Following encouragement from children at Buxton Community School, Buxton Football Club is moving away from the use of disposable plastic pint cups at the Tarmac Silverlands Stadium, replacing them with ‘cups for life’. Buxton FC Chairman, David Hopkins..
Transition Buxton is delighted to announce that the Herb Kitchen, of Hardwick Street Road, Buxton, have become the first eatery to gain Surfers Against Sewage “Silver” status as they continue to reduce their use of single use plastic. ..
Transition Buxton isdelighted to announce that Laytons Chartered Accountants, of Manchester Road, Buxton, have become the latest business to sign up to work to reduce their use of single use plastic. They join over 30 other businesses and..
The Buxton Library of Things is celebrating it’s first birthday. Launched on 30th January 2024 the community borrowing service has been embraced by local people – nearly 200 people have already registered to use the service. Situated in..
We held 9 instead of 10 Repair Cafes in 2024, because of having to cancel the November one due to snow. During those 9 sessions a total of 285 items were dealt with. Of these 146 (51%) were..
Sadly the Terracycle scheme that our ‘Hard to Recycle’ bins are part of has announced that they can no longer accept plastic writing implements, so unfortunately we will no longer be able to accept them.This is in addition..
If you order for delivery to Buxton your packed orders will usually be available for collection from the Transition Buxton Repair Cafe running on the 4th Saturday in January at the Methodist Church on Buxton Marketplace. Please come..
The Buxton Cup is a dishwasher safe pint “glass” that can be personalised and used again and again; and, when eventually worn out, it can of course be recycled. Wherever single use plastic glasses are used at outdoor..
How to become a Community Ally Step One Sign the pledge and send it to plastic@transitionbuxton.co.uk. Download the Pledge Make the Plastic Free Communities Pledge to: work to remove at least three single-use plastic items from day to..
How to become a Plastic Free Business Champion Step One Sign the pledge and send it to plastic@transitionbuxton.co.uk. Download the Pledge Reuse, recycle and find plastic-free options wherever possible. Start fighting plastic waste and the pollution it..