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Hannah Quinn reports from Southampton’s Sustainablity Week.

First aired on WINOL BULLETIN 183 (11.10.16)

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New business aims to be Winchester’s first zero waste shop

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Winchester’s newest eco-friendly general store has opened its doors with big ideas in place for the high street.

Earthian, on Parchment Street, is a ‘zero waste’ shop, in which customers bring their own containers and weigh out their various goods.

While not being the first of its kind in Winchester – fellow refill shop Projects is mere streets away – owner Katie Campling has plans for other milestones.

She told Winol: “I have a big goal to reach by my first-year anniversary. I’d like the shop to be an accredited zero waste to landfill business, meaning not that not only do we help customers to be low waste at home, but all the waste we create as a business is also diverted from landfill.”

Despite the fact that less than 10% of household waste is sent to landfill in Hampshire each year, none of the stores on the Winchester high street have yet achieved the Valpak zero waste to landfill certification, which would make Earthian the first.

Ms Campling said: “When I started researching my shop, I knew I didn’t just want to open something that sold zero waste or low waste goods. I wanted everything about the shop to be sustainable, local and based in the community.

“A sustainable lifestyle is not going to come overnight or from buying a set of sustainable things. It takes time to change habits and routines that are ingrained in society, so we all need to be supportive and encouraging of each other.”

Earthian offers liquid refills on a ‘closed loop system’. Once the containers that dispense liquid products are empty, the 20 litre tubs are taken away to be sanitised and refilled before returned to the store with no excess packaging or waste involved. Other products are sourced from local towns, such as soap from Alton, cloth wipes from Eastleigh, and coffee from the New Forest.

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The University of Winchester aiming for a better environment

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Calling for better glass recycling

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Hundreds of Winchester resident are calling for the council to make it easier for residents to recycle their glass.

Local Winchester resident and environmentalist Lynda Murphy have started a petition for glass collection at the kerbside. As of right now it has 707 signatures

Winchester is one of the few City councils in Hampshire that does not collect glass with the rest of the recycling. As of right now, Winchester residents, have to bring their glass recycling to different collection points in the area.

WINOL spoke to local residents and asked them what they thought about the petition. 71% thought it was a good idea, 11% where indifferent and 18% liked the current system.

One of the reasons people are signing the petition is because they are concerned that people with less chance of mobility is struggling with bringing their recycling to the points. A point has also been raised that people will be better at recycling if it is made easier for them.

James Miller,  from Winchester Action on Climate Change (WinACC), said: “In terms of recycling, Winchester languishes in the bottom 20% of English authorities.

“Research suggests that with a doorstep service the glass capture rate would increase significantly, this in turn would drive up our recycling rate.”

Others are not so happy with the suggestion and think the current system works fine. One resident WINOL talked to, a former councillor, meant that just leaving the glass on the kerbside would only be an invitation for un-social behaviour that would only lead to glass everywhere.

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