Just found some carrier bags full of rubbish in my bin which are not mine – dig a bit of digging and found a letter – belonging to a neighbour of mine a few doors along! Why are they putting their rubbish in my bin? Quite outraged actually especially as these bags are full of [...]
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Rubbish!
Posted January 5th, 2012 by sharon. Comment (0).
Honiton Swap & Share
Posted December 24th, 2011 by sharon. Comment (0).
Just letting you know about an event coming up in East Devon in February 2012. As ‘recycling champion’ for Honiton, my role on the town council is to support events like this and this brings a smile to my face as I’ve wanted to do one of these myself for a little while. So I’m [...]
Recycling in Honiton
Posted November 11th, 2011 by sharon. Comments (3).
Local councillors met in Honiton on Monday 31 October to discuss how to improve waste management and recycling in the town.
Although East Devon boasts a relatively high recycling rate of 50% compared with the national average of 41.2%, Sharon Pavey - Honiton Town Councillor and coordinator of the East Devon Green Party thinks there is room for [...]
Waste Not in Devon!
Posted July 8th, 2011 by sharon. Comment (0).
The Issues and Options Consultation is the first formal public consultation stage of the Waste Core Strategy. The Issues and Options Consultation Report highlights the main waste planning issues facing Devon and the potential options for addressing them. It is vital that members of the public and interested organisations provide their views during the consultation [...]
Recyclers slam Pickles’ weekly bin collection crusade
Posted June 8th, 2011 by sharon. Comment (0).
Industry warns communities secretary’s plan to reinstate weekly bin collections will make it harder to improve recycling rates. The recycling industry has launched a blistering attack on the coalition’s plans to encourage councils to reinstate weekly bin collection, warning there is a real danger the move could reverse improving recycling rates…read more here on the [...]
If you could only bottle it…
Posted December 29th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
How amazing are these glass bottle walls & buildings ! The pictures are from http://inspirationgreen.com/glassbottlewalls.html
The Bottle Chapel at Airlie Gardens, North Carolina a tribute to Minnie Evans.
Wat Lan Kuat (One Million Bottle Temple) in Khn Han, Eastern Thailand.
Recycling Old Clothes
Posted August 8th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
As you may know, we are working on our fundraising efforts this autumn to support candidates standing for the Green Party here in East Devon – in May 2011. We have a green tombola stall planned at the Exeter Green Fair on Sat 4th Sept then we’re hoping to organise a visit to Henry’s Farm and [...]
Natasha Does the Recycling!!!
Posted February 10th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
Natasha recycling
Originally uploaded by Sharon Pavey
We’re getting more serious about recycling in our house now and have set up a new system in the shed. Tasha (aged eight) shows us how we sort out the weekly recycling.
Let’s Stop Wasting Food in Devon!
Posted January 17th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
Watching Countryfile tonight – which is raising the issue about the food which is thrown away BEFORE it even reaches the supermarkets! This reminded me of someone I was chatting with on twitter a couple of weeks ago who gave me a couple of links to sites about food waste. Thanks @DottyTeakettle !
The Love Food, [...]
Tetrapak Recycling in East Devon
Posted January 4th, 2010 by sharon. Comments (5).
My little boy finished off the orange juice this morning, showed me the carton and said “Can we recycle this Mummy?” What a clever 4 year old!!! Now I know our kerbside collection doesn’t include juice cartons so I used www.recyclenow.com to look up how and where we could recycle drinks cartons here in East [...]