Composting at home is a great way to deal with kitchen and garden waste and can help save money on buying compost and can feed plants and lighten heavy soils. Home composting can also help the environment by reducing waste sent for disposal. To allow the Waste Reduction team at Norfolk County Council to find out more about peoples home composting activities, they have devised a Norfolk Home Compost... Read More »

NCCs 'Find your transport tool' can help you find out which transport services operate in an area, and how to access them. Enter the postcode and address from which you want to travel and the tool will provide you with bus services, rail services, dial-a-ride services, and community car schemes. See: https://maps.norfolk.gov.uk/findyourtransport/

For information on the range of items that can be taken to recycling centres for free, and details of reuse shops - visit www.norfolk.gov.uk/recycling. Greetings cards, Christmas trees, unwanted or broken electrical items including Christmas lights, and excess cardboard and other materials can all be recycled. Wrapping paper can also be taken to the recycling centre or put in the kerbside recycling... Read More »

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Whether you are passionate about food or simply want to make the most of the food that you have bought, you might be interested in getting involved in our Love Food Hate Waste project.

We are looking for people who would like to become Love Food Hate Waste volunteers who are willing to share their knowledge with others to help to reduce the amount of food we waste.

In the UK each year households throw... Read More »

Norfolk County Council have recently added the following news to their website:

Libraries help tackle loneliness in Norfolk over Christmas

For details go to our news page.

Norfolk County Council wants to create a Norwich Western Link to improve travel between the A47 and the western end of Broadland Northway (formerly the Northern Distributor Road) and to tackle transport problems in the area. We published four potential routes for a Norwich Western Link earlier this month and we've now made further information about them available to coincide with the consultation opening.... Read More »

In Good Company is a campaign to tackle loneliness amongst adults in Norfolk. The In Good Company quality mark recognises the organisations that run services or events for lonely people, or which support their work. If you think your council can meet the criteria to gain the In Good Company quality mark, fill in the application form. Read the criteria here: https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/what-we-do-and-how-we-work/campaigns/in-good-company/quality-mark... Read More »