Freecycler Robert Grady is reunited with something special…
Retired railway worker Robert Grady was surprised to find a FREE railway manual offered on his local Rhondda Cynon Taff freecycling group.
Freecycling is way of recycling things for free – free + recycle – using the Internet. Aberdare’s local freecycling group is now nearly two years old with nearly 700 members.
As a conductor working across the Valleys railway lines, Robert carried this manual, and others, as part of his every day work load. “It’s a specialist manual called the National Routeing Guide so I was surprised to find it being freecycled,” said Robert.
“My wife Caroline and I learned to freecycle from my children… and we prefer to recycle rather than bin things… it’s such a waste.”
“We caught the train today. It was great to visit Aberdare once again.”
Photo : Caroline and Robert Grady from Porth in Rhondda Cynon Taff
The Rt. Hon. Carwyn Jones AM, Welsh Assembly Minister for the Environment, helped launch Rhondda Cynon Taff Council’s new Environment Improvement Strategy today.
The aim of the Environment Improvement Strategy is to provide a framework for improving the living space of Rhondda Cynon Taf from 2005 and up to 2015. The document also sets out priorities for environmental improvement and demonstrate how we can enhance the quality of our living space over the next ten years.
There were many range of delegates in attendance representing groups with a common interest in the environmental improvement agenda such as the Rambler’s Association, and also Too Good To Waste, the 10-year old furniture re-use Charity based in Aberdare and Ferndale.
Rhondda Cynon Taff’s Environmental Improvement Strategy was developed after wide-ranging consultation in partnership with many other local organisations.
Cardiff Freecycle will soon celebrate the 1000th member joining them.
This makes Cardiff Freecycle an excellent place to recycle your unwanted stuff at Christmas.
Tommorrow is exactly eight months since Simon Bradley started the group.
Well done Simon and thanks for all the effort over the months.
Cardiff Freecycle is one of sixteen other Freecycle groups in Wales.
Today there are 2266 members of Freecycle groups across Wales.
Cardiff will be celebrating a Golden Jubilee as the Capital City on December 20th, 2005.
