JUGGLERS and the internationally-known band Weapons of Sound will be featured at a recycling road show in Tavistock this Saturday, January 18.
The roadshow ? part of a countywide ?Don?t let Devon go to waste? campaign to raise awareness of recycling issues and improve the way waste is re-used ? is visiting towns throughout Devon over the next few months.
It will be set up in Tavistock?s Bedford Square from 10am until 4.30pm, with a host of fun things to do and see.
Plymouth-based Weapons of Sound play on a multi-coloured array of recycled instruments, including oil drums, supermarket trolleys, metal pipes, tin cans and a kitchen sink.
The band, which has won worldwide fame for its powerful music, played at the opening of last year?s Commonwealth Games and entertained at the Queen?s Jubilee party.
They will be playing in two sessions, one at 11.30am and the other at 12.30pm.
The roadshow will also feature competitions to win a variety of prizes. including a composter and mouse mats made of recycled computer chips.
For the children, a juggler will be giving displays between 1 and 3pm, and there will be give-away packs of goodies including colouring books, pens, pencils and stickers ? all made of recycled materials or relevant to the theme.
There will also be a variety of displays on what items can be recycled, and a big screen show highlighting the importance of recycling and the impact of rubbish on the environment.
West Devon councillor John Hockridge, chairman of the borough council?s environment and health committees, said the roadshow came at just the right time.
Cllr Hockridge said:?New year is a time when people tend to throw away rubbish which has built up over the festive season, so we should all be working towards reducing what we throw away, and should know how and where to recycle or re-use instead.?
He added that he hoped as many people as possible would go along and return home ?really motivated to re-use and recycle even more?.
The campaign is being funded by what is believed to be the largest government grant ? £1 million ? of its kind awarded, through DEFRA, to the Devon Authorities Recycling Partnership, of which West Devon Borough Council is a member.
A council spokesman said each year in Devon, enough rubbish was produced to bury the highest tor on Dartmoor and the rubbish buried would cover over 100 miles of beaches ? yet at least 60% of the rubbish could be recycled.
Despite this, Devon is within the top five recycling UK counties, with an average annual recycling rate of 20% as opposed to eleven percent nationally.