UNESCO Biosphere Reserveand Recycling
Tom Hynes, Countryside OfficerNorthern Devon Coast and Countryside Service
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
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
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