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Cutting business waste, enjoying Spring and your stories wanted

l THE construction industry throws away £1.5 billion of new, unused material each year, creating extra landfill and wasting valuable raw materials.Now Merseyside builders’ merchant Huws Gray and environmental website BuilderScrap have collaborated to bring a Reuse Road Show to the area, in the hope of cutting down on waste.BuilderScrap is a free to use website which allows builders to pass this surplus on to other builders, community groups and charities, and people with self build or maintenance projects. Find out more at the events, which take place at Huws Graybranches throughout the month.On Friday they’ll be in Moreton, next Monday in Wallasey, on Wednesday March 17 in Heswall, Friday March 19 in Ellesmere Port and Monday March 29 in Aintree. For details see http://builderscrap.com.Read

Love Food Hate Waste

Love Food Hate Waste’s role is to provide practical help to cut back on food waste

6.7 million tonnes of food is thrown away from UK homes each year – a third of the food we buy! Love Food Hate Waste’s role is to provide practical help to cut back on this waste. Read