Category: Waste & Recycling

BAG Harvest event
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BAG Harvest event

Thanks to everyone who showed up for our community garden/harvest celebration on the Douglas Eyre playing fields. The apple press was a particular hit with the look on some of the kids faces when the juice poured forth worth putting the event on for alone. The BBQ didn’t kill anyone, and the apple bobbing was [...]

Published by on September 29, 2009 5:35 pm
Cut household bills – Join our ECO Teams
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Cut household bills – Join our ECO Teams

Join one of our ECO Teams – reduce your impact on the environment and save money! • Cut household bills                          • Make new friends • Environmental benefits                    • Health benefits • Visits to eco-houses [...]

Published by on November 4, 2008 4:16 pm
Knee deep in rubbish
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Knee deep in rubbish

To save itself some money, our ever-creative council recently outsourced refuse collection to a company called Kier Street Services, (part of the Kier Group which, no doubt coincidentally, is eyeing up lucrative development work in the borough: see here.) In a “groundbreaking” departure from good sense, “the unique nature of the contract means that Kier’s [...]

Published by on October 14, 2008 3:42 pm
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North London Waste Plan consultation results

The North London Waste Plan have declared their consultation period with residents to be over. The results are summarised in a whopper of a PDF file on their site; you can look at it here. There are several references to the Blackhorse area including this about residents opinion: A significant number of respondents expressed specific [...]

Published by on June 27, 2008 11:05 am
Waste row rumbles on…
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Waste row rumbles on…

The Walthamstow Independent (14/03/08) featured the continuing row over plans for new waste facilities in the area. For some reason Walthamstow is to be saddled with half the facilities needed to serve all of North London, with Blackhorse Lane as one site. Plans include a hazardous waste-processing facility, an incinerator, and recycling centres. The locations of each type have not yet been decided. [...]

Published by on March 17, 2008 10:18 am
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Get involved in the Waste & Recycling working group!

The Waste & Recycling working group looks into ways of improving our recycling and waste issues – anything from trying to sort out the sewers to trying to getting the Council to do a better job of the recycling! To find out more, email: wasteandrecycling@blackhorseactiongroup.org.uk

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Published by on March 9, 2008 9:00 pm