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The Buxton Library of Things is celebrating it’s first birthday. Launched on 30th January 2024 the community borrowing service has been embraced by local people – nearly 200 people have already registered to use the service. Situated in Buxton Library..

Fast fashion, which sees clothing produced at a rapid pace and often discarded afterminimal use, has a significant impact on the environment. The global fashion industry isresponsible for an estimated 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with millions ofgarments ending..

We held 9 instead of 10 Repair Cafes in 2024, because of having to cancel the November one due to snow. During those 9 sessions a total of 285 items were dealt with. Of these 146 (51%) were repaired and..

Sadly the Terracycle scheme that our ‘Hard to Recycle’ bins are part of has announced that they can no longer accept plastic writing implements, so unfortunately we will no longer be able to accept them.This is in addition to other..

If you order for delivery to Buxton your packed orders will usually be available for collection from the Transition Buxton Repair Cafe running on the 4th Saturday in January at the Methodist Church on Buxton Marketplace. Please come to pick..

Transition Buxton built up a library of nearly 30 films on DVD on topics relevant to the environment and system change.  The list can be viewed here. As the DVD format is starting to become less popular and the rate..

Transition Buxton CIC is excited to announce that the Buxton Library of Things has completed over 100 loans or ‘borrows’. This Not forProfit enterprise run by volunteers has been occupying space within the book Library on Kents Bank Road since..

Transition Buxton would like to thank all the businesses and community groups listed here for their support and leadership in helping make Buxton a better place to live in and to visit. Thanks to their support and efforts we have..

The Buxton Cup is a dishwasher safe pint “glass” that can be personalised and used again and again; and, when eventually worn out, it can of course be recycled. Wherever single use plastic glasses are used at outdoor events and..

Here is a list, prepared by the Consumer’s Association for identifying those plastic symbols The most common – and the most valuable – of these are: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) – used in water bottles and plastic trays High Density Polyethylene..