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Press Release Dated 25th March 2021
​West Berkshire Council, in partnership with its waste contractor Veolia, are trialling four new recycling banks to increase collection of plastic waste. The banks will be for the collection of plastic pots, tubs and trays and will be available to use from Monday 29 March 2021.
Residents will be able to recycle a wider range of plastics in the new recycling banks including: yoghurt pots, margarine/butter tubs, biscuit trays, chocolate/sweet tubs, ice cream tubs, fruit punnets, meat trays and cosmetic pots.
Cllr Steve Ardagh-Walter, Executive Member for Environment at West Berkshire Council said: "It is important we reduce our plastic waste and choose alternative products where possible. I am delighted we are able to improve our recycling facilities in West Berkshire and provide new recycling banks for plastic pots, tubs and trays. There's an increasingly strong desire from the public to recycle more plastic waste types and I hope the new banks will help residents to reduce the amount of plastics they put into their black bin.”
Sara Perry, General Manager at Veolia, added: “Veolia are pleased to work with the Council to expand plastic recycling options within West Berkshire. The new banks will be rolled out on a trial basis to allow monitoring of plastics collected and we are testing the markets to find out how much we are able to place within it.”
The new plastic recycling banks will be tested at the following locations:

• Padworth and Newbury Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs). Residents will need to book an appointment online as usual before visiting the sites and carry their HWRC permit.
• Station Road car park in Hungerford
• Kingsland Centre car park in Thatcham.

Please make sure your plastics pots, tubs and trays are clean and all lids/films are removed before recycling. Unfortunately, we cannot accept black plastic trays, plastic film, wrapping or plastic bags. To check what you can recycle and for more information on recycling plastics visit: https://info.westberks.gov.uk/waste.
Currently West Berkshire residents are able to recycle plastic bottles in their green bags at the kerbside, as the materials used in making plastic bottles are easily recycled in UK markets. The plastic recycling banks will initially be installed on a trial basis to help the Council assess how well the public engage with this scheme and to look into the continued availability of markets for these materials going forward.
New HWRC Live Webcams
Alongside this positive development, the Council is also pleased to announce that residents can view the recycling centres through our new live site webcams. These webcams will give residents the opportunity to have a look at real-time site conditions before they set off on their visits. View them online: https://info.westberks.gov.uk/recyclingcentres.

Your March edition of the Brickleton News can be downloaded here. 

The Spring edition of the Countryside Society Upstream! is available to download here and contains lots of local updates 

The Parish Council is please to confirm that a Memorial Bench in memory of John Hall-Craggs and all the work he did for the village will be installed outside the Church. 

A full article will be published in the May Brickleton News on all John was part of in the village, including his work to save the school and the creation of the Dunmore Pond Millennium Green. 

The family have chosen a beautifully engraved timber bench and the purchase is going ahead this month with the assistance of private donations, donations from the Parish Council and the Village Hall. If anyone would like to add to the donations, please get in touch with the Parish Council.

​We will share a picture once installed. 

The Ministry of Defence Police now operates a small armed policing team every day and night at RAF Welford. You might see us patrolling across the Lambourn Valley and the Vale of the White Horse. If you’ve seen anything suspicious please speak to our officers when you see them, or email us at matthew.callinicos100@mod.gov.uk or ian.colin100@mod.gov.uk .

​Your information, no matter how small, could make a big difference to keeping our communities safe or preventing crime. Your information is always in the strictest confidence and will only be shared with our policing partners at Thames Valley Police. In an emergency please always dial 999. It is an emergency when a crime is being committed, someone is at risk of being injured, or there is a risk of serious damage to property.

Spring Services in the West Downland Benefice
 
7th March        10.45am          Zoom Church
 
14th March      Mothering Sunday    
10.45am          Zoom Church
All Day             Posies & Prayers in the churchyards
15th March      11am               Seated Holy Communion at Chaddleworth
 
21st March      10.45am          Zoom Church
22nd March      11am               Seated Holy Communion at Chaddleworth
 
 
Passiontide & Easter Services
 
28th March      Palm Sunday             
9.00am            Open Air Matins at Fawley
10.45am          Zoom Church
29th April         11am               Seated Holy Communion at Chaddleworth
 
1st April           Maundy Thursday    
8pm                 ‘Remembering Gethsemane’ in Chaddleworth Churchyard
 
2nd April          Good Friday               
9.30am            The Passion Reading & Prayers in Welford Churchyard
10.30am          Café Church Open Air Storytime at Great Shefford
2.30pm            ‘Standing at the foot of the cross’ in Brightwalton Churchyard
 
4th April           Easter Day                 
6.30am            ‘Christ is Risen’ Open Air Holy Communion in Leckhampstead churchyard
10.00am          Zoom Church Special please note the earlier time
5th April           Bank Holiday Monday
No seated Holy Communion this week

Zoom Links
We want everyone who attends our Zoom services to feel safe and welcome.  Please use these links to invite family, friends and neighbours to join you for these services, but do not share them on social media or other generally circulated media. 
 
Mothering Sunday     10.45am
 
Join on your computer, laptop or device
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85991215455
Dial in on your landline
0131 460 1196 United Kingdom
0203 051 2874 United Kingdom
0203 481 5237 United Kingdom
0203 481 5240 United Kingdom
0203 901 7895 United Kingdom
Meeting ID: 859 9121 5455
 
Easter Day      10am  
Please note the earlier start time
 
Join on your computer, laptop or device
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86178722900
Dial in on your landline
0131 460 1196 United Kingdom
0203 051 2874 United Kingdom
0203 481 5237 United Kingdom
0203 481 5240 United Kingdom
0203 901 7895 United Kingdom
Meeting ID: 861 7872 2900
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