The first Friends of the Earth recycling guide consisted of 3 sheets of paper in 1988! There were 4 bottle banks, no can banks, and a few charities and individuals collecting scrap paper. Now, in 2007, you will see a huge and welcome expansion in possibilities and opportunities! We have tried to make climate change and what you can do to help the focus of this booklet. All we need to do is get ourselves, families, and neighbourhoods more involved to keep Shrewsbury green and special. You will notice that items appear in more than one section sometimes, that’s because of the interconnected nature of everything. Our environment is global – boundaries are artificial. Everything we do, every choice we make, affects everyone and everywhere and everything.

Judy Coleridge

Shrewsbury Friends of the Earth.

With laissez-faire and price atomic,

Ecology’s Uneconomic,

But with another kind of logic

Economy’s Unecologic.

Kenneth E. Boulding

In Frank F. Darling and John P. Milton, eds.,

Future Environments of North America, 1966

This Green Guide Climate Change edition was put together by members of Shrewsbury FoE, and many other enthusiasts, including the Marches Energy Agency, and edited by Judy Coleridge.

If you wish to be included in the next guide, please ring 01743 364157.

The first Friends of the Earth recycling guide consisted of 3

Disclaimer: The information contained in this guide is believed to be correct at the time of preparation. Where private companies have

been listed, this does not necessarily act as an endorsement by any parties.