It was a very busy morning. Before we arrived at Peck & Strong people had been dropping off their black bags of plastic, so there was quite a mountain of bags to process before the official start time. Andrew the PWS driver arrived at 9:30 and dropped off empty dumpy bags and then he proceeded to Sandford Parish Hall car park and picked up 5 dumpy bags of plastic collected over the previous few days. From there Andrew went to the Cheriton Fitzpaine collection point and picked up 12 full dumpy bags of plastic.

Back at Peck & Strong we had processed the black bag mountain and were dealing with the general public who were dropping off plastic in their hordes. When Andrew arrived back we had a good 20 dumpys ready to go into the lorry  to completely fill the loading space.

Over the next couple of hours there was a steady stream of people bringing their plastic waste and we filled another 25 bags before PWS arrived back to load up the bags of plastic.

All in all a good morning with thanks to the volunteers Carolyn, Jenny, Stella, Jill, Esther, Charles and young John, who tried his hand at loading the PWS lorry, directing traffic as well as sorting plastic!

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 collection does not replace the Punchbowl facilities but is intended to compliment them, and to help those who find travelling to the Punchbowl difficult. It is aimed at increasing the amount of plastic that is recycled and so reducing landfill.

Volunteers: Please read the event Risk Assessment