Environmental Issues
October 2024
Green Elmbridge Networking Event: Wednesday 20th November, 7.30pm in Holy Trinity Church Hall.
There are a number of environmental and sustainability initiatives which have been set up across the Borough but none yet in Claygate!
The event, which is supported by Claygate Parish Council, will be an opportunity to hear from those involved in eight of these projects about what they are doing and the challenges involved.
If you would like to get involved but can’t attend the event or would like further details please contact Peter Stevenson at ptrstvnsn@gmail.com.
NEW SHOP SAVES ON PACKAGING
A new shop in The Parade is dedicated to reducing plastic consumption and Claygate's carbon footprint by offering refills of household and body care products.
Ecocentric Us – Claygate's zero waste shop – might be one of the smallest in the area, occupying the former Ceramica premises, but has big ambitions. It opened in the autumn and business owner Milda Rakauskaite said: “It has been my joy to meet so many like-minded people. I do what I believe in, saving the planet one little step at a time.”
With shoppers taking in their own containers to be filled, Milda says: “In our first three months in Claygate, we have saved more than 622 plastic bottles by refilling body care and household products, 1,049 plastic bags, 101 jars by refilling peanut butter and 53 olive oil bottles by refilling sunflower, olive and sesame oil.”
The shop also sells coffee, soaps, chocolate, pasta and cereals – and even fittng out the shop was done without waste: “It’s all up-cycled, second-hand. I didn’t buy one new thing!” says Milda.
