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Your Village needs your
Y our Village needs y our

CLEAN / WASHED
CLEAN / W A SHED
aluminium cans
aluminium cans

Yes, it is easier / quicker to throw empty
cans into the blue bin but this project
wants to raise money for direct use in the
community.
The intention is to get the young people of
the village to help with this project starting
with each household collecting their clean
washed aluminium cans. YOUNG PEOPLE OF MANEA
How / where to take the collected cans is
yet to be finalised but the primary source CAN YOU HELP WITH THE
will be each household. COLLECTION AND CRUSHING?
Cans then need to be crushed, to save IF YOU CAN – PLEASE RING OR
space, using machine(s) at a frequency,
time and place yet to be decided as that is MESSAGE ME – AS BELOW
dependent on the amount of people who
are willing to get involved. A recent enquiry advised that 20p/kg could
If this proves a viable project then it is be raised so about £200 per ton.
planned to find a more robust, industrial
type, crusher whilst in the meantime using Please note: Dirty/unwashed cans will
a small household device which could also reduce the amount of money we could get,
be purchased by anyone wanting to get or even get a load rejected!
more involved (Amazon £10-£12). To get involved – whatever your age - or
Once the cans have been crushed, they for further information, contact Martin
Hindry by either calling 01354 680850 /
will be taken to an already agreed storage 07446502029 or email martinsmanea@
area to await organised transportation to hotmail.com
the recycling facility once there are enough
collected. Martin Hindry

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