Horley Community Environment Week 20 – 25 Sept 2010

Introduction

Horley Town Council, in partnership with other authorities, is encouraging the local community to take actions to lower its use of fossil fuels. We believe that every small action helps and acting together we can make a significant difference to stop climate chaos.

We are aiming to seek the co-operation of small and corporate businesses, local residents and schools Examples of the initiatives we are promoting are:

  • Reducing/eliminating plastic shopping bags during Environment Week.
  • Improving residents’ recycling participation.
  • Organising a “Friends of Horley” group of residents who will periodically participate in environmental campaigns.
  • Organising one or two litter-picking forays of “Grot Spots” during the week using volunteers from youth/community groups and volunteer residents.
  • Improving business and individual conservation of energy, water and other valuable resources

We are going to raise everyone’s awareness of how lots of small contributions can achieve so much more.

What commitment are you prepared to make? Please tick at least 5 of the actions in the chart below and submit the form back to us so that we know the numbers who are supporting the campaign

Our ambition is to have at least 500 people sign up to commit to the challenges and encourage others to participate.

We will follow this up with other ideas in conjunction with the Recycling Bank scheme of Reigate & Banstead Borough Council and other community initiatives, in the hope that we will continue to improve our planet.



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Turn off lights when you leave a room. This could save 23kg of carbon dioxide*
Take your bag to the shops – reduce the need for most plastic bags from Waitrose, Iceland, Tesco and other shops
Turn off all appliances (don’t leave them on standby) especially wide screen TVs. This could save £32 and 155 kg of carbon dioxide*
If a journey is less than a mile, walk or cycle rather than using the car. Encourage all who can to get their bikes out and make Horley a bike friendly place.
Wash laundry at 30°C – many detergents are now available. This could save 45kg of carbon dioxide*
Support the Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s Recycle Bank and Green Waste schemes and discover the many benefits of other recycling programmes being rolled out locally.
Boil only the amount of water you need in the kettle – save water and energy
Turn off the taps when brushing your teeth (saving 4230 litres of water* and the energy needed to clean and pump water to your home) This saves £11 and 2.9 kg of carbon dioxide*
Turn the thermostat down by 1°C – put on a jumper instead. This could save £50 and 330kg of carbon dioxide*
Reduce each normal shower time by one minute (saving 4733 litres, £22 and 44kg of carbon dioxide*
 
Can you suggest anything else? If so please add your comments in the box below.
 
*Figures quoted above are from the Energy Savings Trust – based on average household usage over one year.
 
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