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2013
Waste Action Group Notes for 2012
The main WAGs group is a small band of
dedicated volunteers who hate waste and rubbish in all
forms and so work to minimise this in our local area to the limit
of our time and resources.
Many thanks go to Anne Tucker, Charles Mossman, Jill
Baines, Carolyn Scott and Esther Mann who are the mainstay of the
group and also to John Boyle and Nancy Dowling who have had to
leave us during this year due to other committments. Thanks also to
Chris Freeman and Jenny Hole who have helped with plastics
collections and anyone else who has leant a hand at our various
events.
We began the year with a series of Waste Plastics
collections at the recycling centre in Morrisons car park in
Jan Jun and July 2012. At these events we had a petition signed by
over 500 people asking Morrisions to install a permanent facility
in the parking area. This was sent to Morrisons HQ but ignored
by them as they did not want to co-operate. As a
result we decided to move location to a
neutral venue in January 2013. Our last two collections have
therefore taken place at Peck & Strongs in Lords Meadow
Industrial estate and although we feared this change of venue might
be problematic it has in fact proved very successful. Collections
at this venue will continue roughly once every two months until
January 2014. Our thanks go to John Peck and all the staff at Peck
& Strongs for allowing us to use this very suitable site. Each
household plastic waste collection has produced between half and
three quaters of a tonne of waste plastic which is collected from
us by Peninsular Waste Services of North Tawton for recycling.
Our thanks also go to them for offering this collection service
free of charge. As an experiment we also collected plastic
packaging in Cheriton Fitzpaine for a week prior to the event
earlier this month and 4 cubic metre dumpy bags were
collected, which we considered very encouraging for a
first attempt. We have found that by holding these
collections on a regular basis people are becoming used to
collecting their plastic for recycling and many are now taking it
direct to Punchbowl and Ashleigh recycling centres between our
events. The quality of the recyclate has also improved as people
come to understand what can and cannot be included.
In March 2012 we also held another very successful clothes swap
at the Boniface centre with over 150 people attending and approx
1000 items of clothing being swapped. This was our second
clothes swap and we will be holding a third in 2 days time on Sat
23rd March again at the Boniface Centre with a household goods swap
also included this year. The aim of these events is to extend the
life of useful clothing that may be langishing in the backs of
people's wardrobes and this year to give household goods a second
lease of life in a similar way. We have found that these events are
popular with a number of people who do not attend other Sus Cred
events and we hope that as a result our message is
spreading into a wider Crediton audience. Our thanks go to the
Sus Cred Food Group for their invaluable help with the catering at
these events, which has been not only delicious, but a major
contributor to the events being financially viable.
We also had discussions with Kevin Finan of MDDC in January 2013
regarding the possibility of plastics recycling in Mid Devon and
also extension of the other recycling activities carried out by the
Council. Mr Finan stated that no money was available for any
of this in the current economic climate although he was
sympathetic with our views. Mid Devon's current thinking on the
future of waste issues is to build a Energy From Waste plant at
Tiverton although discussions about this are still in their very
early stages. We told him that this would not be our preferred
route for dealing with waste issues.
Our final activity for 2012 was organising the recycling at the
Crediton Food Festival in June 2012. As well as keeping a great
deal of food packaging waste out of landfill at this 2 day event we
also had a real opportunity to educate the public about just how
much packaging can be recycled given some thought and organisation.
We will be undertaking the recycling at this event again in 2013.
We are hoping that our discussions with the organisers during
the past few months will mean that all the stallholders use
fully recyclable packaging for their takeaway food and drink in
2013. This could add greatly to the sustainability of the
event.
Paula Mossman
Waste Action Group Facilitator
17th December 2013
Following the success of the Waste Action Group's plastic
collections at Peck and Strong in the Lords Meadow Industrial
Estate in Crediton during 2013 Sustainable Crediton has decided to
continue with the bi-monthly collections for the whole of 2014.
The first collection of 2014 will be Satu ... 2nd December 2013
Present: Paula, Jill, Anne, Esther
Apologies: Charles, Nancy, Carolyn, Stella
1. Plastics
Collections 2014
Dates for 2014 were decided as follows:
Jan 11th
March 29th
May 31st
July 26th
Sept 27th
Nov 29th
Please notes that these dates are still all Sats but apa ... 27th November 2013
The ideas were flowing for future projects in a
brainstorming session of the Waste Action Group. Over
a delicious lunch on 11th November ideas were discussed and
debated. We ended up with a long list of possible ideas generated,
which were then grouped under the headings of "REDUCE, REUSE
and ... 11th November 2013
Brainstorming of ideas for Waste
Action during 2014
SUMMARY OF
DECISIONS:
1.
