Ten Herefordshire residents are celebrating after being rewarded by Herefordshire Council and Worcestershire County Council for their waste prevention know-how. They all won prizes in a competition organised by the joint waste prevention team from the two councils.
The ten fortunate winners correctly answered a quiz in the Mission Impossible News that landed on householders' doormats with the Herefordshire Matters magazine in February this year. The four-page newsletter was jam-packed with articles and tips aimed at helping residents reduce, reuse and recycle their household waste.
Contestants were asked to name five ways of reducing waste, with clues from a drawing. The winners were among hundreds of people who entered the competition to win a range of waste-busting goodies including a Bosch AXT 2200 Rapid Shredder and an InSinkErator 65 food waste disposer.
Correct answers included composting banana skins, reusing carrier bags at the supermarket, recycling paper, glass and plastic bottles and taking unwanted items to charity shops so that they can be re-used.
One of the star prizes was a family trip to the Eden Project in Cornwall and a night's accommodation for two adults and 4 children. This was won by Amanda Bailey from Hereford.
Lucky Amanda said: "I'm delighted we entered the competition. We already recycle a lot of our waste but we now plan to try to reduce the amount of rubbish that we make in the first place."
Other were:
Mrs Jayne Unwin from Bromyard who won the InSinkErator model 65 food waste disposer
Anne O'Brien from Pembridge who won the Bosch garden shredder
Susan Stone from Ledbury who won a wormery
Christine Price from Hereford who won a pack of real nappies
Mrs Salter from Leominster who won an Innocent Fruit Smoothie Recipe book
Mrs Walcott from Ledbury who won a compost bin
Miss Newth from Hereford who won a re-conditioned washing machine from The Network Worcestershire
Mrs Harrison from Weobley who won a pack of recycled stationery
Elizabeth Alty from Bircher who won a refurbished bicycle from MotoV8
And you men? Perhaps you were all just unlucky this time.
For more information on how to reduce your waste visit http://www.wastemissionimpossible.org.uk/ or telephone 01905 766883.