Earlier this year our local sustainability group Greener Cuckfield had their first annual general meeting. In retrospect, it was a good event and the results of the election saw the committee retain their seats for another year. There was a lot of positivity in all of the annual reports. Highlights included news of our first grant award and an expansion for our recycling hub at The Queen’s Hall. The hub is now collecting four different plastic waste streams.

Since our annual general meeting, our recycling team has created posters to display all of the sorts of plastic waste that they will now collect from the bins at The Queen’s Hall. They have also launched an information page on our website that can be accessed here: www.greenercuckfield.org/recycling One item that will no longer be accepted is milk bottle tops from 1st December. This might sound like bad news but actually it is happening because you can now put milk top bottles in your blue recycling bins at home as long as they are screwed onto the empty bottle.

We also want to share our most exciting news. Greener Cuckfield are hosting a great event this month called Small Steps, Big Changes. This will be held on 17th November at the Village Hall on London Lane (aka Cuckfield pre-School). Doors will open at 7.15pm and will run from 7.30pm to 9pm. The talks will be short but informative and there will be something for everyone. Speakers include an expert in the field of culinary medicine and a Cuckfield-based sustainable energy specialist. Although entry is completely free, we would ask that you reserve your seats so we can get a good idea of how many people are coming. If this interests you, please go to www.bit.ly/3FLtRI2 to save your seat.