Wandsworth Environment Forum are holding a public
meeting on Tue 19th
January
(7pm, Room 123, Wandsworth Town Hall) covering
such questions as:
• What can be recycled
and where does it go after sorting?
• Is incineration of
non-recyclables better than landfill?
• How is Wandsworth
performing on waste processing and recycling? (Here are the
government’s latest statistics for London:
http://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/household-waste-recycling-rates-borough/resource/6f7bc5cd-217b-4eed-9450-af086f17908e)
Unfortunately Wandsworth doesn’t compare well with the London and
England rates.)
• Why doesn’t the
council collect food waste?
• How might we do more
together to minimise waste locally?
Sharon
Ross from Western
Riverside Waste Authority / Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) at
Smuggler’s Way and Cllr Jonathan Cook, Wandsworth Council’s
environment spokesman will be fielding such questions and no doubt
there will be some lively discussion!
The
concept of the circular economy will be presented by Gemma George
from London Sustainability Exchange. As you may know, this is a new
way of thinking about creating systems which re-use materials and
effectively minimise waste and dramatically reduce our need for new
raw materials.
The idea is currently being promoted to the top end of the business world by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (founded by the former solo yachtswoman - see www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/).
The idea is currently being promoted to the top end of the business world by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (founded by the former solo yachtswoman - see www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/).
The
final discussion will look at how we, the community sector, and
Wandsworth Council might work together to take forwards improvements
to the current systems and any ideas for new initiatives.
TTT
will be having a stall there and we hope to see you there! If can’t
come to the meeting but have a question, please either sign up to
Project Dirt Wandsworth Cluster,
http://www.projectdirt.com/cluster/wandsworth/,
or e-mail Vicki Carroll, WEF chair, on vickigoat@hotmail.com.
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