Sustainable Rampton

03/11/2026

🎃No pumpkin left behind! Help us to rid the streets of sad, rotting pumpkins this week by doing your bit to round them up and recycle them.

🪣If you can, cut up your pumpkin and put it inside your food waste caddy
🛍️For this week only, if your caddy's already full, pop the pumpkin in a regular-size carrier bag and leave it next to your food waste caddy. We'll only collect one bag per household and we won't collect oversized or very heavy pumpkins
🌱No weekly food waste collections on your street yet? Pop your pumpkin in your green bin

South Cambs Zero Carbon Communities South Cambridgeshire District Council Cambridge City Council

20/10/2026

Another worthwhile Litter Pick Saturday 17 October. Apart from a sudden squall the weather was kind to us and didn't impede picking- the haul included the usual fast food wrappers, bottles and cans. No real surprises this time

We were delighted to welcome some new helpers as well as regulars. As usual many hands made light work so we were soon back at Rampton Village Hall for a much needed cuppa and piece of cake - the latter courtesy of Lata and Sharon.

Thank you to all who came along to help tidy our village and thanks once again to Greater Cambridge Recycles for providing the equipment and taking the rubbish away.

12/10/2026

Help us Keep Rampton Tidy!
Join the Great Autumn Litter Pick - Saturday 17 October, 2pm

Be a and join us once again in a community clean up. Help us collect all those discarded bottles, cans and general rubbish that are disfiguring our village and endangering wildlife so that we can all enjoy a healthier environment.

Meet up at the Green at 2pm to collect litter grabbers, high-vis jackets, gloves and rubbish bags. We’ll finish up at Rampton Village Hall afterwards for a chat with friends and neighbours as well as a welcome cuppa and piece of cake.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible, including children who always make very enthusiastic and energetic litter pickers!
Please note that children need to be under the close supervision of a responsible adult.

https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/our-work/eliminating-litter

"Community litter-picks can make a positive difference to your community, your planet – and you!”
https://www.faithinnature.co.uk/blogs/notes-on-nature/the-benefits-of-litter-picking

Rampton Parish Council Rampton Tea Club Rampton 77 Committee Rampton Christmas Fairies The Black Horse Rampton Greater Cambridge Recycles Keep Britain Tidy

Breadcrumb Home Our Work Eliminating Litter Eliminating litter Litter blights every street, parks and beaches in the country and costs us millions of pounds to clear up every year. As a charity, Keep Britain Tidy is here to inspire people to eliminate litter for the sake of our communities, our envi...

08/10/2026

Another fantastic opportunity to get things repaired by experienced volunteer repairers in nearby Histon.

The next Repair Cafe in our area is coming up this Saturday 10th October from 2pm-5pm at Histon Baptist Church.

https://cambridgecarbonfootprint.org/events/histon-repair-cafe-2026-10-10/

28/09/2026

Our 3rd Swish was a great success! This year we took in 152.9kg of clothing and accessories and were left with 69kg - which means that 83.9kg was swished! The leftover items were donated to local charity shops in the spirit of Secondhand September. https://secondhandseptember.org

Thank you to all the Swishers who supported the event! It was great to see so many familiar faces as well as Swishers from other villages enjoying the event. All were instrumental in reducing the environmental impact of clothing by giving the clothes they took a second life.

(The average carbon footprint of producing one kilogram of clothing is roughly 15 to 35 kilograms of CO₂ equivalent (CO₂e), depending on the fabric type and manufacturing efficiency. Extending the life of clothes by just 9 months of active use would reduce carbon, water and waste footprints by 20-30% each according to WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme). https://www.wrap.ngo/resources/guide/extending-clothing-life-protocol

As always, the event's success was due to all the wonderful villagers who helped display and fold clothes, served in the cafe and helped clear up. We were also grateful to those Swishers who helped in displaying the clothes while waiting for the swishing to start.

The Extending Clothing Life Protocol is a set of guides and principles to aid clothes designers and manufacturers in creating longer lasting clothing.

16/09/2026

Looking forward to our 3rd SWISH - just 10 days to go!

This year we're delighted to be coinciding with Secondhand September https://secondhandseptember.org, come along and support this fantastic initiative to reduce waste and the harmful effects of fast fashion.

Please start sorting and setting aside your unwanted clothes, shoes and accessories in good, clean condition (no underwear).

This is a FREE event, you can bring and take as much clothing as you like. Items left over at the end of the afternoon will be donated to local charity shops.

Please bring clothes etc. that you wish to swap between 11:00-11:30 am on the day. Our volunteers will then hang them on rails/display them before browsing starts at 11:30 am.

Our café will be open throughout the event from 11:00 am, so you can have a cuppa and piece of cake while you're waiting for the swishing to begin.

Donations for the clothes you choose to take away are very welcome, and will allow us to cover our expenses and fund future events and local sustainability projects.

Helpers needed - if you are able to spare an hour or two on the day e.g. to help put the clothes out, help in the cafe or clear up afterwads, that would be great!

No clothes to donate? No problem, come and grab a bargain/have a cuppa anyway. We hope to see you there!

Rampton Parish Council Rampton Tea Club Rampton Christmas Fairies The Black Horse Rampton Rampton 77 Committee HI Sustainability Greater Cambridge Recycles@ Sustainable Northstowe Sustainable Cottenham SOW - Sustainable Oakington & Westwick Sustainable Willingham The Sustainability Hub National Association for Charitable Textile Recycling
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14/09/2026

Community collaboration in action, it’s what Rampton does best!

With both being events that bring communities together, it was adorable seeing these two locals leaning into each other!!
The 3rd Rampton Swish organised by Sustainable Rampton is on Sat 26th Sept.
All welcome, free!
Details at: https://cambridgecarbonfootprint.org/events/ramptons-3rd-swish/

07/03/2026

Just 1 week to go to our 3rd Repair Cafe!

Do you have something that’s broken that you don’t know how to fix but can’t bring yourself to throw away? Something like a toaster, kettle, lamp, bag, sewing machine, necklace, bike, pair of jeans or computer?

Bring it along to the Rampton Repair Cafe, Saturday 14 March, 11am-2pm at Rampton Village Hall, Church End, Rampton, CB24 8QA and get it seen to by an experienced volunteer repairer for FREE. They will pinpoint the problem and try to fix it there and then for you, or let you know what spare parts to get for when you come back next time.

Don't have anything that needs fixing? come along anyway to enjoy the great community vibe as well as a cuppa and delicious piece of cake.

The e-waste bin will be available on site for the disposal of any unrepairable electrical/electronic appliances and redundant cables.
This event is being run in partnership with Cambridge Carbon Footprint and is insured with Wessex Insurance.