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Took place on Wednesday February 27 2008

Zero Waste Workshop

Jane Hersey and Harriet Simpson from BioRegional led this workshop. They started off by looking at the draft waste targets for Sutton:

To reduce municipal waste arisings by 30% by 2011

Recycling/ composting rate of 55% by 2009 (existing London Borough of Sutton target)

70% of waste by weight to be reclaimed recycled or composted by 2015

No more than 2% of waste sent to landfill by 2020

There was also a discussion on Sutton's current waste composition and recycling provision.

The aims of this workshop were to:
- come up with waste reduction strategies for Hackbridge
- discuss ways to boost the recycling and composting rate in Hackbridge
- look at strategies and technologies for dealing with residual waste (the part that can't be recycled or composted)

The following actions were identified by the participants.

Action 2.1 Try to do something about the smells and the noise from the landfill site.
Responsibility Viridor

Action 2.2 A charity shop or clothing bin in the area. Needs to be convenient for people to dispose of old clothes. Currently the closest textiles bin to Hackbridge is in Denmark Road.
Responsibility LB Sutton Waste Team or invite one of the charities (Oxfam?) to put a clothing bin in.

Action 2.3 Introduce tetrapak recycling in Hackbridge.
Responsibility LB Sutton Waste & Recycling Team

Action 2.4 A kerbside glass collection for flats and houses.
Responsibility LB Sutton Waste & Recycling Team

Action 2.5 More local shops providing food with low packaging
Responsibility LB Sutton planning team and existing local shops. Could also be in the lease agreements for shops in new developments, or where the council is the freeholder.

Action 2.6 A plastic bag ban!
Responsibility LB Sutton/ GLA/ Central Government and shops (could be a London-wide ban soon or a UK wide ban)

Action 2.7 More localised recycling facilities (and better publicity of them)
Responsibility LB Sutton Waste & Recycling Team

Action 2.8 Use waste to produce energy (for example methane from the landfill site)
Responsibility Viridor and Sita (landfill operators)

Action 2.9 Kerbside recycling for flats
Responsibility LB Sutton Waste & Recycling Team

Action 2.20 Food collection service for everyone including flats
Responsibility LB Sutton Waste & Recycling Team or could start a Community Recycling Service (like in Hackney)

Action 2.11 Better communication about Waste and Recycling, not just leaflets. Suggestions included using facebook and myspace
Responsibility LB Sutton Waste & Recycling Team
Progress EcoLocal are discussing waste awareness social marketing scheme with LBS.

Action 2.12 Shoppers to buy food with less packaging
Responsibility everyone

Action 2.13 Talk to Andertons (management agents) about improving facilities on the Wandle Meadows estate. At the moment the residents find it difficult to store their recycling.
Responsibility BioRegional to speak to them and the residents' association and attempt to find a solution.

Contact: jessica@oneplanetsutton.org

Type of event: One Planet Living

Related principles: Zero Waste

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