Resources and Waste

Have you got things you don't need any more? Or maybe you're on the lookout for some bits and bobs. Well, drop in at Newbiggin Village Hall on Saturday 1 September from 10am to 12pm for the next Freegle Give & Take event. Bring along anything you want to pass on, or just come and take whatever others have brought.

Everything has to find a new home by the end! It's like a jumble sale, but everything is free - including entry.

Have a spring clean in your house and garden, and bring along all the things you don't need any more. Or just come along and take away free things that you need.

You'll also be able to check out the composters and digesters available at a much reduced price from Recycle Cumbria. Judith from Cumbria County Council will be on hand to show you how they work.

No large goods, please, as we have to transport whatever's left to local charity shops (in small cars!).

Parking is available in the car parks outside the Old Fire Station.

Have a spring clean in your house and garden, and bring along all the things you don't need any more. Or just come along and take away free things that you need.

You'll also be able to check out the composters and digesters available at a much reduced price from Recycle Cumbria. Judith from Cumbria County Council will be on hand to show you how they work.

No large goods, please, as we have to transport whatever's left to local charity shops (in small cars!).

A discussion evening on the subject of Household Waste Recycling Centres and the possibilities for more reuse.

We are pleased to have Martin Allman, Waste Prevention Manager at Cumbria County Council to start the discussion. 

Here's some items for us to consider:

We will want to look at where to go with the Plastic Bag Free Penrith campaign.

The PACT Steering Group have been running theme discussion evenings every two months.  There's a Transport one coming up on 7/12.  Can we run one of these next year, eg on a Resources and Waste theme, or simply a Freegle theme?

Freegle nationally is working with some councils to have a "Spring into Reuse" campaign in March, April and May next year.  Can we do something to support this?

Come for the first PACT lunch...

Yes, a meet during the day, over lunch at the Five cafe near the memorial clock tower in the centre of Penrith.

Let's catch up and take stock on our campaigns.

Can we take forward our Plastic Bag Free Penrith campaign?

What else can we tackle?

Another Freegle Open Day is planned for the same venue, now reincarnated as the Carlisle Eden Mind 'Five' Café , near the clock tower memorial on Markey Square in the centre of Penrith.  They will have tea/coffee available for sale on the day.

I'm afraid not enough of us can make the meeting tonight so it is postponed again.

Can I suggest for now that if anyone has any ideas or comments, they be circulated by email?

My own rough ideas:

- run a 'Bring your own bag' campaign in Penrith encouraging shoppers to take their own bags shopping, with posters in shops and articles and adverts in the paper. This is a watered down version of what we'd originally planned but is achievable within our limited resources.