Bring it Back Fund A new £1million fund to reduce reliance on single-use packaging in the food and drink sector in the UK has been launched by Starbucks and Hubbub. The funding is specifically to increase take-up and remove barriers for reusable packaging. The fund is looking for projects that help shift people’s habits. This…
What does happen to all those old phones?
Can you help a local student doing research on recycling phones and raising awareness, as part of Environmental Science for her International Baccalaureate course?
South Hams District Council’s collection of garden waste in the brown wheelie bins will be resuming with the first collections taking place the week commencing 28th March. The service will then run fortnightly on the opposite week to your refuse collection – see: southhams.gov.uk/garden-waste-restart . A reminder of what is accepted within your brown bin,…
Thursday 6 January 2022 ‘Let’s Talk Rubbish’ at the ‘EcoPubHub’ from 00-9.30pm. We all know we need to reduce our waste in order to live sustainably, but what does that mean in practical terms? – “Rethink; Refuse; Reduce; Reuse; Repair; Recycle”. SSB’s first ‘EcoPubHub’ to kick off the New Year has been organised by the…
South Hams DC has suspended all garden waste collections from Monday 16 August for a minimum of four weeks, see: https://www.southhams.gov.uk/waste-suspension-news. The Marsh – Sustainable South Brent’s Community Compost Site on Exeter Road (adjacent to the South West Water site) is open on Sundays from 10am to 1pm and will welcome your garden waste and…
From Sunday 23 May, having placed collection of compost on hold for a few weeks, compost will be available for collection again. However, we still need MORE green garden waste e.g. grass cuttings, dead flowers etc., and LESS wood! If you collect compost, please place £1 per bag donations in the box – no change…
NB. This programme will now end on 21 May 2021
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…