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[…]
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[…]
I visited Cardiff last weekend (13th Oct 18) as Sidmouth’s Regional Rep for Surfers Against Sewage, as they invited all of the reps for a conference, from Friday 6pm to Saturday 4pm. I drove up after work but got very lost so unfortunately missed most of the Friday evening (including the CEO of Iceland Foods) Read more about SAS Regional Rep Conference, Cardiff, Oct 13th 2018[…]
I was invited along to a Community Workshop run by the Environment Agency on 3rd Sept and have been admonished for not making this a public blog, so apologies for the delay but let me summarise the day (at least what I remember of it after a month and a half). It was held at Read more about Monday 3rd September – Plastic Free Devon Meeting[…]
One of our main focuses was to try to help Sidmouth Folk Festival become as plastic free as possible. Glastonbury have a very informative website about what could be achieved for festivals, [https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/information/green-glastonbury/refill-not-landfill/] and there are lots of ideas about what to do. What I’m learning is that some changes are impossible to be made Read more about Folk Festival[…]
Some of the Warriors joined up with Sid Energy (thanks to Graham for organising) and a few other interested parties to have a tour around the Exeter Energy From Waste Facility in Marsh Barton yesterday. I must admit I went along with the same feeling I did when I visited Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station Read more about Trip to Exeter Energy From Waste Facility April 24 2018[…]
Robert Crick and Jeremy Woodward kindly arranged and coordinated the public meeting held at the Leigh Brown Hall (Unitarian Church) at 7pm on Feb 22nd. It was very well attended and encouraged lively debate about which directions we should go in. Everybody got to speak and say what they thought, and we then consolidated all Read more about Public Meeting February 22nd 2018[…]
This is my first post for the page but it is late – I am doing a few catchups just to get the blog started. A little introduction to our group is needed. I am Denise, now the Chair, but originally just me, picking up rubbish either on my own or with my family (husband Read more about Catchup 1: Starting up Sidmouth Plastic Warriors[…]