Eckington Jan 2021

The Doorsteppa
A MESSAGE FROM KILLAMARSH
CONSERVATION GROUP
Don't bin your empty crisp packets!
7 LOCAL CHRONICLE
Guest of St Giles Parish Church. The bench will
stand proudly for many years to come for future
generations to pause and reflect ‘In Remembrance
2020 – Faced with Courage.’
You may not be aware that crisp packets are not
recyclable through the local authority kerbside
collections and most end up in landfill where they
take up to 80 years to decompose.
There is however a commercial recycling scheme
by TerraCycle UK Ltd that turns this waste into
recycled products. Killamarsh Conservation Group
sought and was given permission by the Bridge
Street Co-op to place a public collection box for
crisp packets in-store and also arranged for a
similar box at Killamarsh Infant and Nursery School
for their pupils and parents to use.
The Group approached St Giles School, and they
too have a box for their children to bring empty
packets to be recycled via the school. We are also
very pleased that Eckington School has joined the
campaign to reduce the number of empty crisp
packets that so often end up as litter on the streets
and in hedgerows. Our thanks to the Manager at
Killamarsh Co-op, and the respective Head
Teachers of the schools for taking part. Only empty
crisp packets (no other snack wrappers) are
recycled through this scheme, but both individual
and multipack wrappers are accepted.
Further recycling information can be found on
https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB
This month we start a new feature about people
who are involved in working in our community -
under the heading -
KILLAMARSH PEOPLE
INTRODUCING ……………….
Ian Judson, who has lived in the village for several
years and Barry Thompson, a live long resident,
together opened Art and Minds at 43 Bridge Street
in 2017. Their main function is to encourage
members of the community (especially those with
mental health/social problems and loneliness to
use the shop for a chat, a cuppa, to listen to music,
read or participate in art and craft if they wish.
They also have for sale in the shop many gifts and
goodies so call in and I am sure you will find
something you like. They are a not-for-profit
organisation with any money raised from sales
being used to pay the rent and energy bills.
Contact: Mobile: 07711271770 Facebook: Art &
Minds Killamarsh or search Art and Minds
Killamarsh to find them on YouTube.
MEMORIAL BENCH INSTALLED
On Saturday the 19th of December Barry Pritchard
Funeral Directors placed a memorial bench in front
of their premises in Bridge Street in Killamarsh to
remember those who lost their lives in 2020. The
bench was unveiled by Lee Rowley, MP for North
East Derbyshire and was dedicated by Rev. Helen
Edited by Patricia Bone
Tel: 0114 4185359 • Mob: 07903 858276 • Email: thedoorsteppa@gmail.com • Web: www.thedoorsteppa.co.uk