Leading South West independent waste management firm DCW has launched a new disposable vape recycling service in a bid to divert potentially hazardous waste away from landfill.
Expanding its existing Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling service, DCW can now provide businesses with a 23-litre caddy so that disposable vape users can recycle the casing and batteries of vapes responsibly.
In the UK, 1.3 million disposable vapes are thrown into general waste every week, enough to cover 22 football pitches every year. WEEE is the fastest growing waste stream...
The University of Exeter and Hospiscare have teamed up once again to recycle Christmas trees and support terminally ill people and their families.
Hospiscare’s vans collected trees from households across Exeter, Exmouth, Honiton, Tiverton, Sidmouth and Ottery St Mary on 13th and 14thJanuary, in exchange for a £10 donation.
Trees were then taken to the University’s Streatham Campus to be chipped by the Grounds Team and the chippings have been used as mulch for the university’s shrub beds.
Laura Robertson, Fundraising Projects Manager at Hospiscare said: “This...
The way many people work has changed forever since the coronavirus pandemic.
More people are working from home or adopting a hybrid option shared between work and home – and Work Hubs across Devon are playing a key role in helping provide flexibility for people looking for workspace.
The Devon Work Hub network launched in 2012, initially with two work hubs. It has since expanded to 24 coworking spaces across the county and it’s continuing to grow.
The network offers access to a variety of meeting rooms, hot desks and office spaces for freelancers and small...
Baroque Venice in all its musical glory will be brought to life in Exeter Cathedral on 18 March with a large-scale performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers, conjured up by the combined forces of Exeter Philharmonic Choir, Devon County Junior Choir, top professional singers and the internationally renowned early music group, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts.
Exeter Philharmonic Choir is delighted to be joined in this musical adventure by approximately 40 boys and girls aged under thirteen from the Devon County Junior Choir. The children will be involved in four movements of this...
In a large-scale performance, Exeter Philharmonic Choir and professional musicians bring the musical magic of Baroque Venice to Exeter.
Exeter Philharmonic Choir is delighted to be joined in this musical adventure by approximately 40 boys and girls aged under thirteen from the Devon County Junior Choir, six outstanding soloists who have performed this work many times around the world and the internationally renowned early music group, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts.
The 17th-century Italian musical prodigy Claudio Monteverdi wrote his Vespers (an ancient form of...
Devon based charity, Step One, is delighted to confirm Ben Greaves as their new CEO following a recruitment process during which he impressed both service managers and trustees with his strong leadership skills and positive, practical attitude towards delivering our mission to support people with disabilities and mental health issues. Ben will start in January 2023. Ben brings 20 years’ experience from various leadership roles in the British Army, recently leading a team of 500 people across 6 sites in the UK and in 12 countries globally as a Commanding Officer and, as a result, has a...
RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch is the largest garden wildlife survey in the world and provides a snapshot of how garden birds are faring in the UK.
The world’s largest garden wildlife survey returns this month, with hundreds of thousands of people watching and counting the UK’s garden birds over the last weekend in January for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch.
Nearly 700,000 people took part in 2022, counting 11 million birds. In Devon, nearly 18,500 people joined in.
This year’s event takes place on 27, 28 and 29 January 2023. People in Devon are asked to spend just one...
Love guitars? Love Planet Earth? Love supporting local/independent businesses? Then the Crowdfunder recently launched by Devon-based Life Guitars Co is for you! With a strong vision and set of ethical values, the team at Life Guitars are on a mission to take over the guitar world, one high-quality used repurposed guitar at a time.
A brief history
Established in July 2020 amidst the start of a global pandemic, award-winning Life Guitars Co burst onto the UK independent retail scene with a vision to breathe new life into old and used guitars, amps and effects pedals....
Multi-million schemes to improve transport links in Exmouth and Okehampton are among more than 100 projects receiving a share of £2.1 billion through the government’s latest round of Levelling Up funding.
Devon County Council has been awarded the full amount of its £15.7 million bid to complete the Dinan Way link in Exmouth, while West Devon Borough Council has successfully received £13.4 million to develop a new railway station on the eastern edge of Okehampton.
The funding for the Destination Exmouth project will enable the completion of Dinan Way link road, helping to...
A DEVON-BASED printed packaging company is celebrating its 40th anniversary in the business this year (2023).
Newton Print Ltd, which specialises in assisting food and drink producers to bring their products to market on time, first opened as Newton Printers in 1983.
Tim Besley, Founder and Managing Director at Newton Print Ltd, which is based in Newton Abbot, said: “We are absolutely thrilled to be celebrating our 40th anniversary this year. The company started in 1983, initially as a traditional printers run by my father, who ran a stationery business too, and I before...
