St Bridget’s Church Eco-Congregation Green Sheet No. 24

Merseyside Waste Partnership is working with WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) to encourage people throughout the UK to home compost. Please see below for the home compost bins on offer in your area.

ecoMax 2201itre H88cm x 72cm x 72 cm. Door at base for easy access to compost. Wide base area for maximum microbial action. Made from 75% recycled material. £8.00

ecoMax 3301itre H I 04cm x 79cm x 79cm. Door at base for easy access to compost. Wide base area for maximum microbial action. Made from 75% recycled material. E10.00

Komp 250 This square shaped, green compost bin is easy to assemble without any tools and provides easy access to the finished compost on all 4 sides. Made from 100% recycled material. 54cm (21 ") x 54cm (21 ") x H105cm (41") £20.00

Blue kitchen caddy 7litre. To qualify for a discounted caddy at least one compost bin must be ordered. One discounted caddy per household. £2.00

Telephone - 0845 077 0757

Monday to Friday 08.30 am to 5.15pm (September to February) Monday to Friday 08.30 am to 8.00pm (March to August)

Saturdays 09.00am to 1.00pm (March to August) http://www.recyclenow.com/compost If you order online you save another £1.00!

Tips from Change Magazine.

Mug up — Don't use disposable cups. Take your own mug to work and slurp your tea out of china

Dust bust — If dust builds up on the coils at the back of the fridge, it could use up to 30% more energy than it needs, so clean them — now

Hot topic — Control insects with a sprinkle of chili powder on the problem areas

Drink this in — Step back in time and order milk from your milkman. His bottles are reused unlike milk cartons and he drives an environmentally friendly electric float

Breathe easy — Keep an aloe Vera plant. Not only is it good for healing cuts or burns, it also cleans the air of some chemicals.

Batteries - Good news from Kathrin Holme

Hard persistence by Kathrin has paid off for us all. There is now a household battery recycling facility at West Kirby tip. It goes to show that people power does work, if more of us were to write to shops/ companies/councils stating our views and needs then maybe we consumers could gain some advantages for ourselves and others.

Eco-nights

Please keep two evening dates in your diary available in June: 11^th and the 18^th . We are showing two films, one on each date, the first one is the Channel 4 film The Great Global Warming Swindle, it argues the point that Global Warming is a normal reaction of our planet during it's natural development and that the ozone layer, climate change is not down to mans treatment of the world. The second film, shown on the 18^th is called The Inconvenient Truth and is a documentary by Al Gore. The film portrays the "other view" that Global Warming is caused by us, and what we can do to slow it down. We are charging £5 for a ticket to see both films, with tea and biscuits afterwards, the proceeds going to the St Bridget’s Community Centre appeal. More details on the posters, tickets from Sally Cashen, 625 2659, or Pipedreams.

Encourage wildlife into your garden in a few easy steps

Leave a comer of the garden alone, allowing whatever springs up to stay there and piling in a few logs, branches and leaves. This will attract beneficial bugs and even hedgehogs.

Put up nesting boxes and feeders out of reach of predators, and a variety of birds will soon move in, even in built up areas. Avoid the use of chemicals to ensure a cleaner, safer environment for people, animals and plants. The best offence against pests is defence, for example, plant garlic or marigolds next to roses to keep aphids away. Avoid slug pellets at all costs. They kill the frogs, birds and other animals that eat slugs and snails Some plants are especially loved by wildlife such as Carex flagellifera, Centranthus ruber and Echinacea purpurea, so why not give them a go?

If you have items to contribute to the green sheets please contact Sally on 0151 625 2659.

The items included in the green sheets are for your information only, but we hope that you find some of them useful.