1.
Present: Esther Mann, Chris Freeman, Carolyn Scott,
Frances Anson, Matt Hulland (manager Exeter Recycling Centre), Emma
Mitchell,Ruth Leonard-Williams (Devon Projects worker), Cathy
Watten
2.
Apologies: Nancy Dowling, Anne
Tucker
3. Matters
Arising: Nothing that needed to be talked
about
4. We started by welcoming new attendees Matt
Hulland, Frances Anson and Cathy Watten.
Matt then spoke a little
about what he does ie Runs the Exeter Recycling Centre, writes a
page called Crediton Journey to Zero Waste on the Facebook site
'Exeter Journey to Zero Waste', and spreads the word re recycling
at several places in Crediton eg Haywards Primary School, Orchard
Court Social Housing Complex and The Greenhouse, wholefoods
shop. He does litter picks, recycles reclaimed plastic from beaches
and works with scouts/guides groups in Exeter. He is keen to
support our Waste Action Group wherever he can and raise
consciousness of recycling in Crediton.
5. Workshop: ' Making Plastic
Pollution a Thing of the Past' put on by the Environment
Agency at County Hall, Exeter today.
Attended by Esther, Nancy,
Carolyn and Chris. Some discussion of how we can take this
forward.
Action
Esther, Nancy, Carolyn and Chris will meet separately
on 1/10/18 at 2pm at Esther's house to discuss if/how we might take
the findings from the workshop forward. Esther will forward the
printouts from the workshop to tonight's group members when she
receives them.
6. Crediton Xmas
Event
WAG has been asked if we
would like to do the recycling at this evening event.
Action
Esther will relay our
decision that we will not be able to do the recycling as it is the
same day as our Clothes Swap.
7. Repair Cafe
A repair cafe may happen
again in Crediton hosted by the Methodist Church although no final
details have yet been organised. They have asked if we could
organise it.
Action
Ruth to advise them that
we would be willing to help on the day but would not organise
it.
8. Clothes
Swap
Chris has booked the main
part of the Congregational Church and the Fishtank area from
10-3pm on Saturday, November 24th at a cost of £15ph for
this event.
We will serve cold food ie
quiche, sandwiches and cake; also teas and coffees.
The event will run as
follows:
10-10.30 Set up
clothes rails
10.30-11.30
Receive clothes, give out tokens in return, hang up
clothes. Refreshments available
12-2pm Clothes
swapping.
2-3pm Clear up;
bag up left over clothes.
Actions
Advertising Emma will
design posters adapting the template used at previous clothes
swap.
Matt will print out copies
by the start of November.
Esther and Chris will
distribute/put up posters around the town and elsewhere.
Emma will liaise with
Michelle at Sustainable Crediton to get the event on Social Media.
Ruth will help with this.
Volunteers
Esther will get the 15-20 volunteers needed.
Food Cathy
will source sandwiches/cakes with help from others. Chris will find
out if Cathy can view the space at CCC on a Saturday
soon.
Collecting rails, hangars,
mirrors Frances will organise to collect these
with help from Matt if needed. Frances will contact Chris if her
son is needed to help with collecting. Chris will find out if they
can be dropped at CCC on the Friday before the event.
Ticket tokens
Esther will source these.
9. Date/time of next
meeting :October 9th, 7.30 at Chris's
house.
Anyone interested in Reducing, Reusing or Recycling is welcome
to come and join our small friendy group and see what we are
planning. All ideas welcome!
Notes from last meeting