On a wet and rather windy morning 7 volunteers helped at another plastics collection. There were a steady stream of customers who dropped off their waste plastic. PWS turned up early to drop off dumpy bags and then did the rounds to Sandford where a record 10 bags were picked up and then Cheriton Fitzpaine where another 13 bags were picked up. Altogether around 58 bags totalling 721 kg of plastic. We even had 15 large plastic oil cans brought for recycling which were taken away.

This brings the total plastic collected over the last year to 4.1 tonnes and means we have now collected over 15 tonnes of plastic since our collections first started in 2011 - that's 950 dumpy bags full of plastic!

An article in the local paper the day before had been read by a number of people who asked about the council plastic collection due to start later this year. This is something that we will need to confirm and find out just what and when the council will be collecting. We are hoping it will make our collections redundant!

Watch this space! 

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