#recycling

Weekly food-waste collections to reach 40,000 homes in Eastmoor and Northfield

Households will receive a small kitchen caddy and an outdoor bin, with the waste sent to a digester that turns it into biogas and fertiliser for Asher Valley farms.

Millbrook repair café fixes 400 items in its first year, from toasters to teddy bears

Volunteers with screwdrivers, sewing machines and soldering irons meet once a month to keep broken things out of the bin, and to teach owners how to mend them.