The residents of Bridgnorth can look forward to better recycling facilities following the approval of the planning application for a new recycling centre on Faraday Drive just on the outskirts of the town of Bridgnorth. The intergrated site will house a recycling centre, transfer station and transport depot.
The £2m development will be financee on a long term basis by Shropshire Council under its private finance initiative backed contract with Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Ltd. The site will be used as an operating base from which to operate the household waste collection service (which is also contracted to Veolia) and also Shropshire Councils street cleansing and grounds maintenence operations.
Donald Macphail, Managing Director for Veolia Shropshire said of the decision: “We are delighted that the application for this much needed facility has been approved today. The facility will mean that the residents of Bridgnorth can enjoy the same level of facilities and services as the rest of the county. I am aware that some local residents are not happy with the plans for the new facility and we hope to work with them during the construction and operational phase, and reassure residents of any concerns they have.”
The new facility at Faraday Drive is due to be operational by the end of 2011 and once its ready this will allow the introduction of a kerbside recycling collection for plastic bottles across the whole of the Bridgnorth district for the first time.
Thursday 30 June 2011
Call to recycle (or compost) your Argos Catelogue
Residents in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin are being encouraged to help reduce waste to landfill by recycling their old Argos catalogues, when the new one is launched in July 2011.
It is estimated that there are over 36 million Argos catalogues in circulation across the country, each weighing 2kg each – a combined weight equivalent to more than 10,000 double decker buses!!!!
In Shropshire, people can recycle old and unwanted Argos catalogues in their kerbside collection box with their paper. They also compost down well eventually but you may need to tear them up a bit first.
Councillor John Hurst-Knight, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member with responsibility for recycling and composting, said:
“By recycling old Argos catalogues, people can play a big part in reducing the amount that is sent to landfill. I hope that when people pick up their new catalogue they will remember to recycle their old one.”
All Argos catalogues collected in Shropshire will be sent to the UPM paper mill at Shotton, Deeside where they are turned into newsprint paper and used to make newspapers.
It is estimated that there are over 36 million Argos catalogues in circulation across the country, each weighing 2kg each – a combined weight equivalent to more than 10,000 double decker buses!!!!
In Shropshire, people can recycle old and unwanted Argos catalogues in their kerbside collection box with their paper. They also compost down well eventually but you may need to tear them up a bit first.
Councillor John Hurst-Knight, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member with responsibility for recycling and composting, said:
“By recycling old Argos catalogues, people can play a big part in reducing the amount that is sent to landfill. I hope that when people pick up their new catalogue they will remember to recycle their old one.”
All Argos catalogues collected in Shropshire will be sent to the UPM paper mill at Shotton, Deeside where they are turned into newsprint paper and used to make newspapers.
Friday 24 June 2011
New Community Garden launched
Alot of local volunteers have been celebrating with mid Wales charity Cwm Harry Land Trust having created an abundant organic
garden on a disused piece of derelict land on a light industrial
estate. This has all been created with next to no funding and using compost made from waste food collected from businesses across Wales!
The vast majority
of the project was designed and built voluntary labour. The garden was designed by a group of permaculture
students studying a
Permaculture Design Course with Shropshire social enterprise Sector39.
The aim was about trying to demonstrate that permaculture
principles will
work anywhere and can create abundance in the most unlikely of
situations.
In our first year they used 1,300 hours of donated labour to develop the garden, which now also hosts 20 micro-allotments plots, managed by local care groups, apprentice gardeners and gardening enthusiasts.
Its open to the public 10.00 to 4.00 pm every Wednesday,
Cwm Harry Land Trust Vastre Estate,
Newtown, Powys, SY16 1DZ. So get yourselves down there some time!
Wednesday 22 June 2011
Funding for Rewarding Recyclers
Innovative ways of boosting recycling rates and rewarding people for doing the right thing are to be given a ‘Dragon’s Den-style’ kick start under plans outlined on Friday by recycling minister Lord Henley.
As announced in the Government’s waste review, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will provide up to £2 million over the next three years to help fund local projects that look into fresh ways to help people recycle more and produce less waste.
Community groups, charities and local authorities can bid for a share of the first £500,000 of funding until 26 July 2011, and Defra will begin advising successful applicants from 16 August. Funding will only be allocated to what Defra called ‘genuinely innovative projects that reward or recognise individuals or communities’, and are tailored to local situations and different collection systems and housing types.
Recycling minister Lord Henley said: “People want to do the right thing and recycle more – and local communities know what’s best to make this happen. I want to tap into the ideas from the best and brightest local entrepreneurs and organisations to develop exciting and innovative new ways to boost our recycling rates even further.”
As announced in the Government’s waste review, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will provide up to £2 million over the next three years to help fund local projects that look into fresh ways to help people recycle more and produce less waste.
Community groups, charities and local authorities can bid for a share of the first £500,000 of funding until 26 July 2011, and Defra will begin advising successful applicants from 16 August. Funding will only be allocated to what Defra called ‘genuinely innovative projects that reward or recognise individuals or communities’, and are tailored to local situations and different collection systems and housing types.
Recycling minister Lord Henley said: “People want to do the right thing and recycle more – and local communities know what’s best to make this happen. I want to tap into the ideas from the best and brightest local entrepreneurs and organisations to develop exciting and innovative new ways to boost our recycling rates even further.”
