Apple Cause Portishead

31/10/2026

30/10/2026

🎃 Don't Ghost Your Pumpkin! 👻

Halloween is nearly here and many of us are planning our spooky designs, or have already carved our ghoulish pumpkins. 🎃

Don't waste your pumpkin though. It's packed with healthy vitamins and minerals and can be eaten, composted and recycled. 💚

Every year, over 30 million pumpkins are bought for Halloween, but many are carved and never eaten. 😮

A scary 18,000 tonnes of edible pumpkin ends up in the bin each year. That's around £26.7 million worth of food wasted! 💰

Instead of just binning it, give your pumpkin a second life! 🎃♻️

✅ Eat it - Turn it into soup, curry, cake or chutney.
✅ Share it - Use as much as you can before it starts to spoil.
✅ Recycle it - Pumpkin flesh, seeds and carvings can all go in your food waste recycling caddy. Chop up larger pumpkins so they fit inside and the lid can close properly.
✅ Compost it - Pumpkins are great for home composting and can be turned into a valuable resource for your garden.

🚫 Please don't leave pumpkins in parks, woods or hedgerows. While it may seem like a treat for wildlife, pumpkins are not a natural food source and can harm local wildlife and habitats.

Last year, North Somerset residents recycled over 3,000 tonnes of food waste during October and November. Let's keep the momentum going and make sure no pumpkin goes to waste!

🎃 Take the pledge this Halloween: Eat it, recycle it, don't ghost it!

🎃♻️

22/10/2026

Hooray for Apples!! 🍎

21/10/2026

Today's the Day!! Here we are for our launch at Portishead Library North Somerset Libraries until 4pm. Come along and have a chat, enjoy some of Susan's Flapjack and sign up to our growing community.

19/10/2026

More prep for our launch in just 2 Days!! Come and see us at North Somerset Libraries Portishead Library on Wednesday 21st October 10am - 4pm.

17/10/2026

16/10/2026

Wow! How pink are these Pink Ladies!! A thing of beauty I think you'd agree.

15/10/2026

It's not a good idea to leave fruit rotting under a tree as it can attract pests, including rats and as the fruit decays it's a great place for fungus to breed.
Instead of leaving it, why not collect it up and offer it to local residents via our digital 'Fruit Map'. PM for more information or come along to our launch on Apple Day 21st October 10am-4pm at Portishead Library.

09/10/2026

Happy apples ready for our launch on 21st October 10am-4pm at Portishead Library. Come along and chat to the Team, we'd love to share our ideas and hopes for the future of Apple Cause.
The first 5 growers to join our digital 'fruit map' will receive a little free gift, and there might even be a tasty treat available, but shhhh, don't tell anyone! 🫝🍰😊