Transition Town Shrewsbury

We’ve launched the Rubbish Diet here in Shropshire with the first 20 families trialling it before Christmas and we’re keen to hear from anyone who’d like to try it.

The Rubbish Diet is like weightwatchers for your bin, shrinking what you send to landfill, saving you money and means you’ll never have to panic again if you miss bin day.    5 years ago,  Karen Cannard started the Rubbish Diet Blog  when she was challenged to Zero Waste her bin.  She got hooked on trying to understand why we waste so much money and stuff by sending it to landfill.

The Diet is really easy to do.   You set your own targets and track your progress.  It can make a real difference whether you’ve got a full wheelie bin or just a few little bags in the bottom.    All you have to do is weigh your bin bags -  find out what your Top 5 wastes are and then find ways of making that waste disappear -  by recycling it, finding other uses for it or just avoiding it all together.

You won’t be on your own.  You’ll find solutions that work for you with the help of other Dieters in your group and the Bin Doctor Ali Thomas.  Ali runs a blog to share your highs and lows, the solutions you come up with and get the tem to come up with answers for problems you can’t crack  www.rubbishdietshropshire.blogspot.co.uk .

Every week you’ll be set challenges: Finding out what you can recycle where. Shopping with waste in mind.  Reducing food waste.  Composting.  Ditching the disposables.  Declutter week.  All building up to an attempt at a Zero Waste Week.

For more information about how to get involved please email Ali Thomas on alison.thomas08@gmail.com

Thanks -and  here’s to slimmer bins!