by Jodie Etheridge | Feb 13, 2019 | Blog, Blog, Don't Lose Your Bottle, Waste & Recycling
Plastics campaign update – Jodie Etheridge It has been a busy few months. On 10th September we posted our petition to Michael Gove for a Plastic Bottle Deposit Return Scheme. It was a very successful petition and we gained nearly 600 signatures. Campaigners gathered...
by Jodie Etheridge | Nov 28, 2018 | Blog, Blog, Don't Lose Your Bottle, Waste & Recycling
I’m Jodie, one of the leaders on our campaign for a national ‘Deposit Return Scheme’ on plastic bottles. This campaign has been running since January. It’s been an exciting and busy time over the past few months and there’s lots more excitement ahead! We have been...
by Jodie Etheridge | Sep 26, 2018 | Don't Lose Your Bottle, Events
Join us on Monday 15th October at the Warehouse 7.30pm-9pm for a discussion night about the film ‘A Plastic Ocean’ which we recently screened with Birmingham Co-operative Film Society. We will be discussing thoughts and themes related to the film....
by Libby Harris | Jan 16, 2018 | Don't Lose Your Bottle, Uncategorised
Lets Clean Up Birmingham! Our Don't Lose Your Bottle campaign is calling for a Plastic Bottle Deposit Return Scheme* to be introduced throughout the United Kingdom. Please sign our petition which we will be sending to the Secretary of State for the...
by Admin | Dec 8, 2017 | Blog, Blog, Don't Lose Your Bottle, Waste & Recycling, Waste isn't Rubbish
The Problem with Plastic In the increasingly disposable world, it is estimated that over 50% of the toxic emitting plastics are created with the intention of being disposable, meaning more are produced and less reused. Since the 1950s the approximate production of...
by Jodie Etheridge | Dec 8, 2017 | Blog, Blog, Don't Lose Your Bottle, Waste & Recycling, Waste isn't Rubbish
An update on our campaign for a Deposit Return Scheme on plastic bottles. This campaign has progressed well over the last few months. Some background research has been carried out. Following this it has been decided that it would work best as a national level campaign...
