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Topic: Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 2.1
Posted by: Philippa Bond
Date/Time: 22/11/10 11:23:00

In the long run encouraging someone to recycle and reduce their food waste saves both them AND the Council money.

The cost of landfill keeps on going up and you could say that it is people who don't make the most of the recycling services the Council provides who are costing US ALL money.

The last figure I saw for Hammersmith & Fulham's landfill bill was £4m - so why wouldn't Ealing's be something comparable?  Encourage people to reduce their waste particularly food waste and the Council could make a saving and target the money they have on essential services.

I think you will find that initiatives like the Road Shows are often funded by special grants from central government which have to be applied for.  It is very important that Councils have someone who can look out for these.  They are like special offers in the shops only they are not for everyone - you have to be a successful applicant.

Better still for increasing participation are the door to door recycling surveys where people can ask questions and find out how to order bins and boxes etc but that would have to be another 'special offer' applied for AND won.

Being stupidly British in walking over neighbours' waste in silence when we could talk to them and offer to help them find a better solution eg order a bin/tell them where to order one from is also costing us all. 


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Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 118/11/10 12:20:00 Nina Thornhill
   Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 118/11/10 13:05:00 Peter Chadburn
      Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 118/11/10 13:08:00 Penny Crocker
         Re:Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 118/11/10 13:10:00 Penny Crocker
         Re:Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 118/11/10 14:14:00 Nina Thornhill
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 118/11/10 14:19:00 Penny Crocker
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 118/11/10 18:40:00 Eric Alan Leach
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 118/11/10 19:34:00 Peter Chadburn
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 118/11/10 21:48:00 Nina Thornhill
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 119/11/10 00:38:00 Eric Alan Leach
   Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 219/11/10 08:32:00 Niall Connolly
      Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 219/11/10 12:25:00 Eric Alan Leach
         Re:Ways the Council could save money: Suggestion 321/11/10 18:42:00 Philippa Bond
            Ways WE could save OURSELVES and the Council money21/11/10 18:58:00 Philippa Bond
               Re:Ways WE could save OURSELVES and the Council money21/11/10 19:49:00 Peter Chadburn
                  How to achieve savings21/11/10 23:55:00 George Knox
      Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 2.122/11/10 08:14:00 Niall Connolly
         Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 2.122/11/10 09:41:00 Philippa Bond
            Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 2.122/11/10 09:47:00 Niall Connolly
               Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 2.122/11/10 11:23:00 Philippa Bond
                  Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 2.122/11/10 14:19:00 Penny Crocker
                     Re:Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 2.122/11/10 15:54:00 Philippa Bond
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 2.122/11/10 15:56:00 Penny Crocker
                           Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 2.122/11/10 16:17:00 Philippa Bond
   Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 122/11/10 18:33:00 Eugene Wroblewsi
      Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 122/11/10 18:41:00 Peter Chadburn
         Re:Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 122/11/10 18:48:00 Eugene Wroblewsi
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 123/11/10 12:32:00 Peter Chadburn
               Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 126/11/10 08:48:00 Philippa Bond
                  Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 126/11/10 13:02:00 Eugene Wroblewsi
                     Re:Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 126/11/10 13:48:00 Charles Campbell
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 126/11/10 14:16:00 Eugene Wroblewsi
                           Ways the council could save money26/11/10 15:33:00 George Knox
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 129/11/10 12:06:00 Philippa Bond
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Ways the council could save money: Suggestion 102/12/10 16:33:00 Tony Colliver

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