NEWS | Clean Green Wanstead

Jun 5
1 min

Ask Redbridge to extend the Wild Wanstead Grow Zones

A new YouGov poll has found that 70% of the public want to see nature enhanced, primarily by increasing the number of birds, butterflies,...

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Thames Water joins Wild Wanstead project with giant Grow Zones at local pumping station

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May 10
1 min

Thames Water joins Wild Wanstead project with giant Grow Zones at local pumping station

Thames Water has established two huge Grow Zones covering over 3,400m sq. at the pumping station by Redbridge Roundabout. The areas will ...

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Cleaner Greener Wanstead

Apr 13
2 min

Get composting in the lockdown

There has been a surge of interest in composting as garden waste collections have been stopped by councils because of the coronavirus. Th...

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Help plant wildflowers on Christ Church Green

Cleaner Greener Wanstead

Feb 28
1 min

Help plant wildflowers on Christ Church Green

On Saturday 7 March, 10am - 1pm come along and join the Vision Nature Conservation Rangers and Wild Wanstead to help us plant wildflower ...

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More wildflowers on our streets this summer

Cleaner Greener Wanstead

Feb 16
2 min

More wildflowers on our streets this summer

2020 should see more happy bees buzzing around the streets of Wanstead as a massive 80 new tree bases were adopted by residents to grow w...

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Save £££s this year on your daily takeout coffee

Cleaner Greener Wanstead

Jan 17
1 min

Save £££s this year on your daily takeout coffee

Just ditch the throwaway cup and switch to a reusable one instead, and our lovely Wanstead cafés will give you a discount on takeout drin...

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Help re-wild Wanstead this spring by planting seeds under a street tree

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Jan 16
2 min

Help re-wild Wanstead this spring by planting seeds under a street tree

Adopting a tree pit might seem a small thing to do in the face of such a monumental decline in our native wildlife, but in places where t...

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Cleaner Greener Wanstead

Jan 7
2 min

Ingles initiative slashes plastic waste

Well done to East London bakery, Ingles, which has achieved a massive reduction in its use of plastics… with plans afoot to cut back even...

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Plastic-free options on Wanstead High Street as supermarkets INCREASE single use packaging

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Nov 29, 2019
3 min

Plastic-free options on Wanstead High Street as supermarkets INCREASE single use packaging

The supermarkets have broken their pledge to cut down on plastic… by using more this year than ever before. Together, the 10 biggest chai...

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Simple ways to cut your emissions as CO2 rises to highest ever level

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Nov 26, 2019
1 min

Simple ways to cut your emissions as CO2 rises to highest ever level

Despite calls to urgently reduce emissions, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has risen again to reach its highest ever level in latest da...

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Cleaner Greener Wanstead

Nov 19, 2019
1 min

BACK ON!!!!! Free trees and shrubs

*** IN THE NICK OF TIME, THE PLANTS HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED!!! COME AND GET EM *** 10.30am – 12noon, Saturday 23 November, entrance to Chris...

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Tell Redbridge where electric car charge points are needed

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Nov 15, 2019
1 min

Tell Redbridge where electric car charge points are needed

Electric vehicles are an important way of dealing with the environment crisis - reducing carbon emissions as renewable electricity become...

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QUICK GUIDE: How to install a green roof

Cleaner Greener Wanstead

Oct 17, 2019
3 min

QUICK GUIDE: How to install a green roof

At this year’s Wanstead Fringe, an event was held to discuss how to turn a regular residential extension into a garden in the sky. Here s...

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Cleaner Greener Wanstead

Sep 22, 2019
4 min

Re-wilding Wanstead

Local botanist, Iain Ambler, reports on the plants and insects thriving in Wanstead's new wild areas. Lots of Wanstead residents will be ...

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Find out how to turn your extension roof into a garden in the sky (and reduce bills!)

Cleaner Greener Wanstead

Aug 5, 2019
1 min

Find out how to turn your extension roof into a garden in the sky (and reduce bills!)

Gardens in the sky: How to put a green roof on your extension. 7.30pm - 8.30pm, Tuesday 10th September 2019, The Larder, 39 High Street, ...

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Cleaner Greener Wanstead

Jul 4, 2019
2 min

Agents of change

The Stow Brothers don’t’ just help people seeking greener pastures – they’ve gone greener themselves! In a guest blog post, CLEANER GREEN...

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Giving #OurPlasticFeedback to Wanstead supermarkets

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Jun 26, 2019
2 min

Giving #OurPlasticFeedback to Wanstead supermarkets

Sick of buying food wrapped in plastic – but given no choice by the supermarkets? Join the national #OurPlasticFeedback campaign this Sat...

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Cleaner Greener Wanstead

Jun 14, 2019
1 min

Call on Redbridge to clean up their act

On Thursday 20th June, Redbridge Councillors will vote on a motion asking the Council to go carbon neutral by 2030, in line with many oth...

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Cleaner Greener Wanstead

May 31, 2019
1 min

Wild mowing comes to Wanstead

A new wildlife mowing regime is up and running in a number of park areas and road verges around Wanstead. Grass in these designated areas...

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Cleaner Greener Wanstead

May 27, 2019
1 min

Time to hit the bottle?

Did you know, glass milk bottles can be cleaned and refilled over 20 times? It’s such a simple way to reduce waste! We’re lucky to have a...

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