TO CONTINUE WITH REGULAR PLASTICS
COLLECTIONS - frequency, timing, extra related things, volunteers
and partners to be discussed
2.
TO OPEN A POP-UP SHOP ON THE HIGH
STREET - how long, timi ... 7th November 2013
Read the latest edition of junkmail, the Devon
Composting and Recycling Network Newsletter.
This issue we highlight the 'sharing economy' and reuse and
repair, and give examples of how resources and items can be shared,
loaned, hired, or mended to reduce waste and save money.
Contents
... 2nd November 2013
Another waste plastics collection is being held at Peck &
Strong, Lords Meadow Industrial Estate - close to the Leisure
Centre and next door but one to Eakers. For details of location see
map below.
Any CLEAN food, drink and household plastic containers will be
accepted.
Our collecti ... 31st October 2013
The McVities Biscuit Wrapper Collection organised by the Waste
Action Group over the past few months closed at the beginning
of October and proved a great success. A total of £66 was raised
which is being donated to the Crediton Food Bank.
Used wrappers were collected at the groups' regular ... 28th October 2013
Present: Paula, Jill, Charles, Anne, Esther, Carolyn
1. Plastics
Collection Sat 2nd Nov
Leaflets are still displayed in many Crediton shops
Anne - will phone Peck & Strong to remind,
bring gazebo, send an email reminding all helpers, contact John
Turner age 11 and agree h ... 24th September 2013
An enthusiastic group of 17 people from Transition Town
Honiton, Sustainable Ottery, Transition Wellington, two East
Devon Councillors and a rep from the packaging industry gathered
for a meeting in Honiton to hear how Crediton has been recycling
mixed plastics for the last two years. Anne Tuc ... 7th September 2013
Another waste plastics collection is being held at Peck &
Strong, Lords Meadow Industrial Estate - close to the Leisure
Centre and next door but one to Eakers. For details of location see
map below.
Any CLEAN food, drink and household plastic containers will be
accepted.
Our collecti ... 2nd September 2013
Notes
from WAGs meeting Mon Sept 2nd at 2pm at Jill's
house
1. Plastics collection Sat Sept 7th
Paula to attempt to put an ad/some editorial in Courier of Fri
Sept 6th. Was agreed that we put future editorial/ads in the
Courier that comes out 8 days before the plastics collect ... 30th July 2013
Plastic may be traded rather differently in the
future. Plastic banks dubbed as "social plastic" may help to
reduce poverty by harvesting the plastic.
To read more about this project click on the link to Harvesting Waste Plastic
... 6th July 2013
Another waste plastics collection is being held at Peck &
Strong, Lords Meadow Industrial Estate - close to the Leisure
Centre and next door but one to Eakers. For details of location see
map below.
Any CLEAN food, drink and household plastic containers will be
accepted.
Our collecti ... 1st July 2013
Present: Paula, Charles, Anne, Esther, Carolyn
Apologies: Jill
1.Review of
Recycling at Food Fest June 15th/16th
Everyone had read Jills notes regarding this and its limited
success. A proper discussion was not possible due to Jills absence
on holiday but it was felt that the Food ...
28th June 2013
Carolyn Scott and the Sustainable Crediton Waste Action Crew
created a unique and colourful flower garden out of waste plastic
bottles, tubs, carrier bags, cellophane and other plastic
bits and bobs at the Community Market in Town Square in June as
part of the Crediton Festival.
The sun sho ... 8th June 2013
The Waste Action Group are inviting everyone, including
children, to come along to the Community Market in Crediton Town
Square on Saturday 8th June from 10am to 1pm to help make a summer
flower garden out of Waste Plastic!
Artist in charge of the project
Carolyn Scott added 'It is a fun ... 13th May 2013
Minutes of
WAGs Meeting held at Wetherspoons on Mon 13th May at
2pm
Present: Paula, Charles, Jill, Anne and Carolyn
Apologies: Esther
1. Plastics
collections
All felt May collection went well despite wind. 5 dumpy bags
were also collected from Ch Fitzpaine by PWS who ... 4th May 2013
Another waste plastics collection is being held at Peck
& Strong, Lords Meadow Industrial Estate - close to the
Leisure Centre and next door but one to Eakers. For details of
location see map below.
