Reduce and Recycle hub
The Reduce and Recycle hub is a monthly event is to help local Acton and Ealing residents Reduce and Recycle. The hub usually runs on the first Saturday of the month from 10 am to 3 pm alongside Acton Saturday MarketW3. See our Events calendar for upcoming dates. We want to encourage you to think about what you consume, and start using and wearing items for as longer, reduce how much you waste, reuse items more and when you no longer need them, recycle them responsibly at the hub or elsewhere.
The Reduce and Recycle hub is a lottery funded project and one of 21 community-led projects focused on waste and consumption awarded Lottery funding through their Climate Action fund to tackle the climate emergency. The grants come from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. National Lottery focused on this area as their research found that four in five adults in the UK (79%) think local communities are responsible for taking action on climate change. The research also found that half (54%) of people are worried about the impact of climate on their local community.
At our monthly hubs we gather together lots of great organisations and businesses that help people to reduce, reuse and recycle.
When and Where
The Reduce and Recycle Hubs are held on the first Saturday of every month from 10 am to 3 pm, on the Mount in Acton, Outside of Morrisons, in Acton MarketW3.
Check out our news articles to see who is taking part and what activities will be happening at our next event here
What Happens at our Reduce and Recycle hubs
Our Reduce and Recycle hubs are promoting reducing waste and circular economy, so at each event we encourage you to:
RECYCLE by bringing along you old or unloved:
- Clothing and Shoes: Full Traid list here and booking
- Small electrical appliances: must be small – they should be small enough to fit in a shopping bag
- Pens and writing instruments, see full list https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB/brigades/bic-uk
- Ask for advice from ActforEaling at their Recycling challenge stall about recycling and where to take it
These items will go to Traid and Terracycle
REPAIR by:
- Learning to fix your Clothes with Ealing Repair Cafe
- Getting your Garden and Kitchen tools sharpened by RenewSharpening
- Getting 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
REUSE & REDUCE
- Bookswap: Thanks to Churchfield Community Association, we have a popular book swap. So bring along your old books or take some of our lovely books on display
- Shop with our pre loved traders or with many of our stall holders who sell returns and seconds from the high street at a reduced price from sportswear, womenswear and menswear. Come along and grab a bargain, knowing you will be helping reducing waste as well as saving money.
What we have achieved
Our Reduce and Recycle hub launched in October 2022 with the aim to reduce waste and recycle more. Here is what we achieved in 2023.
Since the hubs began in October 2022 we have saved:
- Saved 122kg of unwanted clothes and shoes from going to landfill
- Collected 43kgs of small electrical items for recycling
- Reduced carbon emissions (CO2) by 1.15 tonnes
- Helped save 199m3 of Water
- Taught Clothes Repair
- Repaired kitchen and garden tools
- Promoted watch repair services on site
- Promoted clothing traders onsite selling, returns , seconds and preloved accessories
Reduce and Recycle Achievements presentation
How you can get involved
If you are interested in finding out about our next event sign up for our newsletter here
If you are interested in trading your product or service at the hub apply here
If you would like to Volunteer to support the hub – please visit here
Our Partners
All our Reduce and Recycle activities happens because of all the brilliant support we get from the great local organisations, charities and local businesses. A big thank you to:
- ActforEaling https://actforealing.org/
- Acton BID https://www.youractonbid.co.uk/
- Artification Plant and Art Market https://www.artification.org.uk/
- Churchfield Community Association (CCA) https://www.churchfield.org/
- Cultivate London https://cultivatelondon.org/
- Design it yourself https://www.instagram.com/designityourself/
- Ealing Council Dr Bike scheme https://www.aroundealing.com/news/dr-bike/Ealing Friends of the Earth https://ealingfoe.org.uk/
- Ealing Repair café https://ealingrepaircafe.org/
- Good Gym https://www.goodgym.org/v3/areas/ealing
- Hammersmith Library of things https://www.libraryofthings.co.uk/hammersmith
- The Restart Party Fixing Factory and Dr Laptop https://therestartproject.org/
- Traid https://www.traid.org.uk/
- Renew Sharpening https://renewsharpening.co.uk/
- West London Waste Authority https://westlondonwaste.gov.uk/