New waste and recycling collection arrangements

We have received notification of roadshows that are due to take place with regard to the new waste uplifts and the introduction of food recycling:

Thursday 21 February 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at the Farmers' Market, Milngavie
Thursday 7 March 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Asda, Bearsden
Saturday 9 March 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Tesco, Milngavie
Saturday 6 April 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Tesco Milngavie
Sunday 28 April 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Tesco, Milngavie
Tuesday 30 April 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Asda, Bearsden
Sunday 5 May 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Tesco, Milngavie
Saturday 25 May 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Asda, Bearsden

There will also be evening drop in sessions on Monday 15 April 2013 at St Joseph's Primary School and Wednesday 17 April 2013 at Bearsden Primary School. Both these sessions run from 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm.

These sessions will provide householders with information regarding the replacement of the blue and black recycling boxes with two slimline wheelie bins. One new wheelie bin will be blue and used to collect card and paper only. The other will be brown and will be used to collect cans, plastic bottles and glass only.

One week the two new wheelie bins will be collected with the recycling and the following week the grey general waste bin will be collected. Therefore, to summarise, these bins will go to fortnightly collection on alternate weeks.

The fortnightly garden waste collection from the green bin will not change.

Householders will be issued with two new food caddies, one for inside the property and one for outside. It is intended that waste food should be collected inside the internal food caddie and then emptied into the outside kerbside caddie which will be collected weekly.

Details can be found on the Council website, and further information can be found via the Milngavie Herald

Tree preservation order petition

You may have read in the Milngavie and Bearsden Herald today about a petition which has been set up by Milngavie Community Council for a Tree Preservation Order to protect mature trees in Milngavie. (see Petition launched in bid to save mature trees in Milngavie)

The petition is a paper one. Copies may be available in local shops but, as the Community Council does not have a website, we are also making this available via our site at http://www.mera-milngavie.co.uk/minutes/MCC%20TPO%20Petition.doc

Milngavie Primary School - update

We have just been notified that the venue for the meeting tonight (7th January) has changed to Milngavie Primary School instead of the Fraser Centre.

Milngavie Primary School

We have been informed that Milngavie Primary School parents have arranged a meeting tonight (7th January) in the Fraser Centre for 7 p.m. to discuss the future way forward. They have appealed for members of other community groups to attend.

Waxwings

Have you seen this bird?

There is currently an invasion of waxwings along the Clyde and some were seen in Milngavie on Friday.

Waxwings are rare visitors from Scandinavia which come here when the food supply gets low at home. Invasions have become more frequent in recent years. The birds are normally seen in flocks, often perched in a medium-sized tree and flying down to bushes such as cotoneaster and pyracantha to feed on the berries. They are about the same size as starlings and can be easily recognised by their crests and colours.

If you see any, please send details of the number seen, location, date and time if possible to the webmaster, Sarah Longrigg, at the email address shown on the MERA website.

For more information, see the Milngavie Herald