Council considers ambitious new recycling and waste plans - Herefordshire recycling and waste collections may change for a greener future

Changes to the way Herefordshire Council provide the county’s recycling and waste collection and waste disposal services are set to be considered at a cabinet meeting to be held next week (Thursday 25 November).

With tough new environmental standards on the horizon, keeping things as they are now is not an option for them, after they received over 3600 responses to a consultation earlier in the year. In response, 86 per cent said ‘more needs to be done to reduce rubbish and increase recycling’; while 60 per cent acceed ‘the need to change the current rubbish and recycling system’. Over half (56 per cent) of residents favour a separate food waste collection.

If agreed, from late 2023, the changes will see a new weekly food waste collection service and a fortnightly seasonal garden waste collection service. Currently 40 per cent of the contents of the county’s residual waste bins could be recycled and residents have told us more needs to be done.

Read more about this on the Council website here

 https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/news/article/1259/council-considers-ambitious-new-recycling-and-waste-plans

Town Trail, ground reappears!

On our second session working on the Town Trail, we were pleased to see that temporary barriers were in place by the broken fencing. Our clearing work will make it easier for the repairs to be carried out.

We worked up the slope to the road but have left some brambles along the top edge.

Hopefully this will discourage litter - we collected another two bags full.

Our next session is on Monday 22nd November from 10. 30 a.m. If you'd like to come and help, please contact us on sustainableledbury@gmail.com

If you're out walking that way, do stop for a chat and let us know if you have any memories of the Trail and how it used to be.

Town Trail - conservation work begins.

Supporters of Sustainable Ledbury have recently spent a couple of mornings cutting back an overgrown area of the Town Trail, near Bye Street/Bridge Street.

The 'brash' is being left as 'dead hedges'. This will maintain the natural cycle of material rotting back into the ground and provide habitat for insects and invertebrates. 

The team have so far removed 2 bags of litter per session. This work is a first step in the plan to increase the range of woodland plants in the area, making it more attractive for the town and providing greater biodiversity for wildlife.

Next Repair Cafe Ledbury date Sat 6th Nov 2021

The next Repair Cafe Ledbury will be held in the Burgage Hall on Sat 6th Nov from 10 am until 12 pm.

As before it will run as a "drop off and collect " service, which requires pre booking.

Book your place for repairs to portable household items of a mechanical, electrical or electronic nature, also sharpening and basic jewelry repairs. Sorry, no textile repairs at the moment.

For more information and to book items in, see the Repair Cafe Ledbury website

Town Trail project has go ahead!

Sustainable Ledbury Town Trail project now has the go ahead to do some conservation work on the Town Trail.

Where to start? We're spoilt for choice but we've decided to begin with the area just of Bye Street/Lower Road where the path slopes down to the trail. It's very overgrown and we're pretty sure there are some shrubs under there somewhere!

The photos show what we're talking about. We'll be there on the mornings of 25th October, 8th November, 22nd November and 6th December, from 10.30 a.m. If you'd like to help, please contact us on sustainableledbury@gmail.com If you're passing, do stop and say hello.