Community Environment Initiative

Needham Parish Council has set up a sub-group to promote and support our community in dealing with environmental and well-being matters.

Although this is a huge area, the key issues identified are to increase bio-diversity through planting and bird boxes etc, reduce pollution particularly of the Waveney, address road drainage problems, improve public transport, provide useful advice.

Our first actions are:

1) Organising litter picking (see details elsewhere in this Link)

2) Finding a site for a community woodland and making preparations 

3) Planting bee-friendly wild flowers along verges and establishing Roadside Nature Reserves

4) Parish Council to press for drainage issues to be dealt with
5) Pressing for high levels of environmental sustainability measures in all new buildings

We will only be effective if we get support for this initiative. Anyone interested in getting involved, even on a small scale, please contact: Georgina Frost: Georginalf13@gmail.com or any member of the Parish Council.

AN IDEA TO REDUCE PLASIC WASTE

Do not throw away your empty cleaning and bathroom bottles - get them refilled. 

The following bottles can be refilled at 

All Things Greener,7 Union Street, Harleston 

and other places.

Ecover
Non bio laundry liquid .Delicate laundry liquid. All-purpose cleaner Fabric softener (apple blossom & almond)
Washing up liquid (camomile & clementine / lemon & aloe vera)
Toilet cleaner (pine & mint). Hand soap (lavender / citrus) Floor soap
Faith in Nature
Shampoo (seaweed / coconut / lavender) Conditioner (coconut / lavender) Body wash (grapefruit & orange / aloe vera / lavender)

They will also fill bottles of other brands with these products.