Recycling presentation 9 November 2017 University of the 3 rd Age Introduction Waste Minimisation and Recycling in Islington University of the 3 rd age Matthew Homer, Waste Strategy Manager How much waste? How much waste? • 80,000 tonnes each year from Islington • Cost around £8m each year to dispose of • In less than 2 hours the UK produces enough waste to fill the Albert Hall Or put another way… Or put another way… • We use over six billion glass bottles and jars each year. • Each year in Britain, we throw away 28 million tonnes of rubbish from home. This weighs the same as three and a half million double Decker • It would take you over three and a half thousand years to sing "Six buses. A queue of buses that long would go around the world one and Billion Green Bottles"! a half times. Matthew Homer, Waste Strategy Manager, Islington Council 1
Recycling presentation 9 November 2017 University of the 3 rd Age Or put another way… Or put another way… • Each child uses a total of 5850 nappies in their lifetime - which would • Every year, an estimated 7 billion plastic bags are given away by weigh the same as an average family car! supermarkets. This is equivalent to over 100 bags for every person in the UK. • Stop press!!! Since the 5p bag change came in this has reduced by 85% North London Waste Authority Disposing of London’s waste • Statutory waste disposal authority for – Islington – Six other north London Boroughs • Funded through levy • Menu pricing - different prices per tonne for different waste streams – Residual £85.32 – Mixed Organics £60.85 – Commingled £48.16 • Recycling in 2016/17 reduced disposal costs by ~ £650k Recycling in Islington Doorstep collections Matthew Homer, Waste Strategy Manager, Islington Council 2
Recycling presentation 9 November 2017 University of the 3 rd Age Kitchen waste and garden waste collections Kitchen waste and garden waste collections Recycling sites Recycling sites Recycling sites Recycling sites Matthew Homer, Waste Strategy Manager, Islington Council 3
Recycling presentation 9 November 2017 University of the 3 rd Age Flats above shops recycling Chute recycling on estates Household reuse and recycling centre Other recycling initiatives • Recycling in prisons • Schools recycling and kitchen waste collections • Charity recycling • Halls of residence recycling • Kitchen waste on estates • Bright Sparks Recycling in Holloway Prison • Commercial waste and recycling What happens to the recycling? What happens to your rubbish? Rubbish Homes Hornsey Street waste transfer station Recycling Food and garden waste Energy from Repressors in Sorted at MRF Waste, Made into new UK, Europe (Bywaters) in Edmonton products and Far East Bow In-vessel Farms, parks, composting, domestic use Edmonton Matthew Homer, Waste Strategy Manager, Islington Council 4
Recycling presentation 9 November 2017 University of the 3 rd Age What happens to your food and garden waste? What happens to your recycling? Wise up to waste What happens to your recycling? http://www.wiseuptowaste.org.uk/ Where does it all go? Why does some recycling get exported? Where does it all come from? Matthew Homer, Waste Strategy Manager, Islington Council 5
Recycling presentation 9 November 2017 University of the 3 rd Age Where does it all come from? Where does it all come from? Where does it all come from? Where does it all come from? Where does it all come from? Matthew Homer, Waste Strategy Manager, Islington Council 6
Recycling presentation 9 November 2017 University of the 3 rd Age What CAN you recycle in Islington? What CAN you recycle in Islington? What CAN you recycle in Islington? What CAN you recycle in Islington? What CAN you recycle in Islington? What CAN you recycle in Islington? Matthew Homer, Waste Strategy Manager, Islington Council 7
Recycling presentation 9 November 2017 University of the 3 rd Age What CAN you recycle in Islington? What CAN you recycle in Islington? Not in the door to door service What CAN you recycle in Islington? What CAN you recycle in Islington? ? What CAN you recycle in Islington? What CAN you recycle in Islington? Matthew Homer, Waste Strategy Manager, Islington Council 8
