Spreading the word about waste at Flavours of Herefordshire Food Festival

Herefordshire Council and Worcestershire County Council's Waste Prevention Team will be inviting people to climb aboard its recycling bus in Hereford this weekend.

The team will be out in force at this year's Flavours of Herefordshire Food Festival at Hereford Race Course, which is set to take place on Saturday (October 27) and Sunday (October 28) from 10am until 4pm.

Advice and ideas about how to reduce, reuse and recycle waste will be given by the team as part of Mission Impossible ? a unique project aimed at helping residents find simple ways to manage their waste and reduce the amount of rubbish they throw away.

Members of the Waste Prevention Team will be staffing a waste management gazebo with the big green recycling bus throughout the day in a bid to provide passers-by with information about:

• Sink Your Waste - residents can claim up to £80 cash back for fitting a food waste disposer in their home. A working food waste disposer will be on display at the event all weekend. For more information about food waste disposers visit http://www.sinkyourwaste.com/
• Real nappies, Nappaccino mornings and the new Real Nappy Incentive Scheme.
• Jilt the Junk Mail - free special packs containing advice about how householders can stop unwanted post will be given out.
• Shop Smart - tips for low-waste shopping and free re-useable Jute bags will be available for those who complete a short Mission Impossible quiz at the event (while stocks last).
• Information about local reuse organisations where people can donate furniture, electrical goods, bicycles and many more unwanted items will be on hand.
• Freecycle - an on-line message board that can be found at http://www.freecycle.org/ where people can offer their unwanted possessions free of charge to others.
• Recycling - the recycling bus will be parked up at the show reminding residents to recycle their plastic bottles, food tins and cans, paper, thin card, glass bottles and jars and textiles.
• Composting and reduced-price compost bins. Local Master Composters will also be on hand to give advice to fellow composters and composters-to-be. For more information about composting at home log on to www.recyclenow.com/compost or call 0845 077 0757.
• Home shredding - the easy way to deal with your garden waste and save yourself a trip to the household waste site.

In the meantime, residents can find out more about how to reduce their household waste by visiting http://www.wastemissionimpossible.org.uk/ or calling Mission Impossible on 01905 766883.

For more information on Flavours of Herefordshire Food Festival visit http://www.visitherefordshire.co.uk/