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Where does our garbage go? - Letter to London City Council
January 12, 2009 |
For a potential project I am exploring, I searched online to try to find out where the garbage that I throw out in city garbage/rubbish bins goes. The best information I could find was article in the Guardian called "Following the rubbish trail," but it was from 2004. I wrote an email to the author Leo Hickman, but so far, no response (I'm sure he busy on new articles).
So I asked my housemate, a proper Londoner where she would look, and she pointed me to the city councils. After a quick google search, I found the newly organized London Waste & Recycling Board, and sent the following letter to the contact person listed. I'll let you know how it goes.
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Hi,
Thanks for the work you do for the city of London. I used to live in
New York City, and London is definitely a much cleaner city. As
someone interested in environmental issues, I have become interested in
finding out more about the impact (positive and negative) that I make
with my daily life and choices.
One specific piece of information I haven't been able to find online is
where the rubbish is taken that I put into the public bins around the
city. Do you know where I would be able to find out? While I'm
intersted to know where it all goes, the buroughs I am more interested
in are my home burough of Hackney, as well as Islington, Camden and
City of London.
Any information or contact information for the right person to contact would be very much appreciated.
Cheers,
Colin
Posted by Colin at January 12, 2009 10:42 PM
Comments
Hi Colin, did you manage to get any where with your research? I am new to London and am very interested to find out also.
Posted by: TT at December 1, 2009 12:24 PM
Hi TT, I eventually heard back from Anthony Buchan from the London Waste and Recycling Board. Here was his response. I need to follow up on this. Please let me know if you are able to get the information. Thanks!
Dear Colin
Thank you for your email and sorry its taken so long to reply. I'm afraid the London Waste and Recycling Board doesn't keep this data. However please find below contact details for officers in the authorities that you have mentioned. I hope this helps.
Hackney - Mark Griffin - Head of Waste Strategy - 0208 356 3680 - mark.griffin@hackney.gov.uk
Islington - Kenny Wilks - Head of Street Env Services - 0207 527 4534- Kenny.Wilks@islington.gov.uk
Islington - Matthew Homer - Recycling Manager 0207 527 5152 Matthew.Homer@islington.gov.uk - Camden Ann Baker - Recycling Manager - 0207 974 8998 - ann.baker@camden.gov.uk
Camden - Richard Bradbury - Refuse and St Cleansing Manager - 020 7974 3982 -richard.bradbury@camden.gov.uk
City of London - Tony Hammond - Asst Dir Waste Strategy and Contracts - 0207 606 3110 xt 2231 - tony.hammond@corpoflondon.gov.uk
Regards
Antony Buchan
Policy and Project Manager
Posted by: Colin at December 1, 2009 3:58 PM
