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Recycling presentation University of the 3rd Age 9 November 2017 Matthew Homer, Waste Strategy Manager, Islington Council 1

University of the 3rd age Matthew Homer, Waste Strategy Manager Waste Minimisation and Recycling in Islington Introduction 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 How much waste? Or put another way…

We use over six billion glass bottles and jars each year.
It would take you over three and a half thousand years to sing "Six

Billion Green Bottles"! Or put another way…

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
buses. A queue of buses that long would go around the world one and

a half times.

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Or put another way…

Each child uses a total of 5850 nappies in their lifetime - which would

weigh the same as an average family car! Or put another way…

Every year, an estimated 7 billion plastic bags are given away by
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% Disposing of London’s waste North London Waste Authority

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

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Kitchen waste and garden waste collections Kitchen waste and garden waste collections Recycling sites Recycling sites Recycling sites Recycling sites

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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
Commercial waste and recycling

Recycling in Holloway Prison What happens to the recycling? Homes Sorted at MRF (Bywaters) in Bow In-vessel composting, Edmonton Recycling Food and garden waste Rubbish Farms, parks, domestic use Energy from Waste, Edmonton Hornsey Street waste transfer station Repressors in UK, Europe and Far East Made into new products What happens to your rubbish?

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What happens to your food and garden waste? What happens to your recycling? Wise up to waste http://www.wiseuptowaste.org.uk/ What happens to your recycling? Where does it all go? Why does some recycling get exported? Where does it all come from?

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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?

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What CAN you recycle in Islington? What CAN you recycle in Islington?