{"id":7363,"date":"2021-10-09T10:20:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T09:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cheshire\/?page_id=7363"},"modified":"2021-10-10T11:02:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T10:02:14","slug":"region-centenary-bench","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cheshire\/about-our-region-2-2\/region-history\/region-centenary-celebrations\/region-centenary-bench\/","title":{"rendered":"Region Centenary Bench"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Region Plastic Re-cycling Project<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cheshire\/files\/2020\/10\/Polly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6471\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cheshire\/files\/2020\/10\/Polly-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cheshire\/files\/2020\/10\/Polly-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cheshire\/files\/2020\/10\/Polly.jpg 710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Several years ago in response to David Attenborough\u2019s concern about plastic in our oceans, the Region Programme Action Officers Sian and Esther \u00a0introduced \u00a0Poly de la Mere, this was to encourage members to collect plastic bottle tops.<\/p>\n<p>Over the 2-3 years region members collected 1000&#8217;s of these plastic tops.<\/p>\n<p>These were delivered to a local business <a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw\" role=\"link\" 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