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Changes to waste and recycling by Wiltshire Council

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Read on for important updates about:

  • New recycling collections for small rechargeable electricals – MP3 players, mobile phones, digital cameras, electric toothbrushes – and a whole host of similar items.
  • Stopping the collection of textiles and shredded paper.
  • How to recycle AAA/AA/C/D batteries and button cells.
  • Arrangements for paint disposal.
  • Recycling centres:
    • New “sort it before you bring it” advice

All of the following can be recycled via your blue top bin.

Empty aerosol cans – please fully empty them first before adding to the bin.
Plastic pots, tubs, and trays – please always remove the plastic films on the top (pots go in the blue-lidded recycling bins, plastic film in the general waste bin).
Metal jar lids – put them back on the jar and put this in your black box.
Clean aluminium foil – after use, please give it a quick rinse, scrunch it, and pop it in your blue-lidded bin. Ideally, keep adding foil until it is at least the size of a tennis ball.
Plastic bottles
Drinks cartons
Food and drinks cans
Tin foil trays
Paper
Cardboard

More details are available here:

https://mailchi.mp/0c8ba43c300f/clinical-waste-sharps-test-560737?e=5fef9e13b3

Videos: Annual Electors Meeting, Annual Parish Meeting

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Videos of the Annual Electors Meeting – which provides a summary of the work of the Parish Council over the last year, and the Annual Parish Meeting, both held on the 3rd May 2023, are available to watch on YouTube.

The links are here: https://www.firsdown-pc.gov.uk/parish-council-meeting-videos

 

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Southern Wiltshire Area Board public meeting

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The next meeting of the Southern Wiltshire Area Board is on Thursday 25th May, 7-9pm, at the Winterbourne Glebe Village Hall.

Gather with other local residents, parish councillors and community partners.

Full details are in the attachment.

Attachments

Total Attachments: 1

Download: Southern Wiltshire Area Board flyer (3 MB)

Health and wellbeing

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Wiltshire Council via the Area Board, is setting up a Health & Wellbeing subgroup to help steer/inform/advise/support the work it attempts to do on this priority, utilising a small annual grant. This work is principally around supporting older people and vulnerable adults.

Would anybody be interested in becoming involved, or know of someone who would? If so, please use the contact details on our Home page to get in touch.

 

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Notice of Vacancy Firsdown Parish Council

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Do you want to contribute to the Firsdown community?

Can you spare an hour a month?

Are you passionate about your community? Do you want to help make a long-lasting change? Do you have innovative ideas for our community? Do you have concerns about a specific issue and want to do something about it? Do you want to be involved in volunteer work?

If this is you, then the Parish Council need you. We need people from all backgrounds and experiences who reflect their community to join us. We are particularly keen to have more women on the Parish Council.

No prior experience is needed, training will be provided. If you want to see how we make a difference to Firsdown and the items we discuss, then take a look at the videos of our meetings here:

https://www.firsdown-pc.gov.uk/parish-council-meeting-videos

Make a change, join us and become a councillor. Use the contact details on our Home page to get in touch.

Roundbarrow Farm nature reserve – Community Engagement Event

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Wiltshire Council is restoring land at Roundbarrow Farm to create a chalk grassland nature reserve and create a new greenway link between Pitton and Firsdown.
A drop-in engagement event is taking place for Wiltshire Council to introduce the project to the local community:

Wednesday 24 May 2023
5.45pm – 7.15pm
Pitton Village Hall,
White Hill, Pitton, SP5 1DU

There will be details on the need for the project, what the plans are, the timescales and the next steps.
The route of the proposed new access link will be shown and there will be an opportunity to provide feedback.

Attachments

Total Attachments: 1

Download: Roundbarrow Nature Reserve_poster PRINT (4 MB)

Recycling of single use plastics

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Take a look at our environment page for details of how you can recycle your single use plastics and other items not accepted by the Wiltshire Council kerbside collections.