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Useful information about Christmas & New Year rubbish and recycling collections

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Xmas_boy with blue box and can_mJust for your information, we thought we’d pass on Cornwall Council’s holiday schedule for collecting rubbish and recycling.

For a summary of dates, click here.

Rubbish collections will be suspended on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Residents will receive a double collection the following week.

Recycling collections will not take place on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. If your collection is due on either of these days, it will be collected on Saturday 28 December.

Garden waste collections will not take place on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. If your collection is due on either of these days, it will be collected on Saturday 28 December.

Christmas trees
Real Christmas trees will only be collected on weeks commencing 6 January and 13 January. Place your tree out for collection on your rubbish collection day, on the alternate week to your recycling collection. The trees will be collected for free, then shredded and composted.

Other Christmas Questions

Christmas cards
There are a number of charity collections for Christmas cards, but if you wish to dispose of them using the kerbside recycling collection, they should be placed in the cardboard sack.

Envelopes
White envelopes should go in the paper sack; coloured or brown envelopes should go with the cardboard.

Wrapping paper
We can accept most wrapping paper but shiny paper is difficult to recycle as the water in the paper mills cannot penetrate the fibres. So if paper is coated with foil or plastic, we cannot take it. Please put all non-shiny paper in the paper sack and remove all sticky take, string and ribbons.

Cardboard
Over Christmas there are a lot of extra cardboard boxes. The boxes should be flattened and put into the orange cardboard bag. If the boxes are too big, flat pack them, tie them in a bundle and put them out next to your recycling. If you have very large amounts of cardboard, you can either take it to the household waste and recycling centres or put it out for the kerbside collection over a couple of weeks.

Chocolate and biscuit tins
You can put chocolate and biscuit tins out for recycling in the sack for plastic bottles and cans. We can only accept metal sweet and biscuit tins; we cannot take plastic tubs.

Additonal recycling
If you have more kerbside recycling than usual, please put it out in carrier bags. Please be extra careful with glass bottles and place out for collection in a rigid box.

Household waste and recycling centres
The sites will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. The normal site opening times are 9am to 4pm.

The holly and the ivy …

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This morning, the Murley Hall was nearly buried under a pile of delicious-smelling pine, holly, ivy, rosemary, bay and so much more!

Shirley led us, first by demonstrating her amazing eye for floral arrangements, whipping up a stunning display in a matter of minutes, and then by patiently helping us create our own masterpieces.

Aided by Lis’s endless supply of cake and mince pies, we all worked quietly and companiably, with only the occasional burst of a Christmas carol from ‘the naughty corner.’

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By the end of the day, we went home with gorgeous Christmas wreaths and arrangements, surpassing all of our expectations.

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See some more photos of the day, including some of our wreaths, by clicking here.

November craft night

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Last night we held a wonderful craft evening instead of having our usual guest speaker. It was great fun to see our members all get involved in making some pretty Christmassy things.

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We all enjoyed some mulled wine and mince pies while we worked and I think we’d all agree that the evening was a big success.

Thanks to Charlotte and Gail for organising it and for putting together our craft kits. Remember, if anyone would like to buy any additional kits, they’re available for £1 each and would make lovely stocking-stuffers for family members. Just email us at crowlasludgvanwi@gmail.com if you’re interested.

 

 

It’s for the birds!

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Today we all had a birdwatching taster day, led by the very knowledgeable David Chapman.

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We started at the hide in Hayle, and walked around the estuary, looking for the elusive osprey (David was very keen to spot it!). Unfortunately, it remained hidden. We did, however, see about 35 different birds including a rare arctic tern and Mediterranean gull.

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After a rather wet afternoon, we retired to Birdie’s Bistro for hot chocolate!

A big thank you goes out to Pat Gloyn for organising this great event for us.

Felt Flower Workshop

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A group of us put our crafty hands to work today and made some gorgeous felt flower brooches.

We started by making poppies for Remembrance Day, but under Lis’s patient tutelage we quickly got the hang of it and branched out into all manner of pink, purple and blue flowers.

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Our usual £2 per participant hostess fee was collected and will be donated to the British Legion.

Thanks for a great day, Lis!

Click here to see more photos.

 

“The Gagging Law”: Have Your Say!

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Sorry this is so last-minute, but I thought you should all be aware of a Public Meeting to be held tomorrow (Friday) at 7:00pm at St John’s Hall in Penzance to discuss the proposed “Gagging Law” with Andrew George.

What does this have to do with WI, you ask? Potentially, a lot!

Although the law’s laudable intention is to prevent ‘big money’ from having undue influence on our political process, the implications go far beyond this.

The law is currently written in such a way that it will restrict the WI’s ability to pass resolutions and engage in campaigns, all of which – if the law passes – will now be included under the umbrella of activities considered to be “for election purposes.” As you know, although the WI has a long history of involvement in social issues, we do not get involved in party politics. The Gagging Law, however, fails to see that distinction.

It’s not just us, either. All charities and community organisations stand to be affected, from the National Trust to Christian Aid to the Royal British Legion to Friends of the Earth and The Countryside Alliance.

This is such an important issue so if you can spare the time, please try and get to St John’s Hall tomorrow. It’s all about numbers. Andrew George is opposed to the law as it is currently written, but he does need to know how much support he has in Cornwall. That’s where we come in.

If you can’t make it to the Public Meeting, please write a letter or send an email to your MP. The contact information for Andrew George is:

Andrew George, MP
Constituency Office
Trewella
18 Mennaye Road
Penzance  TR18 4NB
andrew.george.mp@parliament.uk

Please see the Briefing Notes from NFWI which include wording for a sample letter.