LATEST NEWS
Please take a moment to fill in our survey on Uckfield's Green Issues and You. We'd love to hear your thoughts, which will help to make UGP more aware of what people in the town are thinking and needing. It only takes 3 minutes, and can be find HERE.
Transition Town Status
Have you heard of the Transition Town movement? It is something that is being talked about for Uckfield in the future. You can read about it at www.transitionnetwork.org
Count your plastic for one week – 11-17 March 2024.
For one week in March, thousands of schools, households, community groups and businesses will be coming together to count their plastic waste. And we want you to join them. CLICK here for more!
New UK recycling rules coming
On Saturday 21st October, the government announced long-awaited plans for simpler recycling in England in response to the consistency in collections consultation. This has to be good news! You can read more about this here.
A Greek island with ZERO waste!
On the Greek island of Tilos, there’s no landfill site at all. So how have they done it, and how can this zero-waste model be replicated around the world?
Read more about this story here.
FLEXIBUS SERVICE available for Uckfield
There is a local Flexibus service that can be used if you need it - this connects residents to nearby towns.
For more information, click here.
INHALER RECYCLING AT TESCO & BUXTED MEDICAL CENTRE
Don't forget you can now recycle your old inhalers at Tesco in Uckfield, and at the Medical Centre in Buxted!
Please remember that inhalers should not be put in waste bins.
BIG HELP OUT - UGP WOODLAND CLEANUP!
Thanks to the 25 volunteers who took part collecting rubbish from a section of woodland within Downland Copse.
Those involved included Churchcoombe Community Association, Uckfield Town Council, Brighter Uckfield, the 4th Uckfield cubs & scouts and members of UGP.
FIFTY bags of rubbish were collected including three tyres, car parts, shopping trolleys and even an old trampoline! Well done to everyone who helped.
RIVERSIDE WASTE PROJECT RESULTS
Earlier in the year, Brighter Uckfield teamed up with the Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust and Strandliners to clean up a stretch of river behind the industrial estate in Uckfield. The team collected thousands of pieces of litter in the time they were there! This was made up of about 86% plastics (see graph left) - sad news for the environment, but now this has been highlighted, hopefully it will improve!
In the coming months we hope to do this again as a UGP exercise, taking the same stretch of water to see how it's improved. We would love to open this up to any volunteers - so if you are interested in joining us one morning and cleaning a section of the uck river, then please let us know - either by going to the volunteer page or emailing us.
WASTE FOOD ACTION WEEK 2023
Food Waste Action Week is underway this week – until Sunday 12 March – and Wealden District Council is urging residents to try and change their behaviour when it comes to reducing food waste. CLICK HERE to read more.
EV CHARGING COMING TO WEALDEN
The first installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging points will be starting in Forest Row, and coming to Luxford Field, Uckfield soon!
Councillor Pam Doodes, the council’s lead member for Climate Change, said of the work being carried out by Connected Kerb, “This is an exciting time, and I am delighted that the first installation is underway.
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Download our UGP Flyer here - a simple A5 leaflet that tells you who we are.
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