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Leave it Loose

High Peak Borough Council have produced an excellent leaflet called Leave it Loose! which details what to recycle, how to do it and why it should be done in a particular way. It is well worth reading and you can..

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What Happens to High Peak Recycling?

Since April 2023 High Peak Borough Council managed by Biffa. For more details of the processing please click here: Recycling & Recovery Processes

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Trade Recycling

Did you know in High Peak it is actually cheaper to recycle than to throw everything away? For example, one pub in Hayfield is now recycling 70% of waste (previously 0%) and also saving £1,000 per year! Click here to..

Billy the BIllberry Bee
Billy the Buxton Bilberry Bee

Billie Bee is 3 foot tall and beautifully painted by local artist Pam Smart to celebrate the endangered Bilberry Bee, a Derbyshire native. Billy lives in the Japanese garden at Buxton station in between outings around town. Would you like..

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Electric Car Charging

Let’s make Electric Car Drivers welcome Buxton’s economy depends on people travelling into the town from the surrounding area for shopping and access to services, and to visitors from further afield coming as staying or day visitors. Plug-in Cars Reg…

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Vegan Recipes and Films

Online Demos to veg out on The Happy Pear Bosh! Dirty Vegan Wil Yueng Veganlovelie Pick Up Limes Avant-Garde Vegan The Veggie Queen (& The Instant Pot) Apps like Happy Cow to find vegan eateries throughout the world Films Earthlings..

Buxton Economic Resilience Study

The Economic Resilience Study was a follow on from the Alternative Economics Seminar in November 2013, and took most of 2014 to research and produce. It is an in-depth analysis of our local economy, based on a combination of publicly..

Serpentine Community Garden Society
Serpentine Community Garden Society

Buxton’s Serpentine Community Garden which started with an idea in the Transition Buxton Food group back in 2013, has blossomed into a vibrant local charity. You can read the story on their website where you will also find details about..

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Buxton-Matlock Rail Inquiry

A CITIZENS’ INQUIRY This was held on 25th May 2011. The idea was to gather all the facts, and dispel some of the myths, around the issue of whether the line between Buxton and Matlock could or should be re-opened..