Acton Recycling at the Market hub in May

Inspirational waste busting organisations will be at the Reduce and Recycle hub at Acton Market on Saturday 4th May. They will be helping with Acton recycling, so please pop along and lets together to reduce, reuse and recycle in Acton.

The Reduce and Recycle hub is a monthly event at Acton Saturday Market on the first Saturday of the month. The Reduce and Recycle hub was set up by Action West London who won a Lottery grant from their Climate Action Fund in 2021.

Reduce and Recycle Activities

RECYCLE:

Bring along your old and unloved:

• Clothing, Shoes and accessories for donation to TRAID www.traid.org.uk/wlwa (10am – 2pm)
• Small electrical appliances (10am – 2pm). These must be small –small enough to fit in a shopping bag to TRAID, see details www.traid.org.uk
• Recycling and waste advice from Juliet at Recycle Challenge from ActforEaling
• Advice on the doorstep recycling and food waste collection from Ealing Council Waste team. Find more tips and information here https://www.instagram.com/ealingrecycles/

REPAIR:

• Fix your Clothes: Ealing Repair Café will be there to teach you how to mend your clothes www.ealingrepaircafe.org
• Get your Bikes checked with Dr Bike (2 pm-5 pm) 
• Sharpen your Garden and Kitchen tools: Contact RenewSharpening on 07860 518576 and speak to Dave. Sadly will not be at the hub but will be able to collect items to be sharpened.

REUSE:

• Book Swap – Bring a book and take a book, with Churchfield Community Association
• Buy pre-loved or returns at the MarketW3 traders who sell preloved, returns and seconds from the high street at a reduced price. Choose from sportswear, womenswear and menswear.

Plus: Tasty local foodie stalls will be onsite so to sample the flavours of Ghana, India and Lebanon.

Acton Recycling Activities and Special Guests

Also at the hub will be other community groups including:

1. Cultivate London will be on site with seeds and plants to take away. They also will share information about their Acton Green composting project and tell you how to get involved https://www.spacehive.com/acton-green-waste-solutions
2. Tiny Forest in Acton will be at the hub updating us on the progress of the Tiny forest. Come along to the hub and join them setting up the Tiny Forest at Trinity Way, London W3 7JD https://actforealing.org/2024/02/14/tiny-forest-planting-day-in-acton-trinity-way/
3. Walk and Wheel W3 hub, is a walking and cycling hub at the Friary Park estate close to Action Main Line (beside the Friary Park community centre) run by Sustrans. The Sustrans team will be at the Reduce and Recycle hub on Saturday 4 May if you want to talk about how you can travel more actively to benefit your health and the health of the planet. The W3 Hub is for anyone who wants to make more walking and cycling journeys. In Friary park hub you can borrow a cycle, talk about quiet walking and cycling routes, receive some training or guidance on riding a bike.
4. Ealing Friends of the Earth: Updating us on the local issues and campaigns around air pollution, climate change, nature and biodiversity.

So, come along to Reduce and Recycle hub and join the growing community of people who are helping Acton reduce, reuse and recycle more. For more information and links to all the great organisations involved in Reduce and Recycle hub.

Join the Recycling Revolution at the Acton hub

If your organisation, community group or you as a trader are interested in getting a stall please email Mary Horesh at mary.horesh@actionwestlondon.org.uk. We also need volunteers to help run some of the activities and promote the hub. For more information, visit Acton Reduce and Recycle hub or contact Mary Horesh the hub manager.

Reduce and Recycle Hub successes

At the Reduce and Recycle hub see our Reduce and Recycle Hub 2023 review and so far we have achieved:

• 599kg of unwanted clothes and shoes saved from landfill by Traid, which reduced carbon emissions (CO2) by 8.40 tonnes and water savings of 711m3.
• 163 kgs of small electrical items collected and recycled.

So join in and help Acton to reduce their waste and recycle more.

If you cant make the hub, take look at ActforEaling 10 steps for a greener Ealing.