South Somerset Homes sheltered housing scheme doing it's bit for recycling
9 August 2004

A sheltered housing scheme in West Coker near Yeovil now has its own brand new recycling scheme for all the residents to use. Burrells House Sheltered Housing scheme in West Coker had t he bins installed at the beginning of April this year.

Sue Andrews, Scheme Manager at Burrells House, said, “The bins have been really successful; they are very much like large wheelie-bins. We have two for paper, one for tins and one for glass bottles and jars . The residents find them very easy to use. All in all they are very neat and tidy and now we don't have to make special journeys to do the recycling and they are emptied fortnightly.”

From left to right are residents, Margerate Porter, Gladys Rawlings, Dorothy Coward, Jean Armstrong, John Porter, Sue Andrews (Scheme Manager, Burrells House, West Coker), Beth Prince ( Waste Management Officer for Recycling, SSDC) Monica Pauitt and John Smart .

Beth Prince , Waste Management Officer for Recycling at South Somerset District Council, arranged for Burrells House scheme to have its own mini-recycling scheme put in for the residents. She said, “This is an excellent example of how committed local residents are to recycling. Their new recycling centre provides them with a great opportunity to make a difference and allows them to recycle a whole range of items.”