Bawdeswell Village ‘Groundforce’ Team

Village Hall Recyling Centre

Over the past few months volunteers from the Bawdeswell ‘Groundforce’ team have been working to upgrade the recycling facility at the Village Hall. This has been supported by contributions from the Parish Council for the cost of concrete, gravel and the hire of a vibrator/compactor. The project was conceived and led by Graham Swain, our village handyman, in his own time.

The glass and can banks have been set back from the road on a concrete base and a gravelled access has been provided. The paper bank has been moved slightly. A large amount of rubble etc (20-30 tons) has been moved to site, mainly in small trailer loads, to provide a firm base for the lorries delivering and collecting the banks and to prevent them getting stuck in the soft ground (earlier this year the paper bank was full for some weeks because the ground was too soft for the lorry to pick it up). On 7 June a group of volunteers completed the laying and compacting of the rubble and then helped to spread 10 tons of gravel to complete the work. Anyone visiting the centre can now drive clear of the road and easily access all recycling from one place.

The Groundforce team are also regularly carrying out some temporary repairs, hole filling etc in the village hall access road pending refurbishing of the road which is hoped to be included as part of Project Bawdeswell.

Please Note:

· Glass banks are ONLY for bottles, jars etc.

· PLEASE do not bring window glass.

· PLEASE do not bring any other rubbish.

· PLEASE take away empty bags and boxes.

· PLEASE do not leave anything on the ground by the recycling banks.

Several sacks of rubbish have been cleared recently and someone has dumped a large pile of newspaper behind the bottle banks. The site is being regularly monitored and consideration will be given to billing anyone seen dumping rubbish or inappropriate materials for its removal. Please note that the wheelie bin at the hall is for rubbish from the hall ONLY.

Other recent projects have been clearance of rubbish, broken glass etc at the village hall, demolishing and removing a derelict hut on the playing field and clearing the layby on the Billingford Road,

A number of other Groundforce projects are being planned and usually only take up 2-3 hours on one day a week. If you would like to help in the Groundforce team or would like to suggest a small project please contact Graham on 688204 or David on 688749