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34 The Link Magazine • June 2003
Youngsters action improves environment North Swindon recycling bins ready
Dena and Rachel Osman and their friend Claire Duke from The A community recycling point has opened at the North Swindon
Prinnells became so tired of seeing a small pond in a play area near District Centre and is waiting to receive tons of glass, paper and cans
their homes becoming fouled up with junk that they organised a generated by people arriving in the new housing area.
Many people who have tried increase the amount of recycling
recycling items at the Haydon Cen- from North Swindon."
tre car park have probably found it If new recycling officer Andrew
too inconvenient. The additional Cook has anything to do with
site is located at the west end of the things, recycling levels across the
district centre car park, beyond the borough are going to jump. His
fuel station where the bins are well task is to work with schools to
placed to allow drivers to pull up develop recycling projects. Eager
and unload, children will no doubt return home
Swindon Council waste man- wanting to encourage their fami-
agement officer Geoff Davies said, lies to do more for the environ-
"we are hoping the new site will ment.
Come on down to the North Swindon Centre says Andrew Cook, as Catherine
Williams from Greenmeadow takes advantage of the bins on her way to work

Helping to improve a bit of West Swindon for wildlife,
from left, Della Osman, Claire Dukes and Rachel Osman
The girls distributed hand writ- adults, there's a lot more water for
ten notes around Oliver and the ducks to swim in."
Villiers Closes explaining their However there's a big oil drum
aim. Claire said, "there are some still in the pond and the girls are
ducks who live in the pond and organising another clean up dur-
they didn't have much space. Since ing the May half term.
March we've been moving rub- Council staff removed the rub-
bish away from the edge, but the bish from the first clean up and
water was too deep to reach the Dena has written to them asking
middle. Some teenagers came and for help with cleaning out the oil in
threw it all back in again. the pond and improving the drain-
"Now that we've cleaned the age. They hope to plant Spring
pond up a bit with help from the flowering bulbs later in the year. Paper recycling collection extended
Currently Swindon has a recycling rate of 14 per cent. By 1 April 2004,
it aims to double this to 30 per cent.
Lara's Wedd Graham To help achieve this target the households will receive boxes to
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