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Spring 2015


InView www.inverclyde.gov.uk Colourful Campaign to Promote


Children’s Right to be Safe “We Care, We Listen, We Act”


The winners of an Inverclyde-wide poster competition for a new children’s campaign have been revealed as Chloe mcmillan, an S3 pupil from Craigmarloch School and Adrian Gerrard and lauren mcIver, P6 pupils from All Saints Primary, who worked together on their design. “We Care, We Listen, We Act!”,


Inverclyde Child Protection Committee’s public awareness campaign for 2015 will promote children and young people’s rights to be safe and protected from harm, while supporting and encouraging children and young people to play an active part in looking out for their friends. Community Health and Care


Partnership Chair Councillor Joe McIlwee said: “We received entries from


In the first month of Inverclyde Council’s new kerbside glass recycling service, more than 79 tonnes of glass has been diverted from landfill. The roll-out of a new service took


primary, secondary and additional support needs schools across the area. It was a tough job picking the winners but I am sure the designs we have chosen will get the campaign message across in a colourful and engaging way.” The winning pupils have worked


with Inverclyde Council’s graphic design team to create a poster based on their design. The campaign, launched this month, will see posters appearing in every school and on selected billboards around Inverclyde. The campaign complements


ongoing activity such as the Nurturing Inverclyde approach, Rights Respecting Schools Awards and the Childline programme delivered in primary schools.


Pupils and their winning designs


Glass collection a smashing success Blooming marvellous Come along to Port Glasgow’s


Town Hall on Saturday 21 march to celebrate the start of spring as


place in early December and saw nearly 28,000 households in Inverclyde receive a 40 litre black box for the storage and recycling of glass. The new fortnightly collection service


complements the existing kerbside collection services and allows householders to recycle clear and coloured glass bottles and jars including sauce bottles, wine bottles, spirits bottles, baby food jars, beer bottles and medicine bottles. Environment and Regeneration


Convener Councillor Michael McCormick, said: “I am pleased we have been able to respond to requests from the public by introducing this new service. The kerbside collection of glass is so convenient and will help reduce the amount of waste we send to landfill. It has been well-received and I am delighted that people are recycling more of their household waste than ever before.” Glass is stored and bulked in


Inverclyde then transferred to the reprocessor where it is crushed, cleaned and sorted then melted and


Inverclyde’s green-fingered residents compete in the annual Bulb Show. Doors open at 12noon and entry is free.


For further information call 01475 712032 or visit www.inverclyde.gov.uk/events


Councillor Michael McCormick at the glass recycling depot


moulded into new glass bottles and jars. Inverclyde is one of only nine local


authorities to meet the Scottish Government’s 2013 performance target of 50% household recycling and in the second quarter of 2014 we achieved the new 60% recycling target for 2020.


For more information on recycling in Inverclyde visit: www.inverclyde.gov.uk/ recycling or call the recycling Helpline on: 01475 715901


Brown bin


collections are recommencing


Please present your brown bin beside your blue bin by 7am on your regular collection day during week commencing:


23 march or 30 march Recycling Helpline 01475 715901


www.inverclyde.gov.uk Inverclyde is a Fair Trade Zone


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