Recycling presentation 9 November 2017 University of the 3 rd Age What CAN you recycle in Islington? What CAN you recycle in Islington? What CAN you recycle in Islington? Packaging waste Packaging waste Food waste • WRAP and the Courthauld Agreement • Voluntary agreement between government and supermarkets to reduce their overall levels of packaging waste Matthew Homer, Waste Strategy Manager, Islington Council 9
Recycling presentation 9 November 2017 University of the 3 rd Age What food waste can you recycle in Islington? What food waste can you recycle in Islington? What food waste can you recycle in Islington? What food waste can you recycle in Islington? What food waste can you recycle in Islington? Matthew Homer, Waste Strategy Manager, Islington Council 10
Recycling presentation 9 November 2017 University of the 3 rd Age What food waste can you recycle in Islington? What food waste can’t you recycle in Islington? • plastic bags • oil or grease • large bones or carcasses • liquid • pet food www.lovefoodhatewaste.com Compulsory recycling • The essentials… – Must not throw away anything that you can recycle using the services we provide at your home – Applies to all residents where recycling services are provided – Applies to all services that are provided to households – including food waste Other recycling in Islington Other recycling in Islington Yes please… No thanks… • Textile and shoe banks • grass clippings • soil • Contract with European Recycling Company • leaves • food waste • 39 locations • plants and prunings • bricks or rubble • Textiles are sorted and graded, then • garden weeds • plastic plant pots or bags reprocessed or exported • small tree branches • large tree branches • hedge trimmings. • other non-garden waste like oil canisters. Matthew Homer, Waste Strategy Manager, Islington Council 11
Recycling presentation 9 November 2017 University of the 3 rd Age Other recycling in Islington Other recycling in Islington • Recycling sites, Reuse and Recycling Centre • Collections from home • Any small items that have a plug or require batteries • Reuse and recycling centre • Kitchen appliances such as kettles or toasters. • Audio visual equipment such as CD player, digiboxes and remote controls • Bathroom equipment such as shavers and electric toothbrushes • DIY tools • Phones • Chargers Other recycling in Islington Other recycling in Islington • Bulky waste collections • Reuse collections • Reuse and recycling centre • Reuse and Recycling Centre • Bright Sparks • http://www.brightsparksonline.com/ Other recycling in Islington Other recycling in Islington • Recycling points in shops selling more than 32kg of batteries a year • Dozens of points all over Islington • Reuse and Recycling Centre Matthew Homer, Waste Strategy Manager, Islington Council 12
Recycling presentation 9 November 2017 University of the 3 rd Age Other recycling in Islington Other recycling in Islington Reuse and Recycling Centre • Schools and charities • Operated by London • Prisons Energy Limited • Brightsparks • Open 363 days a year • Subsidised compost bins • Pedestrian drop off • Real nappy vouchers point via Cottage Road • Charity shops • Gumtree, ebay Other recycling in Islington Mayor of London’s draft Deposit return scheme… Environment Strategy • Call for evidence on voluntary Chapter 7: Waste and economic incentives to reduce littering of drinks • Make London a ‘zero waste city’ - no biodegradable or recyclable waste containers and promote recycling sent to landfill by 2025 • ‘consider the advantages and • 65% of London’s municipal waste recycled by 2030 disadvantages of different types of well-designed and well run – (“municipal waste” household waste or business waste that is similar in deposit and reward and return composition irrespective of who collects or disposes of it) schemes for drinks containers’. • 50% recycling by 2025, 60% by 2030 for Local Authority collected waste • Waste prevention focussing on food waste and single use packaging Chapter 10: Transition to a low carbon circular economy Matthew Homer, Waste Strategy Manager, Islington Council 13
Recycling presentation 9 November 2017 University of the 3 rd Age Resident consultation • Environment Scrutiny Committee review of recycling • Resident consultation www.Islington.gov.uk/recyclingscrutiny Recyclingislington recycling@islington.gov.uk www.islington.gov.uk/recycling Thank you. Matthew Homer, Waste Strategy Manager, Islington Council 14
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