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Wiltshire Council are currently consulting on proposed changes to their waste collection service which will see alternate weekly rubbish collections introduced across the county. Evidence from other councils has shown that, where alternate weekly collections are introduced – recycleable material one week, residual waste the next – recycling rates have improved. For this reason, South Wiltshire Agenda 21 are supporting the proposed changes. To find out more and take part in this consultation visit http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/council/consultations.htm Have you tried composting with a Green Cone or Green Johanna? You can put all kinds of cooked and uncooked food waste in them,including meat, fish, bones and dairy produce and make compost. We have a Green Johanna and although our other bins show signs of wildlife invasion,it seems to be very secure and resistant to any kind of burrowing! If you don’t have one already you can get leaflets from Wiltshire Council to get a Cone for £20 and/or a Johanna for £25 and a chance to win £250. For more info visit www.greencone.com Happy composting!
SCRAP gets into action in the Old George Mall on Plastic Bag Free Day. Robert Key MP joined Tony Langham and other SCRAP members in attracting passing trade. There was no difficulty in persuading enthusiastic shoppers to ditch their plastic bags in exchange for free cotton bags made in India by victims of the Tsunami. 400 bags were exchanged in less than half an hour!
SCRAP (Salisbury City Residents Action on Packaging) is a group with a mission, determined to make Salisbury the first Plastic Bag Free city in the country. Find out more and sign the pledge on www.banplasticbags.org.uk
 Raspberry harvest / Photo: Tony Newell Last year the award winning deli in West Street Wilton started offering to buy surplus vegetables from gardens and allotments, which are then either used in their own brand of home made foods or sold directly to deli customers. This offer had a very good response and it allows a daily supply of fresh locally grown veg for sale. Salisbury LETS (Local Exchange and Trade Scheme) also deals in fresh produce and several offers have appeared recently on Freecycle. The next meeting of SCRAP Salisbury City Residents’ Action on Packaging is: St. Francis Church Hall, The Neve Room Help to make Salisbury the first Plastic Bag Free City! A letter from SCRAP: Salisbury City Residents against Packaging:
SCRAP is a new organisation affiliated to South Wiltshire Agenda 21 dedicated to ridding Salisbury of unwanted plastic bags and packaging. This is being done in a number of other towns and cities across the country. A meeting has been arranged to discuss the strategy and aims for the group: St Francis’ Church Hall SCRAP (Salisbury City Residents Action on Packaging) is a group of City residents who wish to get rid of unsustainable packaging in Salisbury. Its first objective is to eliminate the use of single-use plastic bags in the City, and an initial action is to supply each household in the City with a shopping bag made from sustainable materials. Although SCRAP has been established with the active involvement of two ward Councillors, it is a non-political group, and it already has support from all local political parties, Local Agenda 21 and the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. We wish to broaden our support to include local businesses and other interested parties. The Salisbury branch of Freecycle launched in April 2007. Recycle the things you don’t want by giving them away to those that would benefit from them; so reducing waste going to landfill. To join go to www.freecycle.org Evolve recycled printing and copy paper is available to all voluntary organisations from CVS at £3.61 per ream. This is good quality paper and enables groups to use recycled paper without incurring postage costs. Sign a petition at Green-England for a tax to be put on plastic bags in Britain. In Ireland where they have introduced this they have seen a massive drop in plastic bag usage by over 90%! |
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