What is Properjob?

Proper Job Limited [Proper Job] is a re-use, recycling, composting and food initiative based in Chagford, a small town in the Dartmoor National Park.  It provides four inter-connected activities:  recycling, organic food production, training and a shop/cafe.  It has an elected Management Committee, 7 part-time workers and 7 volunteers with a turnover of approximately £150K.  It has an established UK reputation for knowledge and expertise about recycling issues.  

Composting of green waste and other recyclables, organic vegetable growing, and training are run through The Resource Centre, at a permanent site on the outskirts of Chagford open to the public 6 days a week.  The site is divided up into types of recyclables and office space.  One area is devoted to green waste ie composting and sales of compost.  The remainder is devoted to other recyclables eg metals, wood, ceramic (bricks rubble etc), cardboard, plastic bubble wrap and polythene, batteries, mobile phones, cartridges etc and re-use items such as  books, clothes, building materials, salvage, timber, bric a brac, bicycles, and furniture.  It has a turnover of approximately £21K.

The fourth activity is The Courtyard, a café and shop in the town centre, seating about 30 customers with a £130K turnover, which was set up in 1996 to provide Chagford with local, organic or fair traded goods.

What can you recycle?

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