Festival Recycling behind the scenes
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“recycling” at SFF in 2014
2015 RECYCLING begins On site waste sorting- community engagement Food, paper and cardboard, plastic, metals, glass Reducing volume of waste sent to landfill by 75% Further reductions by setting standards for materials used by traders Clients: Ludlow Food Festival, Hay Arts Festival, Llangollen Eisteddfod, Ludlow Spring Festival, Ludlow Medieval Fayre, Shrewsbury Folk Festival
2016 volunteering with ZWE
Bin set
Camper identifies correct recycling bin...
Food Traders - waste food caddy with yellow liner
Green reusable bags for dry recycling Clear bags for easy sorting
Trader upcycling cans….
Recycling HQ
Trader food waste
Collected bags from bins
Bags to sort by hand
Sorting
Sorted cardboard
Happy in our work…
Glass in skip for collection
Sorted plastic and cans for collection
Final tally 2016 1.2 tonnes 2.5 tonnes 0.08 tonnes 3.12 tonnes For processing into HDPE, PET and LDPE and then lower grade plastics 2.5 tonnes 0.08 tonnes 3.12 tonnes 1.3 tonnes compostable material sent to AD +
And…. + 0.1 tonnes 4.78 tonnes to PG Skips 0.1 tonnes items to Printwaste to split out paper and plastic components for recycling 4.78 tonnes to PG Skips 0.1 tonnes items sent for reuse various given to ARK homeless charity 4 to Dogs Trust for pet bedding
SFF - working towards best practice Upstream sorting Design improvement for easier recycling Range of behaviour Educate Make it easy Encourage good practice eg wooden cutlery Nudge eg clear bags Bar - £1 deposit plastic beer glasses Challenges….
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Questions? Contacts and Links Zero Waste Events www.zwevents.org.uk chris@cwmharry.org.uk www.cwmharry.org.uk Make Wealth History http://makewealthhistory.org/2016/08/31/how-to-deal-with-post-festival-waste/ Questions?