Bridgwater Carnival's new partnership with Hinkley Point C

The new collaboration will see excess materials that are no longer needed at the power station site being reused and recycled by Bridgwater carnival clubs for their 2024 entries.

Clubs have already taken the first delivery from the partnership arrangement, which included high quality metal and wood.

The materials were transported the eleven miles from the new nuclear site to Bridgwater by Hinkley Point C’s waste management company, Biffa.

A number of further deliveries from the power station have already been planned over the coming months.Left to right - Cat Mills, Hinkley Point C, Andrew Cockcroft, Hinkley Point C, David Cleaveley, Bridgwater Carnival, Dave Croker, President of Bridgwater Carnival,Nigel Winsper, Biffa (Image: Bridgwater Carnival)

David Cleaveley, Vice Chairman, Bridgwater Carnival Gangs and Features, said: “We are extremely thankful for the support we receive from the Hinkley Point C Project, and on behalf of the carnival clubs I would like to thank EDF and their contract partners for making this happen.

“Not only does this new partnership benefit the environment and supports our sustainability credentials, it also helps us to reduce the financial impact of buying ever increasing costly new materials for our entries."

Andrew Cockcroft, Hinkley Point C’s Head of Stakeholder Engagement and Social Impact, added: “We are always looking at ways of reducing the environmental impact of the project, and minimising waste and contributing to a circular economy through recycling existing materials plays a big part in this.

“Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival is one of the largest community events in the area, and I am absolutely delighted we are able to bring some benefit and help the local carnival clubs in this way.

"This partnership makes perfect sense as it helps to minimise waste and also saves carnival clubs money at a time when budgets are really being stretched."