Food waste collection on a council estate - any tips

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Permalink Reply by Sophie Broadbent on March 1, 2009 at 9:16pm

Hi Rachel,

Have you had any leads yet?

A friend told me about Aardvark Recycling in Brixton. They collect food waste from Estates in Brixton. Perhaps they'd cover you? Google them, or phone 0845 337 3939.

Best wishes,

Sophie

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Permalink Reply by Nick on March 3, 2009 at 4:41pm

The Pepys Estate in Lewisham was a good example, although I think they may have now run out of funding and had to close. I'm sure there's good lessons to be learnt though...

You can find details using the link on the South London Low Carbon project page and/or try contacting Sue (again on that page), who mentions it at the bottom of the Comments at bottom of the project page.

Also - try contacting the East London Community Recycling Partnership - http://www.elcrp-recycling.com/ for their experience.

Rachel - PLEASE PLEASE keep us up to date on how it goes, and share your learning - as you go - via Project Dirt (ideally by setting up a "project page" of your own...) this will be invaluable for our members!

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Carmen Boscolo on March 5, 2009 at 12:37pm

Hi Rachel,
East London Community Recycling Partnership, http://www.elcrp-recycling.com/ . They provide food waste composting service in my office and are good. Let me know if you need contact details.
Carmen

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Permalink Reply by Janet Low on April 2, 2009 at 10:15pm

Hi Rachel,
no, I don't have a clue about collection on council estates but wonder whether you've got a bit of space to start a wormery. Maybe if you begin with a little thing you might find links to the bigger thing. I live in a little block of flats (12) in West Norwood, and started a wormery a few years ago, and it has gradually led to a bit of a network and a gardening project, and so on. Just a thought. Oh, I got the wormery from wiggly wigglers or greengardener.co.uk. Maybe the council can give you a subsidy. Who knows.
Good luck
Janet

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Permalink Reply by Carey on July 22, 2009 at 7:11pm

Hello Rachel
have just read this, so dont know whether you have it sorted by now. Have you been in touch with Aardvark? The are a not for profit agency (charity?) that used to collect recycling on some Lambeth estates, and I know that they had a food waste collection scheme at one time.

http://www.aardvarkrecycling.org.uk/commercial/home/about.php
You could also look on the WRAP website, http://www.wraponline.co.uk/ its a good site for looking at policy and parctice in local government, and there must be stuff on food waste collections. There is a relatively new document, think it was published on site on July 7 about recycling on estates, not sure if it includes any experience/parctice of food recycling, I haven't read it all yet. but what i have read is an interesting report. http://www.wrap.org.uk/local_authorities/research_guidance/collecti...

Let me know how you get on, I'm also v interested.
Best wishes, Carey

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Permalink Reply by Carey on July 24, 2009 at 4:20pm

Hello again Rachel

I have a contact for you at Lambeth. He is a recycling officer. His name is Pawel Ryczan
pryczan@lambeth.gov.uk or 07939006920

Tell him Carey passed his details to you, he expects your call.
Good luck

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Harris on July 25, 2009 at 4:44pm

Have you thought about collecting the food waste for small scale composting? It could be thought of as a local resource as opposed to waste. It could also be useful to get people more involved with recycling.

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