Many play areas in the local area are being given a mini-overhaul with the replacement of hundreds of tonnes of tree bark underfoot that allow youngsters to land safely.
The Council has set aside cash for the new safety bark and to ensure the old bark doesn’t go to landfill waste, it has been offered to the Council’s allotment holders to help them grow their produce.
Councillor David Dixon (Lib-Dem, Oldfield), Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, said, “At the same time as maintaining safety standards in our excellent play facilities across the area, Bath & North East Somerset Council is using its wider resources as sustainably by giving the old tree bark away for free to allotment holders. The initiative has been incredibly popular. As soon as we make the bark available it disappears.”
“The Council’s Environmental Services Team came up with the idea of recycling the tree bark. Jeremy Dymond, Council Play and Community Development Officer, said, “Bark chippings are suitable for a range of uses on allotments. In particular, they can help prevent weeds from growing and retain moisture in the soil so that our allotment holders can grow their fruit and vegetables.”
The tree bark is being put into Lower Common allotment in Bath and is available to all the Council’s allotment holders only on a first come, first served basis.
