South Brent Pharmacy is one of the participating centres in the TerraCycle scheme for recycling medicine packets and blister packs – see: www.terracycle.com/en-GB/brigades/medicine-packet-uk. Take your empty blister packs to the pharmacy and put them in the box.
As a result of the current pandemic situation, the decision has been taken, in consultation with lead volunteers, that The Marsh, SSB’s Composting and Reuse site will remain closed for the foreseeable future. We aim to follow the spirit of the government’s request for people to stay at home until the current National Lockdown ends.…
Mobile ShareShed ‘Library of Things’ – every Friday from 10am to 12noon, at South Brent Old School Community Centre, from Friday 3 July you can find the ShareShed, the world’s first mobile library of things. ShareShed will be offering useful items at a nominal fee for you to borrow – all in a super extra…
‘Clean Devon’ is a new partnership of organisations working together to tackle litter and fly tipping across Devon, which will be launched in the New Year. It will see environmental groups, emergency services, businesses and local authorities join forces to combat the scourge of litter and fly-tipping, which are putting a major and growing financial…
November 2019: New Coordinator opportunity! Hardly a day passes without there being some news related to waste, pollution, plastics etc etc. Thank goodness it has become part of mainstream conversations, and that so many people are thinking creatively about solutions. Here in the village there are ideas and people just waiting to be nudged into…
Buckfastleigh is doing its annual Shoe Collection during September and will take your unwanted shoes. They will be taken by a recycling company, who send good ones to third world countries and recycle the rest; the money received from this is used to buy new school shoes or uniforms for children (usually orphans) in Gambia.…
UPDATE: Share Shed won its ‘People’s Projects Campaign’, thanks to the public votes, and received a cheque for £48,599! See Facebook. Visit https://www.thepeoplesprojects.org.uk/projects/view/share-shed , watch the short video about Share Shed in Totnes and consider adding your votes for Share Shed to get funding for a mobile van to visit neighbouring villages such as South…
Wrapping paper is difficult to recycle as it contains thin fibres, is often dyed, laminated, glittery, metallic or has tape attached. For these reasons, not all areas will accept wrapping paper for recycling this year and in South Hams, apart from plain brown parcel paper, it will not be recycled and should go in your grey bin. Only non-glittery Christmas cards will be recycled and should…
SSB’s Talking Rubbish Group has had two lively meetings in May and June. We discussed all things to do with rubbish – particularly plastic pollution and how we can reduce, reuse and recycle this remarkably enduring stuff so that it doesn’t damage the environment. Our next meeting is on July 5th, 7.30 pm at the…