Food waste recycling is clean, simple and doesn’t cause unwanted smells in the kitchen – that’s the verdict of an environmental champion in Pontypridd.
Grandmother Janet Jones from Graigwen is a keen recycler of household waste and news that Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s innovative new food waste collection service was coming to her community really brightened her day.
Janet, who is the Vice President of Pontypridd’s Women’s Institute, has made it one of life’s ambitions to encourage more people to recycle their household rubbish and she thinks the food waste recycling service is a major step forward in reducing the quantity of rubbish sent to landfill.
In December she will lead a Plastic Bag Free Day in Pontypridd town centre where she will encourage all shop owners to refuse...
Move over Rhys Cycle… here are a couple of singing and dancing worms and bugs who know a thing or two about composting.
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The launch of RCT Homes - the UK’s first ever housing Community Mutual Trust - marks a new era for local housing in Hirwaun.
Overnight, the transfer of the entire housing stock of more than 10,000 homes - including more than 300 in Hirwaun - from Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council established RCT Homes [...]...
Wales has embarked on a unique experiment in social housing with the launch of RCT Homes, the UK’s first ever housing Community Mutual Trust.
Overnight, the transfer of the entire housing stock of more than 10,000 homes - including 672 in Penywaun - from Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council established RCT Homes as Wales’ largest [...]...
Among the crowds that came to enjoy themselves in Aberdare for the annual Santa Parade this week were (from left to right) Charlote Bunney, Phillip Jenkins, and Sarah Bunney, from......
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council Mayor Jane Ward meets Rhys Cycle, the Council’s Recycling Champion at the Santa Parade in Aberdare.
It was difficult to move in Aberdare for the Santa Parade 2007 as people came from afar to see the reindeer parade, Scooby Doo and of course Santa.
Mayor Jane Ward was carried through Aberdare Town with Santa on a special carriage, and switched on the Christmas Lights at a brief ceremony below St Elvan’s Church,......
To celebrate the recent ‘National Meals on Wheels Week,’ staff from the Council’s Catering Direct service followed in the footsteps of Willy Wonka by distributing five ‘golden tickets’ amongst their clients.
Taking inspiration from Roald Dahl’s classic ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,’ the team placed a golden ticket into randomly selected home meals.
The clients who discovered a golden ticket tucked away inside the lid of their meal are now entitled to a week of free home delivered dinners.
The five lucky winners were Walter Vincent of Pontypridd, Mildred Summers of Llanharry, Michael Jones of Treorchy, Carol Phillips of Aberdare and Stella Bundy of Mountain Ash.
The Mayor of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Cllr Joyce Cass, visited each winner to present them with a gift of a...
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