Twyncarmel News Summer 2015

Fun Activities in the Holidays“Grow Wild” seed plantingOn a very warm Tuesday over Easter, we worked with Norma Greene from Cynefin and Jake Castle from Keep Wales Tidy to prepare some ground to plant wild flower seeds which had been donated by Kew Gardens under their Grow Wild project.

We were joined by some young children visiting relatives on the estate. They sprinkled compost and water over the seeds which were planted by Alison Chaplin, Community Development Project Officer. Hopefully, some of the wild flowers will be appearing shortly.

Litter PickNorma and Jake also came out on the Thursday and, with help from Tidy Towns and a couple of residents, we collected 10 bags of rubbish from the Old Flats Site.

Six bags went to recycling and four bags were placed with general waste.

D-I-Y Bee HouseAfterwards we went back to The Fact Shop for refreshments and began assembling our D-I-Y bee houses. Made from cut bamboo canes stuffed into an old cardboard inner from a toilet roll, they are bound together with plastic tape then placed inside an old pop bottle container, before being hung up outside.

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Litter PickWe started with a litter pick. Norma Greene from Cynefin and Jake Castle from Keep Wales Tidy joined us again on a dry, but cold, afternoon in May.

With the help of some enthusiastic young volunteers, we collected another six bags of rubbish from the field site and part of a child’s size pool table.

Street SceneWe then made a “street scene” with some of the rubbish. We went back to The Fact Shop for refreshments and were joined by some more young helpers.

Using an old board, pens, glue. leaves, and some items destined for the recycling box, they eagerly set about making their own ideal houses and gardens.

In August we will be planting some black and red current bushes along the fences in the old flats field area.

You will be able to pick the fruit produced in future years for free.

Come along and give us a hand.

Watch out for Guerilla Gardening in August

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Recycling and waste collecti onPlasti c bott lesPlease remove the tops from bott les and place them in the blue sack with the bott le.

As advised in the booklet, all cans / bott les /plasti c containers / jars should be washed before placing them in the appropriate container. The Council receives more money for recycling if it isn’t contaminated and this will help to reduce future Council Tax rises.

FlatsThose of you living in the Flats have a diff erent recycling system to the houses.We have issued you with separate instructi ons.

We contacted the Council to sort out issues with non-collecti on of the large wasted bins for the fl ats when the new system came into place.

It appears that we were missed off their new list. As they had changed the staff on the round, this wasn’t picked up unti l we brought it to their att enti on.

Nos. 70 - 80There were also issues with waste not being collected from these properti es. We contacted the Council who have now agreed to collect the recycling from outside resident’s doors in this area, rather than the car park.

We know there have been issues since the new Waste Recycling criteria came in, but hopefully this will bed in over ti me as people become more used to the system.

Since the system went live, we have learnt the following which wasn’t in the booklet provided:

PaperShredded paper should be put in a clear plasti c bag and can then be put alongside newspapers / magazines etc. in the black/green box.

CardboardLarge items of cardboard cannot fi t in the slots in the vans, so please cut them into smaller pieces and they will then be collected.

Alternati vely, take it up to the Amenity Centre in Dowlais and place it in the cardboard container there.

Glass jars/bott lesPlease remove the tops of the glass container and place the tops in the blue sack in plasti c or metal. The glass container goes in the black/green bin with cardboard.

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Tell us your viewsWe hope you have found this newslett er useful! If there is anything in parti cular you’d like us to look at in the next editi on please let us know!

Contact Alison Chaplin, Community DevelopmentProject Offi cer 07929 201429alison.chaplin@wwha.co.uk

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