Free upcycling workshops in Exeter
Recycle Devon continues its series of public, free to attend repair, refurbishment and upcycling events to take place throughout 2015. The events will pass on skills and ideas to keep bikes, electrical goods, furniture, clothes and other textiles from going to waste.
A range of FREE to attend workshops designed to help residents upcycle their old furniture and household items starts on Saturday 6th June
The workshops will focus bringing them back to life where otherwise they might have been thrown away.
The events are being run in conjunction SITA who are providing the furniture items and also The Restore in Dartington and Learn Devon.
The workshops are free to attend but bookable as only a limited number of places are available for each session.
All workshops will take place at Pinbrook Road Recycling Centre, Pinhoe, EX4 8HH and run from 10am
Saturday 6th June, 10am - 1pm Furniture Decoupage (decorating with paper cut-outs)
Saturday 20th June, 10am - 5pm Furniture Painting and Finishes
Saturday 27th June, 10am - 1pm Crockery Mosaics
Saturday 18th July, 10am - 1pm Seat Upholstery
Chairman of the Waste Partnership, Cllr Ray Radford said; "We are committed to the principle of trying to reduce the amount of waste generated by residents and the re-use of waste materials wherever possible. Reusing an item rather than throwing it away can prolong its useful life, reduce the need for finite valuable resources and create jobs in terms of repair and maintenance. I would encourage people to come along to workshops and take advantage of the free training on offer."
Roger Croad, Cabinet Member for Community and Environmental Services said; "Another good scheme from Recycle Devon to encourage people to breathe new life back into furniture andn other household items that they may have otherwise thrown away and again using funding from the Government's Innovation in Waste Prevention Fund. We would like to encourage the public to value and see the potential in something that might otherwise have been disposed of."
For more information, go to the Recycle Devon website http://www.recycledevon.org/upcycling-made-easy
For further information and bookings, please contact: Emma Croft, Reuse Project Co-ordinator at Devon County Council: emma.croft@devon.gov.uk or 07966 566435.
