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BERE REGIS PARISH COUNCIL

WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
GROUP

December’s Special Tree Planting Event
It was a pleasure to be able to welcome so many to our
tree planting event – we had 18 volunteers, a big thank
you to all. As you can see from the
photos there were a wide range of
ages present.

The waste plan considers how much waste is being produced in Dorset, how it is
currently being managed and how this might change. It also identifies sites to
After clearing an area of nettles,
brambles and barbed wire we meet the need for new waste management facilities in the future.
planted up a length of hedgerow The following thirteen site allocations are included in the final Draft Waste Plan.
between the fence to the new
school and the boardwalk. All you can see at present is a double row of plastic
tubes sticking out of the ground. But, protected from rabbits, deer and the Inset 1 Woolsbridge Industrial Estate Local waste transfer
weather are a selection of hedgerow trees which we look forward to emerging in Strategic waste transfer/treatment of
the Spring and in coming years forming a new hedgerow which will provide food bulky waste
for and a home to wildlife. We also planted some trees alongside the fence to
Souls Moor, between the boardwalk and the river. As you can see, the pony on Inset 2 Land South of Sunrise Business Waste Management Centre
Souls Moor was taking a keen interest!
Park, Blandford

Our Next Conservation Working Parties – Come and Join Us Inset 3 Brickfields Business Park, Household Recycling Centre
Gillingham
The next working parties will be held on: Waste vehicle depot
Saturday 6th January 2018 Inset 4 Land at Blackhill Road, Holton Waste transfer station
Heath Industrial Estate
Saturday 3rd February 2018 Waste vehicle depot
Saturday 3rd March 2018.
Inset 5 Loudsmill, Dorchester Household Recycling Centre

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