A LOCAL group continued to show their commitment to minimising waste with an apple pressing day.

On Saturday, The Commandery was open for people to bring their apples in and make them into juice.

Apple pressing days are organised throughout the year by Transition Worcester, as a part of their aims to minimise waste.

Arthur Rowe, the organiser said: "We collect apples, put them through a scratter before pressing them.

"These can then be frozen or put in the fridge.

"Once we have got all the juice the rest of the waste is fed to pigs who love it so nothing is wasted.

"We are a part of the Three Counties Traditional Orchard Project which brings volunteers together."

Last year, Transition Worcester made 3,000 litres of juice and 4 tonnes of waste that was used as pig food.

After a busy day last year, Croome Court started doing their own pressing this year and Transition Worcester said this is exactly what they want to happen.

Volunteer Marcus Sparrow said: "The process is about sustainability, Croome Court have started borrowing our equipment to do their own events which is exactly what we want to happen.

"Rather than seeing so much go to waste, we are asking people to bring their apples to us, we can do hundreds of litres in a day.

"We also show people how to grow your own crops and how to look after fruit trees.

"We have school children coming down who are always really impressed with the way things are done.

"We recognise the need for change as we cannot keep just using more resources."

As well as apple pressing, Transition Worcester hold a number of other events to try to reduce waste.

One of these is Repair Cafe which is an initiative to bring along broken items to get them fixed thus reducing waste.