Carmarthenshire Connect

Glanymor & Tyisha Communities First's Environment and Regeneration Action Group held a Green Consumer Day on Saturday.

The event kicked-off with a litter of the streets around New Dock Road. Supported by Keep Wales Tidy, the litter pick not only helped to make the local environment a cleaner one, it also focused on recycling - of the 22 bags of litter collected, 10 were filled with waste to be recycled.

Dan Snaith, from Keep Wales Tidy with the trailer-load of litter

After the litter pick, residents made their way to the Antioch Centre where various organisations had stands and workshops with information and tips on conserving the environment. There were also refreshments and a buffet.

David Tucker, Chairman of the Glanymor & Tyisha Communities First Partnership explains the aims of Green Consumer Day in this video

Ecobabi - promoting real nappies, waste reduction and recycling

Joint Secretaries of the Environment and Regeneration Action Group Colette Harris and Teresa Evans-Armstrong promoting the use of Freecycle, which both Colette and Teresa use

Watch this video of Teresa explaining what Freecycle is about

See the Freecylce website at http://www.carmarthenshirefreecycle.tk/

Carmarthenshire County Council's Environmental Enforcement department was handing out goody bags containing useful items and information for minimising our impact on the environment around us

Children at the event learnt how to recycle in a fun way through participating in a Recycling Theatre Workshop, delivered by Partyparti (http://www.partyparti.com/)

Seaside Family Forum were at the event with a face-painting stall. The Forum also had a stand where children could get creative by recycling household materials and objects into arts and crafts