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The Link Magazine. November 1994
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Fashion Show in aid of CALM Why can't we recycle
Sunday 27 November 7pm . De Vere Hotel, Shaw Ridge plastic in Swindon?
Raffle prizes, Jenny Sullivan School of Dance exhibition
Presented by Frilly Frocks wedding and ball gowns and party In our August edition we asked for readers
to let us know if they take recycling seriously
frocks for girls. Tickets £4.50 from 721510
A number of readers responded Patricia Connolly from Fresh-
positively to our query. brook recycles as much as possible
David and Pat Reed from Angus and the bin men now only have to
Take the 'Payne' out 0fyour Close, Shaw, pictured below, recycle take away two small bin bags. She
everything possible. Tins get still uses terry towel nappies with 16
Small Business Accounts washed out, vegetable peeling and month old twin daughters because
teabagsgo into the compostbin and of the environmental hazards cre-
For cost effective bookeeping to old clothing is taken to the textile ated by disposable nappies. Apart
suit your requirements, contact bank. They don't take a daily paper from the resources needed to make
and always take their own plastic them,Patricia is conscious of the fact
Pat Payne on (0793) 520744
bags to the supermarket. that disposables do not decompose
in landfill and are a major cause of
poisonous methane gas.
DI RTFI NDERS FORD & VAUXHALL Eileen Sawyer from Hillyard
FOR DEEP USED SPARES Close, Grange Park says recycling
has become a way of life in her fam-
DOWN CARPET = ily with her 3 and 6 year old sons
& UPHOLSTERY earning small amounts of pocket
CLEANING money helping to bag and load
Residential & Commercial newspapers for a trip to the recy-
Huge Discounts on New Prices
* Fast, efficient service Trade & Volume Discounts cling bank. They now tell her off if
* All work guaranteed they see a tin can in the kitchen bin
Off the Shelf* Cleaned * Delivery and not washed out in the recycling
* Deep down cleaning. Quick Drying Postal Service box.
* 24 hour emergency/flood QUALITY RECYCLED VEHICLE Eileen makes the point that pack-
response PARTS: GUARANTEED aging nowadays encourages people
* Very competitive rates Ford and Vauxhall Parts Centre to become part of a throwaway soci-
* Free home visits for quotations Unit 4, River Ray Indus. Ret. ety, unlike that of her parents and
Tel: 0793 - 823614 Barnifeld Road, Swindon grandparents.
She's looking forward to
(answerphone sometimes) Tel: (0793) 431821 * Fax: (0793) 513369
David would refuse to to walk Thamesdown Council's proposed
the dog with Pat because she col- home composting scheme.
lected bottles and cans chucked So is Wayne Brigginshaw from
HANDMADE FIREPLACES THE VALET SERVICE away by unthinking pedestrians. Hampton Drive, Grange Park. He
We offer: FOR YOUR HOME Now local youngsters deliver bot- realised ten years ago that people
A free design service tles and cans to them. have to act to look after the world's
Choice of brick or stone Alison Cowall from Mortimer resources and has been recycling as
Traditional or Modern DECORATING Close, Shaw, recycles the cans of pet much as possible since.
TV Shelves and Video Units food for her dog and three cats. A point made by all our callers is
Tel: (073 535291 INSIDE OR OUT Clothing and fabric is delivered to the lack of opportunity to recycle
SPECIAL RATES FOR the Prospect Foundation. She says plastic in Thamesdown. 'When is
- that we can't keep digging up the the Council going to set up a plastic
I q ) -- PENSIONERS
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\ world's resources so that the waste recycling bank?' was a common
can be buried in tips. More people question.
Call Decor Valet should make an effort. We'll try to find out.
for a Free Estimate The Link magazine would like to find why people do not recycle. If
you bin bottles, cans, newspapers and are not bothered about
SWINDON 824372 composting organic waste, tell us your reasons. Call us on 872282.
Keylunc
See our display at 11 No job too small. Personal service
Grange Park compost scheme
delayed until Spring
BUILDING &
The launch of a scheme to involve The scheme would offer house-
residents of Grange Park in holders two options:
iIF ROOFING SERVICES compostingorganickltchen and gar- 1. compost kitchen waste in their
den waste has been put back until own gardens with free use of a con-
Extensions next May next year. tainer (which could be bought at a
Renovations 'Alterations TheThamedown Council project, low price after 6 months, or
building on a pilot exercise which 2. using water proof sacks which
Chimney Work took place in Westlea in 1993, was the council will collect for a central
Rooting. Re-Roofing. Flat Roofing due to start last August. composting scheme.
However it was referred back to A spokesman said colder winter
uPVC Facia/Cladding thePublic Works and Services Com- weather slows the compostingproc-
Converting Flat Roofs to Tiled Roofs mittee for further discussion. Now ess, there would be poor results and
that the necessary committee ap- residents might not support the
Call Darron on provals have been achieved, council project.
0793-523646 officers have decided that launch- The Grange Park scheme will be
ing a compost scheme in the Au- the basis for starting similarprojects
or 0374-61 9326 (mobile) tumn was not a good idea. across West Swindon.