What a couple of weeks we have had here at R4GM HQ, we launched our Capital FM radio campaign to encourage residents of Greater Manchester to stick it in Right Bin, one lucky listener won an Ipad2, but it’s not over yet! Stay tuned for a further 2 Ipad2 give-aways over the next 8 weeks.
We launched our smart phone app on the android system, 85 people have downloaded the app for FREE already! What does it do? I
hear you ask, well it’s a pocket rocket of information and useful tools. You can find your nearest recycling Centre, furniture re-use scheme, bike re-use project and much more. Just go to ‘show route ‘ and hey presto you will have a walking or driving route using GPS and Google maps, which tells you distance and time from your current location, to quote the meerkats - ‘simples’. It also offers leftover recipes at your fingertips from starters to deserts that can save you money and food waste, a double bonus.
We also had some welcome visitors from Beijing China to our state of the art facilities at Longley Lane, Sharston. In order to learn about the ground breaking way we treat waste here in Greater Manchester. The site tour included a look around the Materials Recovery Facility or ‘Murfy’ as we call it. This is the plant that sorts all of your mixed recycling into separate materials using magnets, laser eyes and other fandangled technologies. There is also a Recycling Centre at the site and a Mechanical Biological Treatment facility, which is a great alternative to landfill.
….and FINALLY our 3rd edition of the ‘I love recycling’ supplement appeared in the Manchester Evening News, jam-packed full of recycling tips, re-use activities, competitions and stories.
What have you been up to theses past couple of weeks? Tell us your stories, we would love to hear from you. Stan Covell a resident from Bolton did just that, he got in touch on Facebook and told us about the unique way people on his street identify their bins. Stan does it Shakespeare ‘sytlee’. He writes poems and sticks them on his bin. Fantastic idea or what, intrigued well it just so happens we have the poem below:
There was a time now passed
When bottles made of glass
Once full of beer or pop
Would be returned to the shop
With a cash deposit made
When purchasing your refreshment
A cash return on the empties
Was part of your investment
But not so these days
Glass and plastic is thrown away
Discarded as worthless waste
We live in wasteful days
But glass and plastic bottles
Can be saved to be used again
Made in to new products
To serve man yet again
So it’s worth all your trouble
To sort out from the rubble
Bottles of plastic and glass
Once thrown out in the past
It is said it’s a sin to waste
That what can be used again
So recycle all you can
To help your fellow man
