News
and information about things going on in the world of waste and recycling
News in brief:
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The DCRN and DCCN's Annual Conference will be held on 24th June 2009
at Boniface Centre, Crediton. Recycling, Composting, Reuse and
Climate Action Groups will come together with interested individuals,
Councillors and Local Authority Officers to discuss cutting edge issues
affecting our communities. Register your interest now via e-mail to:
dcrn-ccn@hotmail.com
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Plastic Packaging Waste conference, 28th
November, Venue: Coaver Club, County Hall, Topsham Rd, Exeter. Open
to individuals, businesses, community sector, Local Authorities &
Agencies. Please contact Devon County Council for more detail and
bookings. An opportunity to learn about and discuss issues around
packaging waste and what we can do about it.
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TQ Recycling Ltd have gained planning permission
for a new plastic sorting plant to be located near Kingsbridge in Devon.
The plant aims to use state of the art technology to sort 10,000
tonnes of mixed plastics for recycling, and has the potential to
transform the way plastics from trade waste and households are dealt with in the area.
It will be the
first automated sorting plant of its kind in the region.
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Devon schools recycling and composting
grants -
£500 grants are available from Devon County Council. The initiative
aims to encourage more recycling and composting in Devon schools
- if your school wants to do more there is lots of support. E mail:
heidi.diepold@devon.gov.uk.
at Devon County Council for details of the grants and other
programmes of school waste work or 01392 382920. Contact Nicky Scott for
composting in schools via e-mail to:
dcrn-ccn@hotmail.com or
contact your LA Recycling Officer for recycling
support. Nicky has been installing Jora tumbler composters and
'Scotties Hotbox' as a workable composting system. Resource Futures is
now delivering waste education in Devon schools, including waste
audits to paper making to portable living 'wormeries'. There's also the annual Waste Summit
attended by pupils from over 10 schools. Additionally the
eco-schools programme takes a wider approach to support schools to
address waste,
energy, water, resources and other isuues.
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Devon scoops triple awards! - Devon won 3 awards
at this years Community Recycling Network Conference in recognition of
its outstanding performance and work - Mid Devon
Community Recycling won 'Best kerbside recycling project', Proper Job
won the 'Climate conscious' award and Nicky Scott won individual
contribution to the sector.
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Secretary of State Hilary Benn also presented
Mid Devon Community Recycling with the 'Social Enterprise Mark' at the
Conference. The Mark will work similar to the Fair Trade Mark. MDCR
are the first recycling organisation to qualify for the prestigious
mark. It shows that the business meets ethical, social, environmental
and local economic standards.
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Recycling and Climate Change - DCRN and
DCCN are working to represent the interests of recycling, reuse and
composting and help support emerging low carbon community
initiatives and the development of a network for climate action
groups in Devon.
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Totnes Waste Week was held between 4th
and 11th october by Transition Town Totnes, FoE, and Sth Hams DC.
Various events were held including an evening focussing on packaging
waste to raise awareness of issues around waste and see what action
could be taken by local people. A workshop on 'economics, livlihoods
and waste' is being held at Totnes Methodist Church, Fore St on
November 15th between 2.30-4.30pm.
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Past
newsletters can be downloaded direct from DCRN's and DCCN's websites and newsletters
can be sent out in in pdf format
via e-mail if required - please see newsletter page
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Devon Authorities hit 50% recycling rate!
This combined recycling rate for Devon has put the county in the nations
top performers for recycling. Both Teignbridge and South Hams both
topped 56%recycling rate. Extended kerbside collections, reorganised
Recycling Centres, increased reuse and waste awareness campaigns have all
helped. However, major challenges are still
to be faced, such as waste reduction, raising participation in hard to reach areas, stopping trade waste leaking into the
system, ending un-segregated waste disposal at rural waste skips, and
reaching the biodegradable waste diversion targets for the Landfill
Directive. Visit www.recycledevon.org.uk
for info on all Local Authority recycling matters
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Phil Hope, Government Minister for the Third
Sector visited Proper Job and Mid Devon Community Recycling in the
spring, on
route to the Eden Project. Formerly Skills Minister, and a committed
supporter of co-operatives, the Minister demonstrated his support for
the brilliant work community businesses are doing in Devon in bringing
added value, providing services and jobs, and stimulating
community engagement .
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Go Green Devon is a new not for profit garden
waste collection and composting project operating across Teignbridge and
Torbay,
set up by local businessmen Eric Mahy and Simon Woodman. The project
will collect bulky loads of garden materials as well as by the bag from
Teignmouth, Chudleigh, Newton Abbot, Dawlish, Kingsteignton, Bovey
Tracey, and Torbay areas. The service will cost 50p per bag, tags must be
pre-purchased ( see their website for outlets). The project will involve disadvantaged groups to gain
work experience in producing quality composts. Compost, mulch, logs, and wormeries can all be delivered direct to customers. Contact 01626
853558, e-mail: sales@gogreendevon.com, website www.gogreendevon.com
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Printer toner cartridge recycling for Exeter -
Neil
Wintrip of A1 Positive
Recycling Project seeks help with developing a printer cartridge reuse
and recycling
initiative. A1 aims to collect more cartridges from businesses and households. Millions of
cartridges currently go to waste.
Contact: Neil Wintrip, A1 Positive
Recycling Project Ltd, 63a Summerway,
Whipton, Exeter EX4 8DJ Tel:01392 202779
E-mail:
neil@positiverecyclingproject.org.uk.
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