It’s so nice to do a write up again – the last two cleans we organised were very sadly attended and we were too demoralised to write about them! But a huge THANK YOU to everybody who came along to the Treasure Hunt Beach Clean on Sunday, as part of the Regatta weekend. We had Read more about Treasure Hunt Beach Clean August 2023[…]
Well it was a rainy afternoon but a hugely productive one! We met and finished at the Youth Centre, and had a welcome cup of tea in there at the end, in the warm! Thank you to the 32 people who planet cleaned on the day, plus the Arboretum who removed hundreds of old plastic Read more about Community Spring Clean March 11th 2023[…]
As ever thanks to the intrepid warriors who turned out in a beautiful morning! The esplanade was thronging with visitors and residents, quite a few of whom decided to join us for a bit. Well done to Rachel, one of our vice-chairs, who took it upon herself to go up to the Manor Road car Read more about Beach Clean June 12th 2022[…]
A small but select group of wonderful warriors collected 4 bags of rubbish, several disposable barbecues, over 1800 cigarette butts (thanks in a large part to some wonderful visitors to our town who joined in so enthusiastically). Some of us braved the road side and pulled loads of plastic out of the road drains again Read more about Beach Clean 8th May 2022[…]
I wrote an article for Sidmouth Nub News in January 2022 By Cllr Denise Bickley (Independent East Devon Alliance, Sidmouth Town Ward) I’m writing my first column for Nub News linked to my ‘passion’ – the environment, litter and specifically this time to shine a spotlight on recycling and waste collections in the area. Being Read more about Nub News January 2022[…]
BBC Radio Devon invited me on to talk about us and what we are up to…
We have kicked off the Plastic Warriors’ year, and started our plan of SECOND SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH, with a fantastic community clean up hosted by the lovely Debi at The Balfour Arms. Warriors today were Lesley, Simon, Roger, Jan, Penny, Des, Mick, Angie, Kate T, Colin, Phil, Kate R, Niall, Anna, Cherry and her Read more about 2022 – 9th January – Community Cleanup[…]
With apologies for the length of time since the last post, let me give an update. March 20th saw the government announce a lockdown as we all know. For many of us the quiet roads and blissful sunshine gave us an opportunity to use our daily walks to get Sidmouth totally litter free. We walked Read more about Post Lockdown Blues[…]
When I find something that doesn’t make sense, I wonder if I am the only person who thinks this way. See what you think… I have found out recently that something most of us do in good faith is a) a complete waste of money and b) contributing to landfill mass that I thought we Read more about Food caddy bags – it’s a mystery…[…]
Today Councillors with an interest in waste and recycling went along for a trip around East Devon’s RRC at Greendale. What an eye opener – even just turning into the Greendale site took my breath away – the sheer size of the industrial site is staggering. East Devon/Suez just have a little bit of it, Read more about EDDC/Suez Resource Recycling Centre (RRC) Trip 12th June 2019[…]