Another great speaker - so good that the audience couldn't wait till the end to ask questions so it took Sarah a while to get though her presentation. She certainly highlighted for me how ignorant I am about recycling - or as she put it Wishcycling!
Thanks to Anne for the report
One of the focuses in Rotary is the Environment. Tonight, I read in the ebulletin that Sarah Winkler, from " Everyday Recycler". was coming to speak about recycling plastics (for Plastics July), I was intrigued. So many questions were raised during the presentation, even before the conclusion of her speech. As the author of " Recycling for Dummies "the details she provided were practical, responding to all the necessary requirements for recycling. She also explained how we, as individuals, can undertake this task.
Sarah outlined the reasons why we all need to do this:-
1. It is important to conserve the environment
2. It is necessary to save energy and resources overall
3. Every type of material needs to be recycled in a different way
4. Each of us must place the right things in the right bin in order to keep contaminants out
5. A lot of specialist recycling is available, particularly when items are not classified as packaging.
The best part about this presentation is that at the very end of it, our President, Elizabeth Shepherd, informed us that the Rotary Club of Canterbury has registered to collect bottles and cans which have "ten cents" on them.
She showed us the pink bin, which will be used on a weekly basis , for this purpose. This will become another stream of income for future projects and will ensure that we are part of a specialist recycling service.
Based on our members residence here are the recycling guidelines for your council area