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TRAFFIC NOTICE: ROAD FROM ST ANN’S CHAPEL CROSS TO BIGBURY GREEN CROSS, BIGBURY – 5th JUNE 2023
See link for details:- 230206 TTRO2349057 On Site Notice
Residents encouraged to sign up now for March garden waste collections
Residents of the South Hams who want to sign up to the new fortnightly garden waste collection service are being encouraged to sign up before 22 January, to ensure the service can be as efficient as possible.
Thousands of residents have already signed up for the service since subscriptions went live on 1 November. Anyone in the district can sign up; an annual £49 subscription covers collections for one brown wheelie bin, with a maximum of two subscriptions for two bins per household.
The first collections will begin in March. The Council is encouraging everyone who wants their first collection in March to sign up by 22 January. This is so Council staff have enough time to create the collection rounds and get everything ready ahead of launch. The more people that sign up by 22 January, the more robust and efficient the rounds will be.
Everyone will still be able to sign up after 22 January, but your starting date may be delayed.
Cllr Keith Baldry, South Hams Executive Member for Environment, said: “We’d love to see as many residents as possible signed up to the new garden waste collection service by 22 January. This will allow us to create the most efficient and best collection routes possible for our subscribers.
“Our team have been working very hard to ensure we’re ready to provide the district with a new and improved garden waste collection service in the spring. We want to reassure residents that the annual subscription fee will purely cover the cost of the service, with no profit being made. Compared to what private companies charge for collections, the annual fee represents good value for money.”
Residents can sign up to the new service in two ways:
The quickest and easiest way to sign up is on our website: www.southhams.gov.uk/gardenwaste – the website is full of information and useful FAQs on the service.
Alternatively, call us:
You can call us on 01803 861234. We expect phone lines to be busy, so there may be a wait.
Residents can keep their garden waste wheelie bin even if they choose not to subscribe to this service. Anyone who decides not to sign up to the service and would like to have their brown bin removed can fill out our online contact form at: www.southhams.gov.uk/gardenwaste
Those who decide not to sign up for the service can still take their garden waste to all three recycling centres in the South Hams. Full details, including opening hours, are available online here: South Hams Recycling Centres
Alternatively, people can find out more on home composting possibilities here: Recycle Devon – How to Compost
ENDS
The Pickwick Inn, January 2023
Herewith, some personal reflections on a 6th January visit to The Pickwick Inn:
It was around 6.45pm on a Friday night, a little over a month since the pub re-opened under Ashley’s brave stewardship and the place was just as everybody imagines a traditional village pub should be – noisy and throbbing, full of conversation and celebration! There were a couple of joyful, birthday groups in fancy dress with cakes full of sparklers. The bar area was crowded with standing drinkers but there was still space to eat at a table in the dining area (the gluten-free, beer-battered cod was a delight; lovely white flesh within a light, crispy case) and the bar service was efficient despite the crowd. I almost lost count of the number of familiar faces and friendly greetings encountered during the course of the evening! It seemed as though half the parish was out, happily determined to prove that there is still enormous social value in such a community watering hole, with everybody willing Ashley to succeed in his brilliant, hard-working efforts to rescue the pub from its recent dire state. If this visit was typical, there should be no worries about the pub’s long-term survival!
BIGBURY PARISH SKIP – Saturday 14th Jan 2023
West Country Skip Hire has confirmed that the parish skip for disposal of refuse by BIGBURY PARISHIONERS ONLY will be delivered to the Memorial Hall car park at c8:30 on Saturday morning, 14th Jan., 2023. and removed at the end of the afternoon.
As in previous years, car tyres, builders rubble, TV sets and fridges cannot be accepted.
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