LOCAL COMMITTEE MEETING 3 rd SECTOR REUSE Chloe Tringham Waste - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

LOCAL COMMITTEE MEETING – 3 rd SECTOR REUSE Chloe Tringham – Waste Operational Manager Judith Bradshaw/Katharine Banks – Waste Prevention Officer Serving the people of Cumbria

T&F Report – 3 rd Sector Reuse A key element of the Task and Finish Group was due to the need to effectively collaborate with partners to ensure a countywide approach to the waste hierarchy that maximises the benefits of resources to Cumbrian households before they enter the waste stream. • The overall findings identified 4 main areas: – Building financial resilience within the sector – Developing the capacity of third sector reuse – Further engagement with members around third sector – Linking waste reuse to the Council’s wider approach Serving the people of Cumbria

T&F Report – 3 rd Sector Reuse Recommendation 4 Local Committees take a more proactive area-based approach towards the promotion of waste reuse benefits and opportunities in their locality • Support local teams to list and map third sector organisations to better understand the provision of waste reuse in each area. • Local Committees will be encouraged to consider this matter as an agenda item for a future meeting Work on mapping the 3 rd sector organisations • – Make sure that all organisations are captured – Support on the communication of this initiative. Serving the people of Cumbria

Waste Hierarchy The County is bound by legislation to apply the waste hierarchy as a priority order when dealing with waste: Serving the people of Cumbria

Re-use - examples • Witnesses from T&F – Freegle - online organisation facilitating a free internet-based service where people can directly give away and ask for items which would otherwise be disposed. With over 400 Freegle groups in the UK, with the six groups in Cumbria broadly reflecting the districts – Impact - provides access to furniture for those in severe hardship or who are fleeing domestic violence • Other good examples in Copeland - To be discussed. Serving the people of Cumbria

Action taken • Re-use Map – not for profit re-use organisations/charities plotted • www.recycleforcumbria.org/athome /reusemap.asp • Re-use Forum • Resourceful Communities Grant Serving the people of Cumbria

Support from Local Committee • Encouraging organisations to join the Re-use Map • Inform us about good examples of Organisations we can approach • Encourage joining up to the Forum Serving the people of Cumbria

THANK YOU Any Questions? Serving the people of Cumbria