Do you want up to 150 FREE trees?
Do you want up to 150 FREE trees?
The Shropshire Community Tree Scheme is simple and free. It aims to support tree planting in Shropshire. It enables parish tree wardens, schools, environmental and community groups, Parish and Town Councils, farmers and landowners to apply for native trees and shrubs free of charge. In fact the scheme is open to anyone who wants to plant trees in a location where they will be readily visible to the public and enhance the landscape and character of the area.
The trees that we supply are usually small bare-rooted transplants, between 40 and 90cm tall. Rabbit spirals and canes can also be included to help protect against damage from rabbits and field voles, which could otherwise eat the foliage and gnaw the stems of the young trees.
You can apply online simply by clicking here
They can post them out or arrange a convenient pick up spot for you to collect them.
Tuesday 7 June 2011
World Worm Charming Championship
As many of the Shropshire Master Composter volunteers are enthusiastic about worms you will be delighted to hear that the 32nd Annual World Worm Charming Championship is to be held at 2pm on Saturday 25th June 2011 just up the road in Willaston, Cheshire.
The event features entertainment, music, food and drink alongside a huge range of worm related activities for all ages.
To find out more or get involved visit http://www.wormcharming.com/
The event features entertainment, music, food and drink alongside a huge range of worm related activities for all ages.
To find out more or get involved visit http://www.wormcharming.com/
Saturday 4 June 2011
Parish Council to debate Telford In-vessel Composting facility
Plans for a giant composting plant near Telford which would process up to 64,000 tonnes of waste each year and reduce landfill are to go before parish Councillors. Veolia Environmental Services want to build the plant next to Granville Community Recycling Centre in Grange Lane, Donnington Wood.
Local Parish Councils have organised a public meeting to debate the planning application. The facility, if given planning permission by Telford & Wrekin Council would be up and running by 2013.
Cat Slaytor, spokeswoman for Veolia said "We dont have a date for its opening yet but it will be 16 weeks before the planning department hears the application, then assuming we get permission we will go out to tender for contractors. The final opening will be in mid-2013, we think."
The new plant would create six full time posts (as well as numerous construction jobs during the building phase). The completed facility would include eight tunnels which would be made on reinforced concrete. Each would be five meters high and together the site would be able to compost up to 64,000 tonnes per annum of mixed garden waste, food waste and cardboard. It is anticipated that about 50,000 tonnes would come from Shropshire Council and the remainder would be allocated for waste collected by Telford & Wrekin Council or commercial sources.
Local Parish Councils have organised a public meeting to debate the planning application. The facility, if given planning permission by Telford & Wrekin Council would be up and running by 2013.
Cat Slaytor, spokeswoman for Veolia said "We dont have a date for its opening yet but it will be 16 weeks before the planning department hears the application, then assuming we get permission we will go out to tender for contractors. The final opening will be in mid-2013, we think."
The new plant would create six full time posts (as well as numerous construction jobs during the building phase). The completed facility would include eight tunnels which would be made on reinforced concrete. Each would be five meters high and together the site would be able to compost up to 64,000 tonnes per annum of mixed garden waste, food waste and cardboard. It is anticipated that about 50,000 tonnes would come from Shropshire Council and the remainder would be allocated for waste collected by Telford & Wrekin Council or commercial sources.
Friday 3 June 2011
New Recycling Plant in Telford
Environmental consultancy JBS Recovery has invested £500,000 into the first of 10 dedicated mattress recycling facilities it plans to open as it aims to divert over a million mattresses from landfill by 2012.
The new facility at Stafford Park in Telford, Shropshire, enables mattresses to be split down into five separate components: fabric, polyurethane foam, metal springs, flock, and the base. Each of the first four components is fully recyclable, and although the base – usually comprising of some form of coconut matting – cannot be recycled because it is so low-grade, the material can still be used to generate energy from waste by the process of anaerobic digestion, eliminating the need to send any part of the mattress to landfill.
The Shropshire-based company has already recycled 180,000 mattresses since it started recycling them 12 months ago.
John Neill, director of JBS Fibre Recovery, said: “This fantastic new facility gives us the additional capacity to work alongside stakeholders including Wolverhampton city council, Telford and Wrekin council, major retailers such as John Lewis, bed manufacturing companies, and the general public to significantly slash waste and reduce our dependence on sending materials to landfill.”
The new facility at Stafford Park in Telford, Shropshire, enables mattresses to be split down into five separate components: fabric, polyurethane foam, metal springs, flock, and the base. Each of the first four components is fully recyclable, and although the base – usually comprising of some form of coconut matting – cannot be recycled because it is so low-grade, the material can still be used to generate energy from waste by the process of anaerobic digestion, eliminating the need to send any part of the mattress to landfill.
The Shropshire-based company has already recycled 180,000 mattresses since it started recycling them 12 months ago.
John Neill, director of JBS Fibre Recovery, said: “This fantastic new facility gives us the additional capacity to work alongside stakeholders including Wolverhampton city council, Telford and Wrekin council, major retailers such as John Lewis, bed manufacturing companies, and the general public to significantly slash waste and reduce our dependence on sending materials to landfill.”
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