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Golspie in Bloom open evening

 

The GREAN community garden was a hive of activity on Wednesday 16th June when Golspie in Bloom held another successful open evening, to show members of the public their stunning display of hanging baskets and bedding plants in the GREAN poly tunnel ready to go out to brighten the village for the summer. Visitors came from far and wide including other ‘in Bloom’ groups and enjoyed a fine evening, with sales table and a free glass of wine.  

Much interest was shown in the community garden and plots have alreadyp1010116_440 been booked for next season. Well done to Golspie in Bloom!


GREAN Events Recycling Service-DTA Conference Aviemore 2010

The organisers of the Development Trust Association Conferencehave asked GREAN to provide recycling service at their Conference to be held at the MacDonald Hotel in Aviemore on 13th and 14th June 2010, following the popularity of the service provided  by GREAN at the Social Enterprise Fairs S2S in 2009 and 2010. Event organisers are invited to contact Fiona MacDonald on 01408 634253, or at for advice and a quotation.


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How To Use Your Box and Bag

A WELL-FILLED BOX AND BAG HELPS US DELIVER OUR SERVICE EFFICIENTLY   

Your box will be emptied every week you put it out and your full bag will be replaced with a new bag, it helps us to provide an economical service if you wait until they are full before you put them out for collection.  For collection days, please see the Collection Schedule page.

What we would like you to put in the box: 

 If you have plastic carrier bags, please put the following items in separate bags - carrier bags are ideal - and place the bags in the box.

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  • Newspaper, magazines, office paper

    Cardboard  

  • Glass bottles and jars
  • Textiles shoes and accessories
  • Electric cable
  • Mobile phones

Your box cover( 'box hat')keeps the contents dry and prevents it from blowing away, it also allows you to pack in as much as you can without it falling out! The cover is tied at one side to the box, please make sure it is tied before you put the box out for collection. These covers and ties wera out or blow away, if this happens please ask the collectors to supply you with a new one

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What we would like you to put in the bag:

At each collection you will receive a large plastic bag.  Please put the following items in the bag, and tie the handles before collection. what_to_put_in_the_bag_440 

Plastic drinks bottles (tops removed and put in bag)

Plastic milk bottles

Food cans

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Aluminium foil (sheet and trays) 

Please rinse out all these before putting them in the bag.  Leave labels on, but PLEASE do not put anything else in the bag, especially glass bottles.  The bags are manually handled and sorted, so contaminated material and glass are a hazard to our workers.    Please fill the bag if you can before putting it out for collection, the bags are expensive and we need you to make best use of them to ensure economic service. 

Other items Bicycles and lawnmowers can be left next to your box, but please ensure they are clearly labelled for us to collect.  We don't want to pick up someone's much-loved bike by mistake!