1. Zero Waste Leith Sam Mills

2. “A clean and vibrant place where nothing is wasted”
Our vision of Leith
“A clean and vibrant place where nothing is wasted”
Feasibility Feb – April 2017
Project start Nov 2017
1 Year into 2.5yr project

3. Why Leith?
Cat;
“People love Leith, they’re proud of it and working for positive change is really important.”
Densely populated area, North of Edinburgh
Strong community identity
population - long-standing residents and more recent young professionals and migrants.
Longstanding Industrial Heritage - number of deprived areas but also areas of gentrification
Good mix of shops, schools, businesses, community groups, third sector organisations, and regular local events.
Changeworks has been based in Leith for 30 years – networks/partnerships
Know Leith well and believe the community will embrace transformational change.
Zero Waste Leith boundary not fixed: anyone who identifies themselves as a Leither is welcome to engage with the project.

4. What Leith told us Cleaner, greener streets A new Leith of life
Community learning/sharing
Business waste reduction
Streets - Litter, flytipping, recycling
New Leith - Reuse and repair workshops
Community – school pupils and community skills sharing
Business waste – 76% householders will use a business more frequently if they have a zero waste ethos

5. Fly- tipping and Litter
What we are doing
Sub-project number
Sub-project title
Recycling
Re-use
Food waste
Fly- tipping and Litter
Sharing
Repair 1
Area based approach  2
Fly-tipping campaign 3
Whole school approach 4
Food waste workshops 5
CSR ZWL activity 6
Leith-wide Community Clean-up 7
ZWL Business Charter 8
Re-use Showhome 9
Zero Waste Reminiscence 10
Repair and Re-use services
Result of consultation – 10 sub projects covering 6 waste streams and those important to the community

6. Collaboration
Feasibility Study - Understand the community, map our skills and the skills of the community, build partnerships.
Important to leave a legacy with skills integrated into the community
Volunteers – 500hrs in 5 months

7. Flyspotting 50% reduction in flytipping in following months
76% less furniture on the steets
85% more confident that their community is more equipped to tackle flytipping

8. Reuse showhome Quay Communities
55% more likely to repair and 50% more likely to reuse
Main comments were about the ideas and inspiration it provided

9. ZWL Business Charter

10. Keep in touch
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