Get Real Recycling Event

Here is a list of helpful briefings that can be found on the main Friends of the Earth website. Please have a read of them so we are prepared for our recycling event.
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/lats.pdf
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/mchnical_biolo_treatmnt.pdf
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/residual_waste.pdf
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/recycling.pdf
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/recycling_collections.pdf
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/food_waste.pdf
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/action_guides/food_waste.doc
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/anaerobic_digestion.pdf

Here are some group members with our award.

Peters Presentation for The Earthmover Award

Thanks to Peter Roberts for his hard work compiling these images for the Earthmover Award presentation.

An article in The Northern Echo (15th September) highlighting Darlington Friends of the Earths view on the new proposals by the council on future waste management.

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/darlington/3670978.Green_group_questions_recycling_policy/

Award Winners!

The Darlington FoE group have won the Earthmover group of the year award 2008. It really shows how all of the hard work and effort has paid off. The award was presented at the conference at the weekend.

At the meeting last night we talked about our group nomination for a 'Friends of the Earth Earthmovers' award which is a very prestigious award to get. The awards will be presented at the conference in Loughborough at the weekend where we have representatives from the group attending. We have all got our fingers crossed. A photographer from the Northern Echo took a picture of the group to highlight the fact that we have a nomination and to raise our profile in readiness for our recycling campaign. We were joined by three new members and have now got a link on our blog to Darlington Cycle campaign. The stalls that we had at the market spectacular in August were very successful, with over 300 letters getting sent out to councillors about the changes to Darlington Borough Council kerbside recycling scheme.

Darlington Market Spectacular

We have got a stall on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th August.
We will be getting letters signed by Darlington residents in support of a better kerbside recycling scheme which will then be sent out to local Darlington councillors. We will also be getting postcards filled in to send to MEP's asking them to vote against proposed EU targets to increase the use of biofuels in road transport.
Come along and support us.