Planning ahead for the third year of HCWP
30 April 2024
As the Highland Community Waste Partnership (HCWP) enters its third and final year, the HCWP team gathered to reflect on progress to date and plan for the year ahead.
On 30 April, the eight partners, as well as coordinating partner Keep Scotland Beautiful, met up in Inverness.
We reviewed our updated programme plan, making sure that the vast and varied work carried out by the HCWP, both locally and Highland-wide, was accurately captured and recognised. In addition to our ongoing programme of events and workshops, some highlights now include:
- Our Zero Waste Food Challenge, to help households reduce food and packaging waste;
- Our Conscious Consumption initiatives for businesses, including our packaging campaigns, cup recycling pilot, food waste reduction tool and in-vessel composting network;
- As well as a number of local packaging reduction initiatives, community composting projects, and sharing libraries and repair cafes.
We then looked ahead at our plans for Year 3, including a discussion about the legacy of the HCWP. Over the coming year, not only will we be working to close off all of our work, but also to ensure that the valuable development, learning and relationships built over the course of the project are not lost, and can continue to benefit the wider Highland Community after its completion.
We will also, of course, be organising some celebration activity to showcase and share some of our success. Stay tuned!
