Zero Waste Week, now in its seventh year, is currently taking place in the United Kingdom between 1st and 7th September 2014.
The aim of Zero Waste Week is to “an opportunity to reduce landfill waste & save money“.
The theme of this year’s event is “One More Thing“.
Jane Street in Redfield, Bristol, shows in the picture below just what can be achieved with “One More Thing” in Zero Waste Week, in this case, one more instance of fly-tipping!
As part of the campaign to clear up Easton and Lawrence Hill wards (under the #tidybs5 moniker. Ed.), I recently attended a meeting with Marg Hickman, my local councillor, and council officers (news passim). At that meeting I was informed by the officers that the problem of fly-tipping in Jane Street had disappeared since a local mafrish – a café used for chewing khat – had closed down following the UK’s outlawing of khat. Obviously the council officers concerned hadn’t bargained for the persistence of Bristol’s filthy fly-tipping community!
Besides alerting @BristolCouncil via Twitter, fly-tipping can be reported to the city council by:
- using the dedicated fly-tipping report form on the council website (which also has a mobile version that works on smartphones);
- a third party smartphone app, such as My Council (which is available for both Android and iOS; and
- telephoning 0117 922 2100.
The most direct reporting route is using the fly-tipping form as the report is sent directly to the department concerned, whereas the other methods require the report to be forwarded by its original recipient.