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Junk Mail Archive

NB since Nicky Scott and Ben Bryant’s funding was cut there are no plans to produce new Junk Mail in any format.

 

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Junk Mail has been the sometimes rather unfortunate name we have been publishing under for many years now, unfortunate because loads of the e-mails go in the junk mail folder! But the Junk Mail is full of great content. Innovative reuse solutions, inspiring people and community projects, whats going on both in Devon and Globally. Looking through the back issues to prepare this archive I have been pleasantly surprised as to how relevant and useful much of the content still is. So please browse, sit back download and enjoy yourselves. We have been lucky to have Bob Gale illustrating for us most of the time and now Isolde Brampton Green who does all the design and layout and makes it all so professional. Due to cuts we are sadly having to stop producing a paper copy of the JUNK MAIL at the end of the current financial year 2015 but it will still be available on the website as a downloadable PDF along with all the archive. There is also the archive of the Community Composting Network newsletter ‘The Growing Heap’ which Nicky edited for many years, illustrated by our very own Bob Gale and is available still by following the link.

Junk Mail, issue 17, 2016

issue-17-cover-thumbnail Fungi eating plastic; worms eating plastic; farewell to Richard Gomme; can we ever be zero waste?; where there’s muck there’s brass; plastic bag tax; DIY clothes swap; reuse in Devon; war on waste; contaminated compost; editors rant.

JM17 whole Web version

 

 

Junk Mail, issue 16, 2015 Reuse and upcycling special

Reuse and upcycling special; new reuse post for Devon!; repair cafe; Goldfinger factory; Devon Food Banks; zero waste.

Read it here.

 

Junk Mail, Issue 15, 2015

The soil special; Mud kitchens; soil culture forum; Dirt the movie; Bio char; Grocycle.

Read it here

 

 

Junk Mail, Issue 14, 2014

The pig idea; Recycle Devon awards; humanure; prevent food waste; plastic recycling in mid Devon; break the bag habit.

Read it here.

 

 

Junk Mail, Issue 13, 2013

Bicycle aid for Africa; Nicky’s top compost tips; Richard’s Jora after 7 years; Men in Sheds; electrical reuse in Plymouth; Sustainable clothing action plan. Read it here.

Junk mail, Issue 12 2013

The moneyless manifesto; Can Totnes feed itself?; Growing Devon Schools partnership; Recycle Devon Awards; Ellen McArthur; Ecover sea recovered plastic bottles.

Read it here.

Junk Mail issue 11 2012

Carbon impacts of waste recycling; love it don’t leave it – take your leftovers home; Terracycle scheme; save your lightbulb waste; nappy recycling; zero waste;bulky waste. Read it here.

Junk Mail number 10 2012

Nappies turned into furniture!; Devon waste education strategy; Devon leads way on food waste composting; Mattress recycling; hair today gone tomorrow; Biscuit wrapper recycling.

Read it here.

Junk Mail issue 9 2012

Pigs – anaerobic digestors?; AD plant gets planning permission; MEP’s call to halve food waste; mixed plastic recycling; Totnes Atmos project. Read it here.

Junk Mail issue 8 2011

Recycling robots; sustainable South Brent; composting in schools; Crediton plastic recycling; lowdown on paper towels; carpet recycling.

Read it here.

Junk Mail number 7 2011

Spare food is share food; Anaerobic digestion in Plymouth; the future of food waste in Devon; recycle rigid plastic; refurnish opens in Buckfastleigh; Devon Scrapstores. Read it here.

Junk Mail number 6 2011

The Big Society; Plastic Planet; in a pickle with Eric; eco schools; Okehampton college on 90% recycling!; transition town update. Read it here.

Junk Mail number 5 2010

Real nappies; Composting in France – the French connection;  Community composting guidance; Blessed Unrest review; No-dig gardening. Read it here.

Junk Mail Number 4 2010

Uk wastes £650 million on recylables each year; Flanders leads way in recycling; the real price of google searches; Bio char review

Read it here.

 

Junk Mail Summer 2009

Mapping the community sector; Flying food waste; Devon Climate network; Waste descent timeline; Defra drop the charges! Read it here. 

Junk Mail April 2009

Cloud Cuckoo Land? Cuba leads the way; WRAP: food waste in schools; Social enterprise champions.

Read it here.

 

Junk Mail Spring 2009

Fruit on the move; packaging conference; charges for composters; ban the plastic bag; Community Strategies.

Read it here.

Junk Mail Spring 2008

Composting in India. DEBI awards. Transition towns.

Read it here.

 

 

Junk Mail Summer 2007

Modbury bans plastic bags; County show; Tony Juniper; Devon Climate action news. Read it here.

Junk Mail Spring 2007

The great packaging debate; rat proof home composting; plastic fantastic. Read it here. 

Junk Mail Spring 2006

First Schools composting special edition; plus ‘sustainable communities’; Uffculme trommel; Schools conference 2005.

Read it here.

 

Junk Mail Autumn 2005

Proper Job Fair big success; Heathfield compost plant opens; recycling tide turning. Read it here.

Junk Mail Summer 2005

Chew Magna zero waste; how to get rid of tele-marketeers; can’t pay wont pay community compost charges; cardboard and cows in India. Read it here.

Junk Mail Spring 2005

Burning issues for Devon: Pyrolysis for Exeter; Devon waste and recycling education strategy; DEFRA caps recycling rates at 30%. Read here.

Compost Special for schools

This is the original handbook for composting in schools. There is now an updated version available on the schools pages. Lots of information for setting up a food waste composting system; which system to choose; case studies; the importance of woodchip and much more. Read it here

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