Any CLEAN food, drink and household plastic containers will be
accepted.
Our collecti ... 30th April 2013
The Waste Group and Food Group joined resources to run
Sustainable Crediton's 3rd Annual Clothes Swap at the Boniface
Centre on March 23rd. This year as well as
clothes, we added household goods where people could
bring or take away as many items as they liked with no limit!
Over 30 volunte ... 8th April 2013
Notes From Wags Meeting Mon
April 8th 2013 at 2pm at Jills house
Present: Paula, Charles, Jill,
Carolyn, Esther and Anne
1. Clothes and Household Goods
Swap Review
Stats for event held on Sat 23rd
March:
77 people paid to come in, plus
25 non paying general helpers, plus addi ... 27th March 2013
The second waste plastic collection of 2013 run by the
Waste Group took place on Sat March 9th. A rare mild spell on
the day blessed the volunteers, and despite rather threatening
weather, the rain held off until near the end.
The dumpy bags in which the plastic is collected were
late turn ... 27th March 2013
The Waste and Food Groups joined forces for the third year
in a row to run a very successful event at the Boniface Centre on
Sat 23rd March. This year we decided to include household
goods in addition to the clothes swap we have run for the past
two years and the idea proved very popular.
A ... 23rd March 2013
This year's event will be a combined clothes and household
goods swap. Following the success of previous clothes swaps we have
decided to branch out this year and extend the idea to
household goods as well.
Clothes
The clothes swap format will be similar to previous years.
Bring clothes ... 9th March 2013
Another waste plastics collection is being held, now at a new
location at Peck & Strong, Lords Meadow Industrial
Estate - next door but one to Eakers. For more details on
location see map below.
Any CLEAN food, drink and household plastic containers will
be accepted.
Our collection d ... 26th February 2013
The Waste Action Group would like to create a Waste Sculpture in
Crediton Town Square during the Crediton Festival which runs from
June to mid July this year. Everyone we speak to thinks its a great
idea so we want to make it a reality and get the public involved.
Our plan is to build the scul ... 26th February 2013
Our Clothes and Household Goods Swap takes place on
Saturday 23rd March from 10am to 2pm at the Boniface Centre,
Crediton. This is the 3rd year of our Clothes Swap and we are
anticipating even more eager swappers than ever this year!
As in previous years, clothes, jewellery, scarves and hats ... 26th February 2013
Following the success of the waste plastics collection at
Peck & Strong in January the Waste Action Group have decided to
continue a programme of regular collections for the rest of
2013.
Collections will take place on the
following Saturdays:
9th March, 4th May, 6th July, 7th Septe ... 11th February 2013
Notes from
WAGs meeting, Monday 11th Feb at Jills house
Present: Jill, Charles, Paula, Anne, Esther
Apologies: Carolyn
1. Plastics
collection 23rd January
All agreed it had gone well. Paula
commented that perhaps we needed more traffic control due to some
dodgy parking
b ... 26th January 2013
Review of January Plastics
Collection at Peck and Strong's
Last Saturday, 26th January, saw the first session of
Household Plastic Waste Collection by Sustainable Crediton at its
new location in the car park at cake producer PECK & STRONG at
Lords Meadow in Crediton.
'With their est ... 22nd January 2013
Read the latest edition of junkmail, the
Devon Composting and Recycling Network Newsletter.
This edition has a number of articles
on new recycling schemes - including new facilities
for mixed plastics and small electrical items at Sainsbury's
superstores in Devon, and where to recycle plas ... 21st January 2013
Kevin Finan, Chief Executive Officer of Mid Devon District Council
met with members of Sustainable Crediton's Waste Action Group
at the Council offices in Crediton on Monday 7th January to discuss
recycling in Mid Devon.
Following a recently published article by Mr
Finan asking readers f ... 29th November 2012
Following the success of our Clothes Swaps in 2011 and 2012 we
have decided to branch out in 2013 and extend the idea to household
goods as well. So we will be holding a Clothes and Household
Goods Swishing Day at the Boniface Centre on Sat March 23rd
2013.
So start sorting those good qual ... |