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The Mid Sussex Wood Recycling Project

Compost Bins

So you want to create some raised beds for your newly inspired veg garden, or maybe you’re looking for that perfectly rustic compost bin to create your nutritious and virtuous soil improver. Whatever your project, if it needs wood, you need to visit the Mid Sussex Wood Recycling centre in Burgess Hill.
Mid Sussex Wood Recycling Project is a not-for-profit social enterprise. It was formed in 2007 to prevent some of the thousands of tonnes of wood going to landfill locally by collecting timber waste from manufacturing and construction industries.
As landfill costs increase, they are able to provide a cheaper viable alternative to skip hire for construction companies. They also provide recycling certificates at the completion of each project that can be used as a measure for Waste Extraction Plans when submitting future planning applications.
Broken pallets and wooden packaging waste is shredded for composting and any re-usable timbers from construction sites is re-sold to the public at affordable prices.They also construct original pieces of furniture such as benches and coffee tables as well as wooden compost bins and other garden materials for raised beds, pergolas etc.

Wood Collection

They provide volunteering opportunities and work with the Mid Sussex (South) Council for Voluntary Service to facilitate this. Opportunities exist for working with the collection team in retrieving timber as well as providing basic carpentry skills to help the team construct items for sale.
For more info vist their website at www.midsussexwoodrecycling.btik.com or call David or Gordon on 01273 565243
You can meet the guys from The Mid Sussex Wood Recycling Project at the Burgess Hill Eco Fair on 7 June at St Johns Park where they would welcome any visitors who wish to know more about the project.

Also try the Brighton and Hove Wood Recycling Centre

Complements of the Currency

Complements of the Currency

Simon Brett
Dec 08

istockphotos.com

With the global economy looking distinctly wobbly, and many people feeling resentful that the government has chosen to bail out the big banks, one answer comes from an unlikely quarter. Simon Brett explored the potential of complementary currencies.

Complementary currencies are not an especially new idea. One of the most successful and well-established, the WIR, came into being in Switzerland in 1934. They generally come into their own at times of economic downturn, because they do what national currencies cannot; they encourage greater diversity and a larger number of connections.