Waste Prevention Advisors
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They may not weigh that much but just think how many tea bags get put into black sacks up and down the country every day of the week?
Anthea Rossouw (pictured) did, and became determined to change things at the block of flats where she lives.
She launched her own one-woman drive to make Crawley’s Walstead Court a shining example of how to cut black sack rubbish. Fellow residents and staff at the 26 flat assisted living complex, backed her to the hilt.
Teabags and a whole host of other items including left-over food and garden waste are put into a Green Johanna food digester to produce compost.
The amount of black sack waste being collected at Walstead Court has been slashed by 60%, and all the residents are keen recyclers too.
It spurred Anthea on to become a volunteer waste prevention advisor working with people across the county to help reduce the amount of rubbish going into dustbins.
She says – “We are a nation of tea drinkers so think how many of these get buried in landfill sites with all the other food waste.”
And, Anthea believes there are many people who can follow her example – “The great thing about this country is that whatever we set our minds to, we can do it. All we need is the information and people to guide us.”
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