Sustainability

We act as a recycling collection point for hard to recycle items like household batteries and lightbulbs (that we take to Mitre10 for recycling).

We encourage and advise parishioners where/how to recycle soft plastics and polystyrene.

We recycle and have clear recycling signage in our kitchens for our red, yellow and green council bins at St Columba's Church in Hornby, which has council collection facilities.

We reduce paper use through double-sided printing.

We avoid buying and using disposables cutlery and crockery at church.

We sometimes host speakers talking about environmental issues and recycling education.

We have special services during the year that highlight creation care such as our Harvest Service.

We financially support Anglican Missions; an international development, mission and aid agency. They provide humanitarian work following natural disasters which are being exacerbated by climate change and in areas like the Pacific that are being impacted by rising sea levels.

Together with the wider Anglican church, church properties and investments are ethically invested by the Church Property trustees, who make sure investments are not made with companies that have poor environmental or exploitative labour practices.