<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The unadulterated views of James Courtenay                  Deputy Leader of Southend Council]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://jamescourtenay.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[jamescourtenay]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://jamescourtenay.wordpress.com/author/jamescourtenay/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve pledged today. Have&nbsp;you?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>I have signed the <a href="http://www.recycleforsouthend.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.recycleforsouthend.org/</a> pledge today. For the chance to win £250 just for recycling &#8211; and you get 10 chances too!</p>
<p>If I&#8217;m lucky enough to win I&#8217;ll be looking for a group or two in Blenheim to help out with the cash &#8211; but that&#8217;s because I&#8217;m your councillor and to do anything else with it wouldn&#8217;t feel right.</p>
<p>What would you do though? That&#8217;s nearly 100 pints (not all at once!), a nice expensive handbag or pair of shoes (not that I&#8217;m stereotypical of course, I might want the handbag!).</p>
<p>And the best thing? It wouldn&#8217;t cost you a penny &#8211; the council would give you the money in a cheque! 🙂</p>
<p>And it if it encourages recycling, even by a little bit, the council will save SO much money on landfill tax, we will save money too, which will allow us to protect other services more.</p>
<p>So sign today, save the planet and try to get yourself 250 quid!! <a href="http://www.recycleforsouthend.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.recycleforsouthend.org/</a></p>
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