Early last month, in a great collaborative project, a new piece of street furniture appeared – to encourage residents and visitors to recycle their beach toys. Initiated by the Sidmouth Plastic Warriors, the town council’s environment committee were approached and agreed to fund the ‘beach toy library’.
Other bodies were brought in – including the Sidmouth Repair Café and the Sidmouth Coastal Community Hub who did the painting and artwork – and the district council’s Streetscene who then installed it.
Beach toy library opens on Sidmouth Esplanade – Vision Group for Sidmouth
There’s been a huge amount of enthusiasm for the project:
“A fabulous idea. Well done to those who made it happen!”
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And since it’s installation, there have been plenty of conversations about the practicalities of taking care of the library:
It’s happening everywhere – and for all the right reasons:
Play, borrow, repeat for North Devon’s circular economy solution for beach toys – Devon Live
New beach toy library opens in Exmouth and it’s perfect for families – Devon Live