BACK IN BUSINESS SAT JAN 16th 2010

Update 14th of January:

Hi Folks,

Happy New Year to all, now back on your bikes!

As always if interested in maintenance workshops, helping out or any of the services we provide please get in touch by phone or email.

About

Cork community bikes is developing a do-it-yourself bike workshop for the community to use. Our work aims to salvage unwanted bicycles from the waste stream, repair them and resell them. We work with local schools and youth groups promoting the use of bicycles and sustainable transport . We want the workshop to be a centre of training and a social focus for anybody with an interest in bicycles in the cork city.`

Objectives

To develop a workshop based on the recycling of used bicycles

To make the workshop available for the community to use

To establish partnerships with local community groups and initiatives such as youth clubs, schools and environmental groups

To establish youth training initiatives

To establish a supply of high quality second hand bikes to the general public and community groups

To create environmental benefits through materials recycling, reduction of landfill and the promotion of cycling as a means of sustainable transport

To support the city’s recycling and waste management objectives by reducing the number of bicycles discarded at landfill sites

To contribute to the sustainable development of cork city

Benefits of bicycle recycling

The bicycle-recycling project provides a range of training and learning opportunities, working with local youth clubs and schools. The objective would be to make the workshop a centre for training and education for anyone with an interest in bicycles. For more information on what we can offer your school or youth group see the projects pages page.

Re-cycling

The most obvious benefit of this project is increased level of re-cycling in Cork city. The bicycle-recycling project will contribute to an increase in re-cycling by reducing the number of bicycles going to landfill and increasing the number of bicycles that are re-cycled. The initiative will also provide an opportunity to proactively promote and publicise waste minimization, recycling and sustainability issues tying in with local and national waste minimisation campaigns.

Sustainable Transport

Nationally and locally there is a clear need to encourage and provide for a more sustainable means of transport. One opportunity is through increased levels of cycling. This initiative will play a major part in contributing to increased levels of cycling. Higher levels of car use in the city lead to serious environmental, health and quality of life effects, through pollution, congestion and road traffic accidents. Cycling as a mode of transport in urban areas is more sustainable, cheaper and frequently quicker.