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

2. 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

3. 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)

4. 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.

5. 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)

6. 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.

7. 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%

8. 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

9. 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).

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

11. 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!

12. 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
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!

13. 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!

14. 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

15. Thank You
Any Questions?