]
Next meeting: Wednesday 25th August
Our next meeting, open to all members, will be on Wednesday 25th August. It’s planned to be in-person at the house of one of our members. Please get in touch if you’d like to join Sustainable Amersham and attend the next meeting.
How to recycle plastic, from Which?
Which? magazine recently published an article on recycling plastic – which is an eternally complex and confusing subject. The short guide covers the different number codes for plastic and also covers some handy tips and tricks to ensure we’re doing the right thing. Plastic is a precious resource and following the circular economy model, let’s […]
Plastic Free Day
On market day, Tuesday 27th July, we are inviting everyone to try and go plastic free for one day. We have all seen the huge environmental problems caused by single-use plastics and there is no better time for us to act than now. By making small changes in our daily habits, we can all reduce […]
Are you interested in green energy?
Sustainable Amersham have partnered with Big Clean Switch to try and help people in Amersham to use more renewable energy at home. It’s cheaper than installing solar panels and it’s a way of reducing your carbon footprint with relatively little effort. Energy companies now make it so easy to switch — and we’ve found that […]
Seeds for Bees
“Believe it or not, you have a bee to thank for every one in three bites of food you eat.” — Greenpeace Bees and other pollinators are declining in abundance in many parts of the world largely due to intensive farming practices, mono-cropping, excessive use of agricultural chemicals and higher temperatures associated with climate change, […]
Plastic Free Amersham
We live in a plastic world. It’s an extraordinarily useful, versatile, cheap material. It’s everywhere and it’s a growth industry, with one in every ten barrels of oil now used to create new plastic. Plastic pollution is one of the biggest global environmental threats of our age. Our ambition is to get local businesses, schools, and community organisations on board to stop using avoidable single-use plastics like […]
The site is launched!
We’re delighted to announce the launch of this Sustainable Amersham website. Here you can find all the latest news & events and projects — planned and in progress. If you would like to get involved in projects or in any other way, please get in touch! The website is intended as a source of information […]