St David's Community Recycling Mumbles

Angry that this news has come out of the blue. Every household uses blister packs, and the pharmaceutical companies are making money hand over fist 😡 Time to give back you lot, and take some responsibility! @TerraCycleUK @Pfizer_UK @GSK @_RocheUK @JNJNews @Novartis @merckgroup

@LondonRecycles @TerraCycleUK YES you can recycle crisp packets, NO you can't do it kerbside, it has to be through Terracycle, or a local group collecting and sending to Terracycle to raise money for charity. Crisp packets are a mixed material, so need specialist recycling.

Can you #recycle crisp packets? 🤔 Sadly, the answer is no. However @TerraCycleUK run a crisp packet recycling scheme with public drop-off points! For more info, check our website ➡zcu.io/4VCj

Our Facebook post will help you to understand and take part in our scheme, to save recyclable packaging from landfill, and as a bonus, raise money for charity. Please RETWEET, to inform as many people as possible about our scheme. 😘 m.facebook.com/story.php?stor… @aplastic_planet

@ellifanntine @Recycle4Swansea @Recycle4Wales Wet pet food pouches and plastic treat and dry food bags. Wet food pouches (must be clean/dry) can also be dropped off outside St David's school in West Cross. Dry food bags can go to Coop Mumbles, West Cross, Bishopston and Brynmill, and Tesco Mumbles too Facebook.com/MumblesRecycles

Come on guys, help us make it to ✨£1,000✨ Unfortunately @walkers_crisps will only be paying £1/kg now not £2/kg, so it will be harder. Seems @MariahCarey was worth £9million, but saving millions of crisp packets produced every day from landfill isn't 😥 @HughFW @aplastic_planet

We've updated and added a few bins at St David's Community Recycling Mumbles HQ, outside St David's Catholic Primary, West Cross. Bins are accessible 24hrs. Please use them responsibly. Facebook.com/mumblesrecycles @Recycle4Wales @HughFW @EcoSchoolsWales @Recycle4Swansea @stdavidscps

We've nearly hit the 15kg minimum weight to send our first box of pens off to be recycled 😁 If you have a secret stash of dead pens, please drop them off to us! Can you collect in your workplace or school? 🤔 Please get in touch. @BICGroup @SwanseaCouncil @HughFW @964thewave

@coopuk 1 of 4 Co-ops we have community Recycling Stations in, currently raising money for @MarysMeals and @redcafemumbles.

@MumblesRecycles A great step moving forward! ♻️ ^Cress

We have a new and improved @TerraCycleUK Recycling Station set up in Brynmill Co-op (adjacent to Singleton Park and the Rec car park). Check our Facebook page for more details Facebook.com/mumblesrecycles @coopuk @SwanseaUni @SwanseaUniSU @Recycle4Wales @SwanseaCouncil @sthelensp

@kew20k @TerraCycleUK @Recycle4Wales @walkers_crisps @Keep_Wales_Tidy @HughFW They can be, although last week I had credits within a day of sending! They're pretty good at the moment, even had 2 lots of crediting some weeks, but in the past it's been a case of hurry up and wait!

@MumblesRecycles @TerraCycleUK @Recycle4Wales @walkers_crisps @Keep_Wales_Tidy @HughFW I do some Terracycle recycling for school. But they’ve been very slow to pay. Have you found this?

1 year ago, we sent our first box of crisp packets to @TerraCycleUK. It took 6 weeks to fill, and weighed 10kg. We now send similar most weeks, and in 1 year have sent 75 boxes weighing 400+kg, and raising nearly £900. 🥳 @Recycle4Wales @walkers_crisps @Keep_Wales_Tidy @HughFW

This is the largest amount of recycling we've had ready to send off on one day so far. 🤩 #waronplastic #recycling @Keep_Wales_Tidy @recycle_now @Recycle4Swansea @TerraCycleUK @walkers_crisps @GarnierUK @KPSnacks @ColgateUK @McVities @hovisbakery @Pringles_UK @BurtsBeesUK

@RickHindley @JamesRSKay @TerraCycleUK @Recycle4Wales @walkers_crisps @Keep_Wales_Tidy @HughFW We're not even scratching the surface with the amount of crisp packets collected compared to the amount produced, but I'd like to think in the time it takes for the collection rates to increase, the closer we'll get to a more environmentally sound crisp packet.

@JamesRSKay @MumblesRecycles @TerraCycleUK @Recycle4Wales @walkers_crisps @Keep_Wales_Tidy @HughFW Wow - that is quite incredible! Is that really sustainable? Will manufacturers be prepared to continue supporting such a scheme if a significant percentage of crisp packets were actually collected .... I think not!

@JamesRSKay @TerraCycleUK @Recycle4Wales @walkers_crisps @Keep_Wales_Tidy @HughFW Yes @JamesRSKay, £2 a kilo. The amount varies according to item collected and brand sponsor, for example, pet food pouches are 50p a kilo and biscuit wrappers £4 a kilo

NB. We can only recycle and raise money for items and packaging on the list, as determined by the scheme sponsors. Everything else is useless, however 'similar' you think it might be. Any questions, please ask. @stdavidscps @MarysMeals @redcafemumbles docs.google.com/document/d/1B1…

@Recycle4Swansea If you promoted the Terracycle schemes more, you'd collect even less black bags! We're working hard, as volunteers, to reduce the amount of recyclable waste going to landfill, a little acknowledgement and support would be great.

🎂 It's one year since we launched the 'Keep It Out' campaign which has resulted in an estimated 3,000 tonnes fewer black bags collected since! 📋 Our teams are still working hard across Swansea to identify and speak to residents who are not recycling to get them on board.

New position available! We're looking for an Environmentlal Engagement Officer to maintain and enhance the natural environment across the Community Council area of Mayals, Newton, Oystermouth and West Cross. For more details visit: mumbles.gov.uk/environmental-…

@anemoneproject @TerraCycleUK Normally a community recycling group like ours would collect multiple waste streams, all in the same place. We collect 13 waste streams in most of our locations. We also accept waste sent in the mail too!

I just discovered @TerraCycleUK the other day but it's kind of annoying to discover if I want to recycle crisp wrappers, Pringles cartons, bread bags and biscuit wrappers, I have to go to four different locations... maybe I'll do it though