Spring 2012 - Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council

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Cut out and keep checklist to recycle all you can About 50% of what’s thrown away could be recycled. Only 24%* is being recycled in the borough at the moment. Yes please • All plastic bottles, such as drinks, milk, cleaning products and shampoo bottles (Please remove lids) • All aluminium and steel cans, such as drinks, food and pet food cans • Empty aerosols • All unlined cardboard packaging and boxes, such as cereal and food boxes • All clean paper, such as newspapers, magazines, junk mail, directories and Yellow Pages No thanks • Plastic packaging, such as polystyrene, cellophane, yoghurt pots, margarine tubs, food trays and flower pots • Plastic carrier bags • Bottle tops • Drinks cartons, such as milk and orange juice cartons • Shredded paper • Gift wrap * unaudited figures 10 Basingstoke & Deane Today Glass recycling for more residents All residents in the borough are due to get kerbside glass recycling by the end of June. Following on from the success of the first phase of the glass recycling collection service residents in the second phase will be receiving their recycling boxes shortly in the run up to the collections starting next month (April). This will mean that residents in parts of Brighton Hill, South Ham, Worting, Popley, Chineham, Oakley, Black Dam, Basingstoke town centre, Kempshott, Tadley, Silchester, Oakridge, Whitchurch and Overton will be able to put all their glass bottles and jars, without corks or tops, out for collection in their new box. The box then needs to be placed out alongside residents’ green recycling bins for emptying by 7am on the usual collection day. All the remaining residents in the borough will then get the service two months later, so that every home in the borough will be covered. Residents cannot put items such as light bulbs, glass panes, lead crystal glass, glass ovenware and, of course, any non-glass items in the box. The glass collected is sent to a reprocessing plant, where it is colour sorted and then used to make new bottles and jars. The first phase of the new fortnightly service was introduced last July and has collected over 200 tonnes of glass since it started. The glass collection service is being introduced thanks to a £1 million saving through joint waste and recycling collections with neighbouring Hart District Council. For more information see www.basingstoke.gov.uk/go/recycle, email recycling@basingstoke.gov.uk or call 01256 844844. Pruning the cost of garden waste collections Green fingered recyclers are being offered even better value from the garden waste service with extra collections and bags for the same price as last year. The service collects grass cuttings, hedge trimmings, cut flowers, weeds, leaves, twigs and prunings on the same weekday fortnightly from February until the week of 10 December 2012. The cost is still £28 per year but this year residents get two sacks rather than one. And anyone signing up later in the year will only pay for remaining collections, not the full charge as before. Everything collected in the large hard wearing green garden waste bags is composted locally to produce bags of Pro-Grow, high quality organic soil conditioner to help gardens grow. Last year over 4,000 people in the borough joined the scheme, sending an impressive 1,000 tonnes of garden waste for composting. To sign up see www.basingstoke.gov.uk/go/gardenwaste to complete an online form or call 01256 844844.
...bringing variety to life www.basingstokefestival.co.uk Your guide to Basingstoke Festival Running from Friday 22 June to Sunday 15 July, Basingstoke Festival will offer a vibrant programme of events taking place at venues across the borough for all ages to enjoy. Colourful and cultural curtain-raiser The opening weekend sets the scene for the festival itself, with a wide variety of events to suit different tastes and ages. Taming of the Shrew Mosaic Festival Big top extravaganza Friday 22 June to Saturday 23 June also Thursday 28 June to Saturday 30 June Venue: Walled Garden, Down Grange Following the success of last year’s production of Love’s Labours Lost (pictured above), the critically acclaimed Proteans’ stage Shakespeare’s ultimate battle of the sexes performed outdoors at The Walled Garden - so make sure to bring a picnic. Contact: www.centralstudio.co.uk www.proteustheatre.com or call 01256 418318. Saturday 23 June to Sunday 24 June Venue: Glebe Gardens, off Church Street Showcasing the diversity of Basingstoke’s cultures through music, dance, theatre and participatory workshops. Saturday will see local ethnic cultures and food that enrich the borough with a multicultural performance extravaganza and fusion music into the evening. Sunday will see Punch’s Picnic, jazz and all things quintessentially English including Morris Dancers and cream tea! Contact: admin@bmforum.org.uk or call 07403 456 006 Saturday 23 June to Sunday 24 June Venue: Festival Place A two-day event with clowns, jugglers and animatronics animals around the centre, hosted by ring master Matt Barnard. The following three weekends artist Michelle Reader will be constructing a Climbing Clowns sculpture in Porchester Square from recycled waste. Contact: www.festivalplace.co.uk Sign up for festival updates at www.basingstokefestival.co.uk or call 01256 844844. Basingstoke & Deane Today 11
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