| Solar powered tenants |
| Martin |
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TENANTS in Leyland are taking part in a pioneering new scheme which would result in a cut in their annual heating bills.
The innovative scheme, using solar power, is one of only two in the north west to win a government grant to help cover the cost of installation.
New Progress Housing Association bid for the funding and is to receive £98,180 towards the £163,634 cost of insulating and installing solar power at 22 of its houses in Spring Gardens.
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It looks like I moved away from Spring Gardens too early. I knew I should have stayed there another 25 years. |
| Caroline | They caught on quick there, didn't they? 'Innovative scheme'!! |
| Martin | There is so much more we could do to cut our bills and many ways of using more recyclable materials, but modern society seems to be focused on profit and ease of use... hence junk food and cheaply built houses and mountains of rubbish. |
| Hayleypink | one of my old work collegues who is enviormentally friendly to a tee now lives in an area just outside of london where her house is completely solar powered....they have all recycled water, no eletricity...strange but true. |
| Kath smith | Did anyone see that program on a Discovery Channel the other week about the totally environmentally friendly houses in Cornwall? they are built out of bales of hay and wood, solar powered and the loo is an old fashioned kind with a pit under it, they didn't have a well for drinkingwater it was ordinary mains but they had a rainwater butt to collect water they used for bathing and washing clothes.
We got a survey on Wednesday when the bins had been emptied asking us what we thought about the recycling facilities in Leyland and South Ribble and Chorley areas. In Euxton which comes under Chorley borough we have 2 wheely bins one for ordinary waste the other for compostable waste, also we have a stacker box to put waste paper in. I keep asking the councillors for one for glass, metal and plastic. their answer is that we can take all other waste to the local recycling centres or use 'bottle banks' at supermarkets like Tesco and Asda. So we go off to shop with a boot full of cans bottles and plastic packageing only to find there isnt a 'plastic' skip. Anyone know where there is one round here?
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| LDunlop76 | Kath, you are lucky! Wigan Council doesn't seem to encourage any recycling and provide only one bin. Anyone wanting to recycle rubbish has to take it themselves to the supermarket carpark. |
| Martin | I think the government are going to phase out landfill sites in the next ten years, so recycling is a very big issues. I went to a meeting at work this week and was told that Somerset County Council are planning for the alternatives now. I'd be surprised if South Ribble borough Council aren't addressing this issue right now. |
| Hayleypink | Kath i think those houses are the ones like what my friend lives in. they ahev been in the press quite a lot. |
| LDunlop76 | We have a big landfill site in the old quarry on Billinge Hill. It's about full now, but we've had years of trucks thundering up the village street, delivering Liverpool's waste. Now it's almost full, they've had to install pipelines to siphon off the gas emissions. They do seem to be making a decent job of the landscaping so far though. However, I'm surprised no-one's applied to build houses on the site - a bit of methane/asbestos/nuclear waste (OK, the last one was an exaggeration!) doesn't usually seem to stop the developers moving in! |
| noel | quote:
Originally posted by Martin
I think the government are going to phase out landfill sites in the next ten years, so recycling is a very big issues. I went to a meeting at work this week and was told that Somerset County Council are planning for the alternatives now. I'd be surprised if South Ribble borough Council aren't addressing this issue right now.
Isn't that what the proposed recycling plant at the bottom of Centurion Way is about Martin?
As a polymer chemist I know ther eis great concern about the dumping of tyres and some legislation is coming in in 2006 I think to ban dumping of tyres of 1.4 metres or less . This is causing much concern for the tyre shredders due to lack of capacity and demand .
I wonder why young mothers aren't encouraged to use Terry's nappies and instead use these ecophobic plastic desposables. There must be a great mountain of festering baby dung somehwere, I believe these things take hundreds of years to bio-decompose.[:(] |
| Martin | quote:
Originally posted by Spitfire
Noel, Strange - but the Mrs. and I were only discussing yesterday and wondering how many young mums still used Terry nappies. Apart from reducing mountains of plasic waste, I would have thought you could save several £100 on each child. (Is the extra work involved the reason- I wonder?)
