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 Saturday January 11th
from 10am to 12.30pm at Peck and Strongs, next door but one to
Eakers in Marsh Lane, and is a chance for you to recycle all the
waste plastic generated by the Christmas and New Year festivities
as well as any regular plastic waste.
The remaining dates for 2014 are as follows. Please put
them into your diary or on your calendar now. The location and
times will remain the same.
March 29th, May 31st , July 26th ,Sept 27th , Nov
29th
We ask you to note that this is a change to the pattern of
the 2013 schedule as the collections will now be on the last
Saturday of the relevant months.
To date Sustainable Crediton's Waste Action Group have collected
over 7 tonnes of plastic which would otherwise have gone to
landfill since the scheme started, which is a tremendous
achievement. And not only that, but collections are
growing, with spin off collections happening in Cheriton
Fitzpaine for the past 6 months and now starting up in
Sandford for a trial collection in January to co-incide with the
Crediton dates.
So we have a request for you ... If you live in Morchard Bishop,
Newton St Cyres, Yeoford, Shobrooke, Lapford or any of the
other communities around Crediton and would like support
to get a collection started in your area as part of this
effort please do get in touch with us. Our aim is to make plastic
recycling 'the norm' in the Crediton area and to set an
excellent example in 2014 for the whole of Mid Devon to follow.
Peninsular Waste Savers (PWS) collect the plastic and transport
to their depot at North Tawton where the plastic is sorted for
recycling. They are key to our success as their services are
provided for free, and we would not otherwise be able to
deal with the huge volumes of plastic collected.