Low Carbon Lymm 

Recycle that charger!

Mobile phones are now essential life accessories but we have to keep up with the latest version.  This means we all build up stocks of unwanted chargers that don’t fit other makes or models.  One estimate is that there are c20 million chargers lying around homes unused – that’s 5,000 tonnes of waste.

The answer is coming for the future when a common charger is introduced across Europe after a common understanding was reached by Apple, LG, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Qualcomm, Research in Motion, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Texas Instruments.  But before then what do you do with all those chargers that lie cluttering up drawers or worse still, remain plugged into the wall draining electricity?

Well Sainsburys has the answer.  The supermarket has launched a charger recycling service initially only running from 31 July 2010 to 28 August 2010 (but it says it will run a longer campaign again).

The initiative is being run as part of Sainsbury’s ‘Make The Difference Days’ scheme, which it uses to communicate its corporate responsibility “values” to customers via colleagues. The phone charger campaign itself was suggested by Sainsbury’s employees.

For more information visit http://www.wearewhatwedo.org/recycleyourcharger/

An Election Special, Environmental Question Time is being organised by Warrington Friends of the Earth on Thursday 25th March at 7.30pm at the Friends Meeting House in Warrington. This will be a good opportunity to quiz the Prospective Parliamentary Candidates for Warrington South. A poster for this event can be downloaded here FoE Meeting Poster 250310

Click to view the minutes of the meeting of 7th September 2009.LCL_Meeting_070909[1]

The next meeting of Low Carbon Lymm takes place on Monday 19th october 7:30pm, Oughtrington Community Centre. The agenda can be viewed here ( LCL_Meeting_191009_Agenda[1])and includes progress on Green Communities, the Hydro Scheme and Waste Management among other items.

with less than 15 days of negotiating time remain, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Yvo de Boer, takes stock of the international climate change negotiations ahead of the upcoming talks in Bankgok. Click Countdown to Copenhagen to hear him speak

The Lymm showing of the highly impactful film ‘The Age of Stupid’ is taking place on Friday 18th Sept at Lymm High School, 7:30pm. It promises to be a great evening. This important film stars the excellent Pete Postlethwaite and gets the message across about climate change on the big screen. To book your tickets download the booking form and send with a cheque to the address indicated. Tickets are £3 for adults and £2 for concessions. Age of Stupid Booking Form for 18th Sept 09. Alternatively tickets are available to buy direct at Rush Green Service Station and Lymm Electric.