Our Community Energy group SHARE has joined Terracycle, recycling program, to reduce the amount of plastics that can’t be recycled kerbside. To date we have raised £5000 for KicksCount charity who aim to reduce UK stillbirths. Follow us on FaceBook for regular updates > www.facebook.com/groups/recycling.for.charity
NEW MUST READ GUIDE > To help you recycle more.
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October collectionsTues. 5th Saltash Deli Bazaar 9 – 5pmWed. 6th St Dominick Community shop car park 10 – 10:30amWed 6th Callington B&M car park 11 – 11:45amThurs 7th Launceston Tesco car park 10:15 – 11:15amThurs 7th South Petherwin near the school and chapel 11:30amThurs 7th Coads Green Old phone box 12 noonThurs 7th Golberdon. Come and see the operation, help sort and box 1pmFri 8th Tamar Valley AONB car park 9:15 – 9:45amFri 8th Tavistock Kings car park Pixon Lane 11 – 12 noonSat. 9th Liskeard Cattle Market 10 – 1pmSat 9th Pensilva by St Johns church 1:20pmSat 9th Golberdon. Come and see the operation, help sort and box 1:45TBC St Germans Eliot Arms car parkThurs 21st Eva’s World Plymouth 9 – 3pm
- Drop sorted items anytime at Green Meadows bins Golberdon, St Martins school Liskeard, Upton Cross parish hall blue bin, North Hill opposite the village hall, Stoke Climsland Old School car park recycling shed. These are monitored by our volunteers, if you would like to help this way please let us know.
- We also have volunteers calling at cafes & caterers, collecting bread bags, cheese packets and more, if you know a business you can help them reduce their waste and help us ! and we’ll give them a shout out. THANK YOU.
Updates: The main pet food programme is closing on Nov 1st after that we can only accept LILY KITCHEN brand pet food bags ..THANK YOU all for your massive support.
Always Open:
Golberdon Bins are at the entrance to Green Meadows. PL17 7LT
North Hill bin is opposite the village hall
Upton Cross bin is in the parish hall car park
Coads Green Old Phone Box
Stoke Climsland Old School car park recycling shed
Liskeard, Launceston, Saltash, St Germans & Tavistock have drop off points, contact me for directions. and Bude.
Email me at iamalihumphreys@yahoo.com or call 07305 044049 if you need to make arrangements to drop off.
Don’t come if you are feeling unwell, wear a mask, stay away from each other, use your own hand gel… STAY SAFE and keep others safe.
This is the way it needs to be sorted into programmes, to limit the volunteers coming into contact with your items. Thank you, we appreciate your support.
If you are on FB please join our group for updates and ask questions or you can email SHARE@south-hill.co.uk
Full list of items that you can recycle:
- Medicine Blister Packs now accepted
- all biscuits & crackers & cake wrappers, no trays
- triggers & pumps off bottles and latex style gloves
- baby food pouches and lids & snack wrappers
- plastic air fresheners and packaging
- flexible packets from dishwasher tablets, salts and stain remover
- Marigold branded gloves
- used toothbrushes, electric heads, interdental brushes, toothpaste tubes and dental floss packaging, floss sticks/harps.
LOL Surprise brand products,- 6 pack can ring carriers
- Ferrero Rocher boxes & trays
- CD’s & DVD’s and their cases
- Aqua water filters
- Taylors of Harrogate coffee bags and sachets. Taylors brand only.
Text 07305 044049 or email SHARE@south-hill.co.uk for any questions.
The manufacturers that sponsor the programmes dictate what can be accepted.
Remember its not the packet it’s what was in the packet that is important.
- all sweets & chocolate wrappers no foil or paper
- all crisp & snacks, pringles, popcorn, pretzels & peanut packets
- clean dry pet food pouches bagged, biscuits and food treats packs from ALL PETS
- Lily’s Kitchen paper pet food bags
- all personal care products in soft plastic tubes, inc. all plastics in hair dye kits and disposable gloves & Marigolds
- Lip sticks, balm & lip gloss, mascara & eye shadow compacts
- Cheese packets, nets, labels & Babybel wax
- Stretchy bread bags
- Pens, highlighters, markers, felt tips, correction fluid pots & fist size Inkjet print cartridges.
- unwanted Mobile phones and their cases, cameras, gadgets, postage stamps, foreign money.
ALL items must be sorted into the different programmes, not mixed. We cannot sort your items.
If you are closer to Redruth, check out https://www.upcyclekernow.org/
PLUS Old mobile phones, cameras, gadgets, used stamps and unwanted jewellery can also be recycled for the Hill Pony Resources charity, who are supporting ponies here on our doorstep https://hillponyresources.weebly.com/
Cornwall Council confirm our recycling is not being dumped in landfill anywhere. A small percentage is reprocessed in Europe, legally, responsibly and ethically.
In August 2019 SHARE visited the Materials Recycling Facility(MRF), and the Energy Recovery Centre (CERC) Bodmin, to see the recycling and incinerator converting waste into electricity.