June Reduce and Recycle hub in Acton

Reduce and Recycle hub is returning to Acton Market on Saturday 1 June. We have some great organisations joining us, so please pop along and lets together reduce, reuse and recycle in Acton. Our hub aims is to encourage people to reduce waste and recycle more in Acton and surrounding areas. We invite along some great organisations and volunteers involved in reducing, recycling and reusing items. The Reduce and Recycle hub was set up by Action West London who won a Lottery grant from their Climate Action fund in 2021. The hub runs monthly on the first Saturday of the month. For full list of dates see Reduce and Recycle events

New in June

Preloved bikes on sale

At June’s hub, ReActon will be selling a fantastic selection of high-quality pre-loved bikes for both adults and kids. It’s a great opportunity to find the perfect ride for you and your family. Plus, you’ll get to meet our friendly team and learn more about our commitment to promoting cycling in our community.

ReActon is setting up a circular economy hub at Bollo Lane. ReActon is an exciting new re-use and repair site, the very first of its kind in London in Acton. For further details see Recycling and reducing waste made easier.

Want help to get cycling or walking? The Walk and Wheel W3 hub based in Friary Park estate close to Acton 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.

CUT THE CRAP Waste Exhibition

ActForEaling CUT THE CRAP display is a pop-up exhibition that will be touring the seven towns of Ealing, starting at the café lounge of ActOne cinema in Acton High Street until Saturday 25th May. Then it moves to St Mary’s Church on the Mount, by Acton Market. CUT THE CRAP focus is on reducing waste and the huge damage it does to the environment, nature, wildlife and us.

Inspired to take action on waste, Enid Barron (affectionately known as ‘Eco Granny’ and a stalwart member of ActForEaling) has created CUT THE CRAP, her response to the eyewatering amounts of rubbish we generate in the UK.

Pop along and pledge your support to reducing waste. Our Reduce and Recycle hub will have lots of inspirational organisations to help you recycle more and waste less.

At our monthly Reduce and Recycle hub at MarketW3 we have a great variety of organisations. These will help you recycle, as well as repair and reuse at Acton Market and beyond:

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

Ealing Council Waste team will be there giving advice on the doorstep recycling and food waste collection. Find more tips and information here https://www.instagram.com/ealingrecycles/

REPAIR:

Learning to fix your Clothes with Ealing Repair Café www.ealingrepaircafe.org
Get your Bikes checked with Dr Bike (2 pm-5 pm) https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201176/cycling/3025/cycle_training_and_dr_bike_cycle_maintenance
Contact RenewSharpening on 07860 518576 and speak to Dave. He can sharpen your Garden and Kitchen tools but unlikely to be at the hub and is available in the week to collect items to be sharpened.
Fix your watch straps and replace your batteries with our Trader TJ Singh.

REUSE:

Book Swap – Bring a book and take a book, with Churchfield Community Association
Grab a bargain at our stall holders many who sell returns and seconds from the high street at a reduced price choose from sportswear, womenswear and menswear.

Plus there’s more: Our tasty local foodie stalls will be onsite so you can sample the flavours of Ghana, India and Lebanon.

Reduce and Recycle Activities and Special Guests

Join us and our friends and local community groups:

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
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. While you are there grab a bargain from one of our traders as many sell end of line stock or returns, knowing you will be helping reducing waste as well as saving money.

For more information and links to all the great organisations involved in Reduce and Recycle hub.

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.

Are you part of an organisation, community group or as a trader interested in getting a stall? Or you can offer some time as a volunteer to help run some of the activities, please email our Reduce and Recycle hub manager, Mary Horesh at mary.horesh@actionwestlondon.org.uk.