The vision of the Zero Waste Scotland Volunteer Programme is to create a community based partnership of volunteers, to work together across Scotland delivering the Zero Waste Scotland campaigns to householders and communities.

The sharing of these practical and helpful campaign messages will play a vital role in Scotland becoming a zero waste society, where all resources are valued and used responsibly.

Volunteers undertake a full training programme supported by the Zero Waste Scotland Regional Partnership Managers and are encouraged to share best practice across the network and can specialise in their own areas of interest, choose the number of hours that they contribute by attending events, generating media coverage and providing advice and support to householders. Drawing on their own skills, experience and local knowledge they will work to encourage a change in public opinion and behaviour towards waste.

As Scotland works towards ambitious targets to reduce its waste to landfill to 5% by 2025, everyone has the opportunity to work together to make real change locally and nationally.

You can help!

Ayrshire Business in the Community is working in partnership with Zero Waste Scotland in South Ayrshire. The key activities of our Volunteers will be to deliver the campaign messages effectively at a local level. These include the Home Composting, Love Food Hate Waste, Recycle Now and other waste reduction and prevention campaigns.

If you would like to volunteer with our group then you can register your interest online and our co-ordinator will contact you.

If you are a group, school, retail outlet or other organisation in South Ayrshire interested in helping us to promote the Zero Waste initiatives then please get in touch – we’d be delighted to hear from you.

Contact Details:-

Anne Blacklock, Zero Waste Volunteer Co-ordinator (South Ayrshire)

Tel: 01292 670153

Email: zerowaste@ayrshirebic.org

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