UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and Recycling Tom Hynes, Countryside Officer Northern Devon Coast and Countryside Service.

UNESCO Biosphere Reserveand Recycling

Tom Hynes, Countryside OfficerNorthern Devon Coast and Countryside Service

Devon Recycling figures

A different look at the figures

Population Total waste Recycled waste

Percentage Waste per head

Torridge 56,000 28,228 7,746 27.44% 0.50

Exeter 111,076 56,087 11,385 23.87% 0.50

Mid Devon 70,657 36,296 8,874 24.45% 0.52

West Devon 48,900 25,923 8,199 31.63% 0.53

East Devon 125,525 66,804 20,074 30.05% 0.53

Teignbridge 122,200 66,553 16,564 24.89% 0.54

South Hams 81,900 44,802 11,281 25.18% 0.55

North Devon 88,100 51,832 14,386 27.75% 0.59

What should we do about waste?

• Re-think

• Reduce

• Re-use

• Re-cycle

How does waste impact on biodiversity?

• David Barnes of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) found that man-made rubbish in the seas, especially plastics, has almost doubled the spread of alien species in the subtropics and more than tripled it at high latitudes.

• Plastic bags and turtles

Biosphere Reserves •These functions are associated through a zonation system including:

R

R

M

E

T Core area(s)

Buffer zone(s)

Transition area(s)

R Research station or experimental research site

M Monitoring

E Education/training

T TourismT

Existing Biosphere Reserve Area and potential Area following UNESCO’s recommendation

What is at stake in our area?

Waste and Climate Change

• Transport of waste adds Green House Gases

• Production of Methane in Landfill

• Is waste to energy a good thing?

• Lock up carbon in plants

Reducing your ecological footprint

• Energy efficiency and source

• Waste

• Buying local

• Travel wisely

• What do you use..water, food, etc

• The home you live in

How can we make this Biosphere Reserve a better place for others to

learn from?

• Over to you