Congleton Town Council declared a Climate Change Emergency on the 19th September 2019 at the Town Council Meeting and pledged to:
- Make Congleton Town Council carbon neutral by 2025
- In all discussions, debates and decision-making procedures ensure that the climate impact is thoroughly considered and recorded.
- Report back on actions and plans within three months (report to Community and Environment Committee on the 7th November 2019)
Now Congleton Green, a collaborative group made up of a wide range of interested people and organisations, is reaching out to make changes across Congleton.
No-one has the answer, but together we all need to be part of the solution.
There are a number of groups working on initiatives helping to achieve this goal.
Congleton Sustainability Group part of Congleton Partnership
Plastic Free Congleton – working to rid Congleton of single use plastic and clear up river ways. In June 2022 the group were awarded Plastic Free Communities Status by Surfers Against Sewage. Well done to all the businesses, schools, community groups, sports clubs and churches who have signed up to the scheme to remove and replace single use plastic from the town.
Congleton Green – working on a number of initiatives including Tree Planting in Congleton
Integrated Transport Group
Protecting Green and Open Spaces in Congleton – part of Congleton Neighbourhood Plan
Cheshire East Council and Congleton Town Council have set themselves the challenge of becoming carbon neutral by 2025. Could you set yourselves the same challenge?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said that to do this we need to:
- Buy less meat, milk, cheese and butter
- Eat more locally sourced seasonal food – and throw less of it away
- Drive electric cars but walk or cycle short distances; take trains and buses instead of planes
- Use video conferencing instead of business travel
- Use a washing line instead of a tumble dryer
- Insulate homes; demand low carbon in every consumer product
- Plant trees
Simple Steps!
- Quit wasting energy- turn lights off when you leave the room, don’t leave appliances on stand-by but switch them off and save energy! For 100 more ideas to Save Energy in the Home
- Swap to energy saving light bulbs – they may be more expensive to buy, but save energy and can last upto 10 times longer. Fitting just one compact fluorescent bulb can save £3to £6 per year
- Turning it down- turning your heating down by one degree centigrade could save £75 per year, or even more! Energy saving tips
Sustainable & Environmental Objectives within Streetscape & In Bloom
Terracycle drop-off points in Congleton
There are a growing number of sites across Congleton accepting hard to recycle items including medicine blister packs, food wrappers, dental care products and personal care items. The drop off points only accept certain items and brands and have set criteria to avoid receiving lots of non-acceptable items. See Plastic Free Congleton for further details.
| Recycling Scheme | Items Accepted | Items Not Accepted | Drop-off Location |
| Medicine packs | Empty medicine blister packs from any brand of tablets, pills or capsules | Unused medicines (return these to your pharmacist for disposal) Cardboard packets (silver bin) Medicine bottles (silver bin) Sprays, inhalers etc. | Superdrug Pharmacy, High Street West Heath Pharmacy, West Heath Precinct Day Lewis Pharmacy, (Readesmoor), West Street |
| Bread Bags | Any brand of bread loaf bags | Packaging for any other bakery products | Plastic recycling collection points in local supermarkets |
| Crips packets | Any brand of crisp packets | Crisp tubes (use Pringles scheme) Bags for popcorn, pretzels (use the snacks packets scheme) Bags for meat snacks | Plastic recycling collection points in local supermarkets |
| Cheese packets | Plastic packaging from any brand of cheese pouches & wrappers | Plastic tubs & trays (silver bin) Paper wrappers (silver bin) Cardboard boxes (silver bin) Wooden boxes Squeezy tubes Individual plastic cheese wrappers | Dane View Cottage, 4 Hillfields |
| Cheese packets | As above (any brand), plus nets from mini cheeses Labels from Cathedral City Mini 6 | As above plus: Aluminium foil wrappers | Home of Feast, Mill Street, Buglawton |
| Kinder chocolate | Kinder products only: Kinder chocolate wrappers Kinder product packaging made of: -Aluminium foil -Flexible plastic -Rigid plastic | Cardboard packaging (silver bin) Packaging from other brands | Dane View Cottage, 4 Hillfields |
| Ferrero chocolate | Ferrrero Collection & Rocher only: Gold plastic trays Transparent plastic boxes Outer plastic wrappers Individual aluminium wrappers | Individual paper cases (silver bin) Cardboard packaging (silver bin) Packaging from other brands | Dane View Cottage, 4 Hillfields |
| Handwash pumps & refill pouches | Pumps only from hand wash bottles These 3 brands only: -Carex -Imperial Leather -Bayley’s of Bond Street Carex only: Refill pouches & caps | Any other brands Hand cream pumps Plastic bottles from: Hand wash/gel / cream (silver bin) | Dane View Cottage, 4 Hillfields |
| Dental care products | Any brand of: Electric toothbrush heads & covers Electric flosser nozzles Flossing sticks & interdental brushes Dental floss containers | Electric or manual toothbrushes Toothpaste tubes & caps (see above) Outer packaging materials (silver bin) | Dane View Cottage, 4 Hillfields |
| Baby food pouches | Any brand of: Baby food pouches Pouch caps Ella’s Kitchen Snack wrappers | Other brands of snack packaging | Dane View Cottage, 4 Hillfields |
| Lavazza Eco capsules | Lavazza Eco Cap capsules only: For Nespresso machines For Lavazza A Modo Mio machines | Any other brands Other types of Lavazza capsules Coffee bags (compost bin) Cardboard or plastic packaging (silver bin) | Dane View Cottage, 4 Hillfields |
| Personal care/make-up products | Flexible plastic or metallised plastic tubes from creams, ointments etc. Flexible plastic facial wipe packaging Used / empty: -Eye shadow compacts -Highlighter / bronzer sticks -Mascara tubes & wands -Lipsticks, glosses & balms | Glass bottles, pots, tubs* Plastic bottles, pots, tubs* Plastic tubes or packaging NOT from the specified products Deodorants Body sprays Perfume Cardboard packaging * *Silver bin | Dane View Cottage, 4 Hillfields |
| Bayliss & Harding handwashing, bathing & showering products | Bayliss & Harding brand only: Flexible plastic tubes & -Their caps -Bottle caps -Bottle pumps | Items from other brands Plastic bottles (silver bin) Any other B&H products or packaging | Dane View Cottage, 4 Hillfields |
| Contact lenses | Any brand of: Soft, disposable contact lenses Contact lens blister packaging Foil from contact lens blister packs | Rigid gas-permeable lenses Any form of hard lenses Contact lens storage cases Eye drop bottles (silver bin) Contact lens solution bottles (silver bin) Outer card box (silver bin) | Boots, Bridge Street |
| Marigold gloves | Marigold brand only: -Disposable gloves -Durable gloves -Plastic packaging | Any other brand Gloves for non-domestic use Gloves used with harsh chemicals or unhygienic substances Cardboard packaging (silver bin) | Dane View Cottage, 4 Hillfields |
