Too Good to Waste

The Waste Prevention team at Changeworks provides information to the public about how to reduce, reuse, recycle and home compost, in order to reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfill.

After winning the design tender, Designers on the Run were asked to redesign and revamp their current resources including the redesign of “The Edinburgh Charity Shop and Reuse Map” and ‘Too Good to Waste’ guide which was needing updating.

The aims of the ‘Too Good to Waste’ guide are to give readers an A to Z guide of practical ways to reduce, reuse, repair and recycle in Edinburgh and surrounding areas.

Since the creation of these resources Changeworks’ Waste Prevention Advisors have knocked on the doors of over 12,000 households and spoken to over 5,000 residents in Prestonfield, St. Leonard’s, Newington, Moredun, Gilmerton, Hyvot’s Bank and Ferniehill. They have provided almost 4,000 residents with information on reducing the amount of waste they put out for collection.  Early results also suggest that they are on track to meet their targets to help get householders to reduce their waste by 10%.