Review of Waste Action Group Meeting

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1) Apologies

Liz Jeram and Carolyn Scott. 

  

2) Arrangements for recycling at Food Festival 13th/14th June:

 Jill has laminated signs and other equpment. MDDC to deliver buns on 12/06

Action - Paula to bring sticky labels and buckets to wash glass and plastic that is not deeply contaminated. Also to contact Michael and John to ask for their help and to email all helpers with instructions on what they need for the  event. All food waste and cardboard to go into one sack as compostable material. At end all bags to be labelled.

 

3) Emma Croft from Reuse Project:

Emma gave details of how this project was working- 4 strands-running workshops, reuse forum, reuse kits and a reuse, recycle directory. The group gave her information about the pop up shop and previous clothes swaps.Emma gave info about jumble sale trails. 

Action - Charles to put Emma on the SC website circulation list and to email her the give and take manual for Emma to promote to other groups.

Action - Emma to send Esther a link to a survey on the Recycle Devon website and Esther to send to all for completion

Action - All to send Emma list of organisations for her reuse/repair website. Paula to send list for all to add to.

Action - Jill to attend reuse forum on 09/07

  

4) Project with Refurnish:

Agreed will do a give and take event for 3 days, Thurs, Fri, Sat. twice a year. Have now had the ok from Kate at Refurnish. Ist date to be either 21/10 to 24/10 or 28/10 to 31/10.

Action - Charles to contact Kate to arrange a meeting asap at 5 pm.

 

5) Plastic Recycling:

Agreed to discuss further details of an ending strategy at next meeting as have agreed that the last plastic collection wil be in July. The group want to support MDDC's collection. Agreed to write 2 articles for the Courier when we end the collections, one about what we have achieved and the other explaining how the council are operating the new system and how the public can help. 

Action - Anne to keep in touch with MDDC 

Action - Paula to put 'final Collection' in ad for July plastic collection

Action - Anne and Stella to liaise over writing articles for Courier.

Action - Jill to send Anne and Stella relevant email address 

  

6) Date of Next Meeting

06/07/2015 at 10.30am at 17 Okefield Road

  

Notes from last meeting

Last updated on by Anne Tucker