Norfolk's DIY enthusiasts and gardeners thinking of springing into action during the Easter bank holiday weekend (March 21 - 24) are being urged to plan ahead to reduce the impact of their waste on the environment.

A say in which technology Norfolk should use to dispose of its rubbish is being offered from today during a £40,000 consultation.

The Broadland food waste recycling collection trial, which involves about 6000 homes in the Broadland district, has begun. Leaflets, food waste caddies and bins will be delivered over the coming weeks, with the first collections taking place in the week commencing 31st March.

Householders in Norwich were today promised a better service for tackling waste and recycling as council chiefs opted to bring customer queries back in-house.

Norfolk residents are being invited to join the highly successful Master Composter scheme. Twenty places are available at a special course in February to train volunteers to become composting ambassadors.

You've heard of butter mountains and wine lakes, but now a desire to own flat-screen televisions has sparked a build-up of unwanted old sets at the region's recycling centres.

A planned recycling plant which turns food and garden waste into compost will not be a nuisance its concerned neighbours have been assured. The project near Aylsham will be the focus of a public meeting on Monday after villagers at Marsham raised concerns including lorry traffic, smells, noise and dust.

The presents are unwrapped… but just because it’s Christmas it doesn’t mean you can forget about doing your bit for the planet. Lots of the trimmings can be recycled – just follow our A-Z guide.

'Tis the season to over-indulge. And it's not just your waistline that suffers. It's estimated that a third of the food we buy gets thrown away and ends up in landfill sites, which has a detrimental impact on the environment. But a few simple steps can make a big difference.

The average family bill for Christmas Day is £975. Shockingly, most of it ends up as waste, undoing a year's worth of green living in less than 24 hours.

Tonnes of old cooking oil that would otherwise clog up plug-holes or be dumped will soon be used in Norfolk to generate enough electricity to power a town the size of Cromer.

The Norfolk Waste Partnership is looking to award community organisations, social enterprises, businesses and people in Norfolk who have achieved success in reducing, reusing and recycling waste in 2007.

Norfolk County Council is encouraging residents preparing for Halloween fun to think green and get more from their pumpkins. More than one million pumpkins are now sold in the UK each year and carved into lanterns.

Green thinking individuals representing businesses and community organisations from across the eastern region will be meeting in Norfolk on Wednesday 10 October to share ideas about how to make better use of their waste.

Visitors to Norfolk County Council's six main recycling centres will be able to boost their green gardening credentials by buying back compost that has been made from their own garden waste.

Food scraps are to be collected from 7,000 Broadland homes in a six-month trial scheme. As reported in the EDP, several councils have been considering such schemes which can divert thousands of tonnes of waste from landfill each year.