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| Otter Rotters provides a fortnightly kerbside collection service for garden waste to residents located in or around the Otter river valley in East Devon. In order to have their waste collected, residents buy tags from local shops which are then left out with their bags on collection day. Various grades of the resulting compost are then available for sale. In addition to garden waste collections Otter Rotters undertake waste education work in local schools, run a network of ‘compost doctors’ who can provide expert advice on home composting and are about to launch a new timber recycling project. |
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Ashprington Community Composting A community composting site used by the villagers. The team of volunteers have also created a wildlife area and an orchard. Bring site, no collection round. Community composting site with a collection round.Collections are twice monthly Sundays after 6pm Easter to mid-October same week as recycling collections. Community composting group, bring site. Chudleigh Rotters Community composting bring site. Bring site, no collection round. Also involved in preserving local wetland. Otter Rotters provides a fortnightly kerbside collection service for garden waste in or around the Otter river valley in East Devon. They have also set up kitchen waste collection service and will soon be operating a timber re-use scheme. Proper Job composts up to 100 tonnes per year of household garden waste, which is resold to the community as soil conditioners and mulches. The project offers composting, reuse, recycling, plant sales, scrap-store and much more from its site. It is committed to the principles of local sustainability. A small composting group who collect garden waste from the village once a month and produce compost and chippings, to sell or give away. Willand Community Composting A community composting bring site open every day of the year with vehicle access on weekends. Education/Awareness Raising Groundwork Plymouth Groundwork’s purpose is to build sustainable communities in areas of need through joint environmental action. Mrs Recycle Mrs Recycle provides fun and informative educational workshops for schools and community groups based on the principles of reduce, reuse and recycle. Furniture and Electrical Devon Furniture Forum Devon Furniture Forum provides a support and advocacy service to the furniture recycling and re-use organisations within the region. DFF acts as a consultative body to other agencies in the field and encourages the development of partnerships with local statutory and voluntary organisations and with the public sector. In April 2001 DFF opened a regional white goods refurbishment centre. Large quantities of used white goods are refurbished and then allocated to furniture re-use groups throughout Devon. Jigsaw Barnstable Jigsaw Barnstable is a furniture re-use and repair organisation, household reuse collections. Provides furniture and white goods for people who have been homeless, and have recently acquired accommodation.Volunteers working at the project learn a range of craft skills including woodwork, repairing and restoring furniture, warehousing, operating machinery, upholstery, etc. Plymouth Resettlement Agency is a unique service which has been set up to provide cheap furniture and essential household items for people making the transition from institutionalised care to independent living. Re-use of furniture, household items and domestic appliances. Refurbished and guaranteed cookers, washing machines and domestic appliances for sale. Recycling in Ottery (RiO) is a community re-use and recycling centre, which takes recyclable materials and furniture, building salvage, books, clothes and household goods. Re-use of furniture, household items and domestic appliances. Refurbished and guaranteed cookers, washing machines and domestic appliances for sale. Area covered: Newton Abbott, Torbay and South Hams. Free pick up of donated items. Aims is to provide furniture and white goods as cheaply as possible to people in receipt of benefits. All items and donated goods are collected free of charge. Turntable is a charitable organisation that collects good quality, donated household items such as 3-piece suites, beds, wardrobes, electrical white goods etc to pass on to families and individuals on very low incomes IT Equipment Recycle World Inc. Lamp Recycling Services Our primary objective is to educate and provide computer and lamp recycling services to businesses and organisations throughout the whole of the South of England. Recyclables A1 Positive Recycling Project, Newly set up project to recycle printer -toner cartridges for recycling. Mid Devon Community Recycling Ltd (MDCRL) is a community business. It is co-operatively owned, not-for-profit and a limited company. MDCRL’s main activity is operating a kerbside collection of recyclable materials under a partnership agreement/contract with Mid Devon District Council. MDCRL also provides a business waste collection service and a schools wasteeducation programme. Paperchain Office paper recycling collections in Exeter and surrounding area. Paperchain also services 11 textile banks in Exeter, and runs a supported employment scheme for the shredding of cardboard into animal bedding. South Molton Recycle Ltd operates a kerbside collection for 50,000 homes, runs 80 recycling ‘pavilions’ in villages around Devon, and recycles materials from 2 civic amenity sites. South Molton Recycle also runs a furniture re-use centre and is involved with comunity composting initiatives.
Exeter Scrapstore The Scrapstore is a valuable recycling facility where members can purchase waste materials created by local manufacturing processes for creative arts projects. Recycle for Play Project Promotes children’s play. Services include toy library, recycling for play (Scrapstore) and play development. SPARC SPARC run a family-friendly Scrapstore, open to all, with clean non-toxic waste materials for use in play, available at a low cost to the public. Tavistock Scrapstore Tavistock Scrapstore collects materials from local businesses to use as a resource for children’s play. |
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