Knife amnesty yields 161 objects in Haverhill
Thursday, 31st March 2011.
Suffolk’s knife amnesty, Bin A Blade, has completed its two months in Haverhill with 161 knives and sharp objects being handed in.
Alongside the four secure bins situated outside Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, Lowestoft and Mildenhall police stations, two red mobile amnesty bins are visiting other police stations across Suffolk.
During February and March one of the mobile bins was situated in the foyer of Haverhill police station. One hundred and sixty-one sharp items and blades were deposited in the bin.
All the deposited knives will be taken to Sackers Recycling in Great Blakenham where they will be stored securely. At the end of the amnesty Sackers will tip them all into their metal shredder to be safely disposed of.
The countywide amnesty goes on all year and for April and May one of the mobile bins moves on to Stowmarket.
A number of other initiatives are planned to run alongside the countywide amnesty, including a community TV commercial raising awareness of the possible outcomes of carrying a knife. Bin A Blade is supported by teenage anti-knife crime campaigner Holly Watson and by BBC Radio Suffolk.
Alongside the four secure bins situated outside Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, Lowestoft and Mildenhall police stations, two red mobile amnesty bins are visiting other police stations across Suffolk.
During February and March one of the mobile bins was situated in the foyer of Haverhill police station. One hundred and sixty-one sharp items and blades were deposited in the bin.
All the deposited knives will be taken to Sackers Recycling in Great Blakenham where they will be stored securely. At the end of the amnesty Sackers will tip them all into their metal shredder to be safely disposed of.
The countywide amnesty goes on all year and for April and May one of the mobile bins moves on to Stowmarket.
A number of other initiatives are planned to run alongside the countywide amnesty, including a community TV commercial raising awareness of the possible outcomes of carrying a knife. Bin A Blade is supported by teenage anti-knife crime campaigner Holly Watson and by BBC Radio Suffolk.
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