Treekly

 The Treekly Challenge through March was a great success. Our team of 10 achieved 289 trees planted. The total for the District was 3218 steps with a distance of 19,600 miles !

Schools

At their end of term assembly 3 pupils at Marie Weller School  were presented with certificates and plant vouchers as Rotary Young Environmentalists. The school would like to mark Rotary's support with this and planting crocuses for StopPolio with an article they are sending to me.

Litter Picking

Rotary supported the Tombles litter pick by Towcester Primary School.

Environmental News 

Textile Waste

Globally, 120 million tons of clothing are discarded annually. Textile production releases 2 billion tons of greenhouse gases annually and uses billions of tons of water.Nearly 10% of microplastics entering the oceans come from textiles. Recycling rates are very low around 10-15%.  80% end up in landfill

The UK has the highest annual consumption of new clothing in Europe (27 kilos compared to the average of 16kilos). 

The quality of textiles has reduced making long life and repairing less common.

Fast fashion is growing about 10% a year. Online shops such as Shein and Boohoo use social media and low-cost polyester products to produce high volumes of cheap goods which are quickly discarded. Quite often never worn.

                    Recycling is complicated due to the mix of materials