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:

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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