Repair Cafe
The South Brent Repair Cafe first opened its doors in July 2024 at South Brent Old School Community Centre. What is a Repair Cafe? People bring along household items (max…
South Hams District Council Recycling Service update:
Since 3 October 2022, South Hams District Council has been operating the waste and recycling services in-house. Between Monday 25 September and Friday 27 October, those households still on kerbside…
New SHDC garden waste collection (chargeable )
The free brown bin collection service finished in 2022 and a new chargeable service for South Hams residents wanting to have garden waste collected will start on 3 March 2023.…
ShareShed ‘Locker’ in the HUB!
You will now find a ‘ShareShed Locker’ in the SSB Hub/Warm Space at the Old School Community Centre. Open from Monday – Friday 9am-1.30pm. So, if you can’t come to…
SHDC waste collection service
We’ve had some enquiries regarding the situation at present with our waste collection service provided by South Hams District Council. They have assured us that the recycling process is still…
Funding Opportunity – Bring it Back Fund (reduce reliance on single-use packaging)
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.…
What happens to old mobile phones?
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…
SHDC Green/Garden Waste collection is Restarting!!
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…
No SHDC brown bin collection? – ‘The Marsh’ will welcome your garden waste
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-and-recycling/guide-waste-and-recycling/garden-waste-service. The Marsh – Sustainable South Brent’s Community Compost Site…
The Marsh – compost available again from 23 May
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…