Recycle More, Waste Less in Bournemouth! Sarah Speakman-Jones Senior Waste & Resource Officer

Big Bin, Little Bin Since September 2006 Bournemouth residents have used a comprehensive kerbside recycling scheme Households use Little Bin for rubbish and Big Bin for recycling. Majority of flats have large communal recycling bins Introduction of weekly food waste collections in 2014 Alternate weekly bin collection service introduced in 2017. Prior to Sept 06, residents had a blue bags for paper, cans & textiles. Lots of residents wondered why we had opted for a little bin for rubbish but i think most can now see it’s because you can recycle more Many Councils do not offer recycling to flats due to issues with contamination but we find that it works well in the majority of cases Big Bin (recycling) one week, Little Bin (rubbish) the next. Still working through flats completing site visits before switch

Big Bin Residents can recycle: Materials update, we can now take: Foil & foil trays Plastic food containers e.g. margarine tubs & yoghurt pots Food & drink cartons i.e. Tetra Paks Envelopes with windows & all bottles tops In Bournemouth we can recycle Household metal packaging, cardboard, glass, paper, housing plastic packaging, cartons. Most recent update first. (Foil Feb 2015, Plastic food containers April 2012, Cartons 2011, Windows & bottle tops 2007)

Food waste collections 38% of Bournemouth’s rubbish bin was food In 2008/09 BBC did an analysis of what was still in the rubbish bins since we had introduced recycling. It found there was an average of 38% food which was why the decision was made to introduce a separate food waste collection. Environmentally it means it is now being recycled and economically it is cheaper to send it for recycling than process it as rubbish.

Food collections- what can go in? All cooked and uncooked food FW collections started in March 2014 for all households who have Little Bin & Big Bin. Flats with communal bins need to contact us to opt-in to food waste collections and would be provided with small brown lidded bins to share (subject to site visit & MA agreement)

Food Waste Collected – 2018 60 tonnes of contamination such as plastic bags, packaging, foil, paper 3230 tonnes of food waste collected (average 13 tonnes per day) Output 1: 1,001,213 kWhs of energy generated from biogas released The Eco Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Plant in Piddlehinton Output 2: 3779 tonnes of liquid nutrient rich biofertiliser, which is sufficient to cover 239 acres of farmland Producing enough electricity to power 229 households as well as powering the AD facility Feedback. In first 6 months of collections 1570 tonnes were collected. When food waste breaks down it gives off gases which can be transferred into energy. This energy is sent to the National Grid. The 1570 generated produced enough electricity to power the facility & 113 households for a year. At the end of the process a liquid fertiliser is left which is used on crops by farmers. This was enough to cover 116 acres of farmland.

Alternate Weekly Collections In April 2017 an alternate weekly bin collection service was introduced. Big Bin (recycling) one week, Little Bin (rubbish) the next Enhanced weekly food waste collections using a larger 23 litre container Since the introduction recycling collected from the kerbside has steadily increased, the amount sent to landfill has decreased by 14% and food waste increased by 70%

Millhams Community Recycling Centre Excess recycling and refuse can be taken to Millhams The site is open 9am – 4pm (winter) & 9am-5pm (summer) Bournemouth residents have to provide proof of residency – ideally a council tax statement or your driving licence with your name and address on it, if not can use any bill with address on Vans, trucks, lorries or any other vehicle which is not a domestic/family car will not be allowed entry into Millhams without a permit Run on our behalf by Borough of Poole as of 1st April 2016 New 2 You reuse shop at Cabot Lane Millhams CRC is Bournemouth's site for excess rubbish & recycling. Residents need to show proof of address. This is to ensure that the site is only used by residents as they pay for the running through their Council Tax. Businesses are required to pay for disposal of waste. For the same reason vans, trucks & lorries cannot access Millhams without a permit. Bournemouth residents can also use Wilverley road CRC in Christchurch if this is closer

Other Ways to Recycle You can recycle household batteries and small electrical items, no bigger than 30cm x 20cm x 20cm, in a plastic bag on or next to your recycling bin You can take energy saving light bulbs to: Millhams Community Recycling Centre Southbourne and Pokesdown Library Boscombe Library Kinson Hub Bournemouth Library Castlepoint Library 8 sites around the borough for additional materials that can’t be recycled in the household recycling bins e.g. small electricals (Change closest site depending on talk location).

Explain waste hierarchy and why if possible it is better to reduce & reuse before recycling

Waste Prevention Campaigns- Reduce Smart Shopping (Plastic 16%) Buying in bulk Packaging awareness e.g. avoid over-packaged products Buying loose items e.g. vegetables Buying recycled & recyclable Love Food, Hate Waste (Kitchen Waste 38%) National campaign run in conjunction with the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to raise awareness about levels of food waste in UK and practical advice to reduce it e.g. left over recipes, portion sizes, storage tips Going back to the waste analysis in 2008/09 the percentages show how much of each was found in the rubbish bin. This is the reasoning for the campaigns we promote. Depending on how you are doing for time you can either briefly cover these or go into more detail if you need to fill up time!

Waste Prevention Campaigns- Reduce Real Nappy Incentive Scheme (Disposable Nappies 4%) Refund scheme to encourage use of ‘real’ rather than disposable nappies Drop-in sessions Home composting (Garden Waste 11%) Discounts on compost containers from www.getcomposting.com Repair Café events (WEEE 1% & textiles 4%) Volunteer fixers supporting residents to repair broken items in a relaxed setting with cake! Going back to the waste analysis in 2008/09 the percentages show how much of each was found in the rubbish bin. This is the reasoning for the campaigns we promote. Depending on how you are doing for time you can either briefly cover these or go into more detail if you need to fill up time!

Waste Prevention Campaigns- Reuse Give or Take days Dorset Reclaim Millhams New to You Charity shops Freecycle Boscombe Community Fridge Going back to the waste analysis in 2008/09 the percentages show how much of each was found in the rubbish bin. This is the reasoning for the campaigns we promote. Depending on how you are doing for time you can either briefly cover these or go into more detail if you need to fill up time!

Summary The Big Bin, Little Bin scheme has provided positive improvements to waste and recycling in Bournemouth. Food waste service started March 2014 Alternate weekly rubbish collection introduced in 2017 has increased the use of the food waste service by residents Bournemouth has many waste prevention campaigns it also promotes

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