"Every autumn, London quietly produces an orchard’s worth of fruit, apples leaning over garden fences, pears heavy on street-side trees, plums ripening in overlooked corners. Too much of it drops, bruises, and disappears into the compost heap of missed opportunity.
In 2025 we helped pick, juice, and donate tons of fruit to schools, food banks and communities in North West London, we need you to help us do this across London!"
https://nationalparkcity.london/london-fruit-harvest
I can't help but wonder about other cities.
#UrbanProduce #CuttingWaste #food
John Lewis trials repair service in partnership with Timpson Group

Five stores will offer to alter, clean or mend clothes in service marketed as a way to help prevent waste

The Guardian

The EU’s ‘right to repair’ rule is truly radical – British builders should copy it wholesale | Phineas Harper | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/29/eu-right-to-repair-rule-british-builders-should-copy

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#RightToRepair
#Britain
#UK
#CuttingWaste

The EU’s ‘right to repair’ rule is truly radical – British builders should copy it wholesale

The construction sector accounts for 62% of waste: that could be drastically cut if we chose refurbishment over demolition, says writer Phineas Harper

The Guardian