Detectorists against Green Waste Campaign!!

[Steve Rice]

Just had an e-mail back
Thanks for taking the time to contact us.

Your feedback is important to us, as it allows us to keep improving our products and services to ensure we are getting it right.

We aim to respond to all emails within 2-3 working days.

Regards,
Asda Customer Services

Nice one. Just sent one myself.

[Donnydave]

Just got another back from Tesco, so at least they are getting through

[the barnacle]

constantly sending them myself but i usually just get standard reply back, must keep trying, i am seeing my mp this week

ste when do you think i will get the digging deeps?

[StuE]

ste when do you think i will get the digging deeps?

Can't you get it from here - http://ncmd-forum.com/showthread.php?t=970 ?

[Steve Rice]

Hi Barney and StuE.

Trevor has agreed to send a few copies and they should arrive with you anytime mate.

[StuE]

Actually this link is the obvious one - http://www.atoz.forumukdetectornet.co.u ... 0Waste.pdf but I suppose it would be best to have an official hard copy if you are sending a letter.

[Puffin]

I've been following a local blogger, who has picked up on problems relating to residents not sorting domestic recycling materials. Walsall council have changed their contractor and issued leaflets stating that residents should be preprocessing the recycled materials before binning them and that only those materials listed can be recycled. Seems that the average resident does not have a clue on the materials that are allowed in each type of bin. We have three wheely bins per household. General rubbish, recycled and green waste. The whole issue is far more complex then the average person wishes to know, the chuck it, forget it problem, we have at the moment, is the start of this sorry long chain to the green waste ending up on ours fields.

I posted a question in the bloggers comments section regarding how the local council deals with the green waste that is collected. Any bloggers local to you, may have similar type bloggs, a possible way to bring this issue to a wider audience?

http://brownhillsbob.com/2012/06/15/rubbish-service/

http://brownhillsbob.com/2012/06/19/bin-and-gone/

[PhilD]

Some of the weblinks mentioned above;

Countryfile
Ms T Brogan,
Series Producer,
Countryfile,
BBC Television,
Birmingham,
B1 1AY
teresa.bogan@bbc.co.uk

Contaminated Green Waste NCMD Article
http://www.atoz.forumukdetectornet.co.u ... 0Waste.pdf

Contaminated Green Waste Letter (MS Word)
http://www.atoz.forumukdetectornet.co.u ... Letter.doc

MP's and Councillers
http://www.writetothem.com/

National Farmers Union
http://www.nfuonline.com/contact-us/

Council for British Archaeology
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/contact

Natural England (was DEFRA)
http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/about_us/contact_us/

Environment Agency
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/co ... fault.aspx

The Co operative
http://www.co-operative.coop/food/contact-us/

ASDA
http://your.asda.com/contact-us

Morrisons
https://www.morrisons.co.uk/Help-and-in ... ontact-Us/

Tesco
http://www.tesco.com/help/jump.asp?choiceA=1&choiceB=1

Weetabix
http://www.weetabix.co.uk/get-in-touch

Kelloggs
http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/contact/

Sign up to Countryside Watch
http://www.countrysidewatch.co.uk/

38 Degrees Website
http://38degrees.uservoice.com/forums/7 ... d-in-the-c

Friends of the Earth
http://www.foe.co.uk/index.html

My Garden RHS Forum
http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/

[the barnacle]

great set of links phill, thanks

[PhilD]

Cheers Steve

[Steve Rice]

Nice one Phil. Now have 59 folllowers on Twitter

Countrysidewatch
@toxiccompost

including

Countryside Alliance
Lincoln Waste
FarplaceAnimalRescue
John Walker - environment writer
RSPCA Cambridge
NFU Group Secretary

[lee greagsbey]

How about the National Trust http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ There are not metal detecting friendly... But it would not look too good if there tenant farmers were spreading these stuff on there farmers...? I guess English Hertiage http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/ too...??

Regards,
Lee

[jcmaloney]

Reply from NW Leicestershire & my follow up........ (e-mail addys edited out!)

From: Andrew Bridgen MP <*********@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:12:33 +0100
To: <jcmaloney@******.com>
Subject: RE: Contamination of Arable Land in the UK



Dear Mr Maloney,

Thank you for your e-mail. Could you confirm the location in North West Leicestershire this relates to?

Kind Regards,

Andrew Bridgen

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Hello Mr Bridgen
Thank you for taking the time to reply to my enquiry.
We initially started to find this product in the Wymeswold area and successfully discouraged the farmer from continued use.
Subsequent reports are reaching me of it being used in the Shepshed & Coalville area as well as Yorkshire,Staffordshire,Northamptonshire & Buckinghamshire.
We are contacting as many MPs as possible to raise awareness as to the serious failings in the screening and sampling process.
This is rapidly becoming a UK wide problem.
Any advice or guidance that could be provided would be much appreciated.

Kind regards

John Maloney
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

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Hoping he "grabs & runs with it" ......

[Donnydave]

Reply from NW Leicestershire & my follow up........ (e-mail addys edited out!)

From: Andrew Bridgen MP <*********@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:12:33 +0100
To: <jcmaloney@******.com>
Subject: RE: Contamination of Arable Land in the UK



Dear Mr Maloney,

Thank you for your e-mail. Could you confirm the location in North West Leicestershire this relates to?

Kind Regards,

Andrew Bridgen

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Hello Mr Bridgen
Thank you for taking the time to reply to my enquiry.
We initially started to find this product in the Wymeswold area and successfully discouraged the farmer from continued use.
Subsequent reports are reaching me of it being used in the Shepshed & Coalville area as well as Yorkshire,Staffordshire,Northamptonshire & Buckinghamshire.
We are contacting as many MPs as possible to raise awareness as to the serious failings in the screening and sampling process.
This is rapidly becoming a UK wide problem.
Any advice or guidance that could be provided would be much appreciated.

Kind regards

John Maloney
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

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Hoping he "grabs & runs with it" ......

A positive reply, I have not heard from my MP yet?

[liz]

Finally got a response from Waitrose. Tesco and the Co-Op were a bog standard reply, Asda rang, but of course I was out, so got a message, fairly bog standard I thought. This was Waitrose reply. Dunc (MP) no reply as yet, nor any of the others.


Thank you for your e-mail.
We are currently investigating your query with the relevant department, and will be in contact with you as soon as we receive a response with further information for you.

Regards,

Russell Hill

Waitrose Customer Sales and Support.