I have been told by a few parents that I've worked with, that disposable nappies are just as cost effective to them and you don't have to spend time and money washing. I know that the cost to the environment is a problem, but try telling the parents of young kids these days, I think they will be too preoccupied with the little ones to give it much thought. |
| LDunlop76 | I must confess I used disposable nappies for our two, but we weren't informed of the non-degradability of them back then. Memories of great pails of terry nappies boiling on the stove remind me why modern mums aren't keen - they're so time-consuming for working mums. A friend in the US used a diaper laundry service - a van came daily and took away the used ones, brought back freshly laundered ones. I think I've heard of this being available down south, but I haven't heard of anyone setting up such a service round here. That would seem to be the most eco-friendly way to go. |
| Spitfire | Noel, Strange - but the Mrs. and I were only discussing yesterday and wondering how many young mums still used Terry nappies. Apart from reducing mountains of plasic waste, I would have thought you could save several £100 on each child. (Is the extra work involved the reason- I wonder?)
I am all for re-cycling - and do as much as possible. However, the `border guards` at the local tip make you feel like you shouldn`t be there and scrutinise everything you remove from your vehicle. (or am I just being paranoid?). |
| Spitfire | Caroline, For Leland, this scheme really is `Innovative`. Didn`t you know we were the first in Britain to adopt it? Seriously though, It`s great to see the town come back to life. The changes made in the last couple of years has been truly amazing. I can`t belive just how many years we put up with the derelict Gas Works and Co-Op sites. |
| LDunlop76 | I have also heard that disposable nappies work out at a similar price over 2 years to terries. With terries you have to factor in not only the initial cost of the nappies, but also detergent, Napisan, wear and tear on the washing machine, electriciy costs, water if you're on a water meter, soaking buckets, plastic pants..... it all mounts up. But I think the bottom line (oops, such a bad pun!) is convenience. Until there's a reliable nappy laundry service available, people will choose disposables for sheer ease of use. I can just imagine a child minder's or nursery's reaction if a mum turned up with a pile of terries when they dropped their baby off as they went to work!!! |
| Martin | I think this and many other problems associated with todays society boil down to "Community" If people worked together in communities, then these things wouldn't be such a burden. Nowadays most services provided are being run by large companies on tight budgets. humphhh! |
| Martin | I've just read this article.
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10,000 residents get the chance to go green...
TEN thousand people in South Ribble will soon have the chance to be lean and green- with new brown bins.
The bins will be used to boost the borough's garden waste recycling scheme.
More than half of all homes in South Ribble will now have the opportunity to recycle waste from the garden, reducing the waste to compost and taking less space in landfill sites.
Why can't they have a nappy bin as well? |
| Spitfire | Martin, Because they`d never find anyone to empty them !!!!! |
| Martin | It would be a good idea for any budding business minded people... A nappy collection and cleaning service. Or would the young parents of today not be interested? |
| LDunlop76 | I would, if mine were of an age to be in nappies. Mind you, rate I'm going on, it might be them putting me in nappies before so very long! <g> |
| Caroline | We've had recycling bins here for a couple of years now. Unfortunately, not everyone makes the effort to seperate the waste, and rates have had to go up . There seems to be a lot of confusion about nappies, I read that terries are more economical. I bought my daughter some for her first child- she hasn't used them yet, three years later! I think it comes down to the fact that noone wants to scrape poo or have stinky nappies in a bucket hanging around, can you blame them? the laundry servce has got to be a good option, though.. |
| Martin | quote:
Solar-powered homes project gets underway
A £163,000 project to install the latest energy saving technology into 70 year old houses is underway in Leyland.
The unusual scheme to equip homes with high-tech solar panels is being carried out in Spring Garden in properties owned by New Progress Housing.
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Heres a recycled news item [:)] |