The Council’s Environment team were in Romford Market Place on Friday 2 September. Kim Smith and Denise Brown (pictured above) handed out the very popular dog toilet bags, together with mini bins for cigarette butts and chewing gum.
Kim's role on the day was to engage with residents to promote the
Community Clean Ups, and explain how they could get involved. Kim and Denise also showed the consequences litter and fly-tipping has on our borough, our resources and our wildlife. They also explained to dog owners that dog poo bags can be placed in any street litter bin and heard from residents about areas that were in need of a tidy up.
If you would like to nominate an area near you that could do with a little more love and attention, and if you yourself would like to help with planting, weeding or generally cleaning up – please get in touch. Visit www.havering.gov.uk/cleanup
Have you got a broken electronic item or
small appliance that could be fixed instead of being thrown away?
Come to a Restart Party at Harold Hill
Community Centre this Saturday 10 September and our volunteer repairers will see
if they can help you fix it. Drop in between 11am and 2pm. The event is free and open to everyone. Find out more here.
If you’d like to volunteer your repair skills
at a Restart Party then please get in touch – we’re always looking for new
volunteers! Just come along to the
Harold Hill event to find out more. If you’re a community group who might be
interested in hosting a future Restart Party please email us.
Don’t
forget that electrical and electronic items that cannot be repaired can be
recycled at our reuse and recycling
centres,
and some items can be collected at the kerbside.
Don't worry if you can't make Saturday's event as another Restart Party will be held at Romford Baptist Church, Main Road in Romford, (opposite the Town Hall) between 6pm and 9pm on Wednesday 16 November 2016. for more information on this event contact Kathryn@therestartproject.org.
This year, Recycle Week, a
national celebration of recycling, will focus on the theme the ‘Unusual
Suspects’. The aim is to get people to recognise all of the items that
they can recycle from around their homes that may get forgotten about, whilst
encouraging and motivating residents to recycle more and explaining the
benefits of doing that.
Havering will be supporting the yearly campaign with
recycling roadshows at various locations throughout the Borough during the
week. Look out for our Recycling Advisors who may be at your local
supermarket or around your town centre. They will be available to offer
support and advice about all aspects of Recycling in Havering.
Like you, we believe that we can all live healthier, happier
lives at the same time as reducing our impact on the environment. So this
year, as part of Waste
less, Live more Week 2016 (19-25 September), the Keep Britain Tidy campaign have come up
with 101 ways you can waste less and live more and we’re challenging you to
do as many as you can. Sign up here to find out more.
Exciting events and
inspiring blogs
As part of the week events are being held across the country.
Visit the Events page to find out what's
going on near you.
The campaign also has a page full of ideas, opinions and stories to inform, inspire and create
discussion around wasting less and living more. See that here.
If you get involved with the week and you are a twitter user please add the hashtag #WasteLessLiveMore to your tweets.
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With more hot weather this week it's worth remembering that garden waste can reach very high temperatures
when it starts to biodegrade, so it is important to keep bins in the shade
until the morning of collection, and dampen the waste down if you are worried
about it getting too hot. Please ensure all BBQ coals are cooled down before placing them in your black rubbish sacks.
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Help keep Havering clean
Reporting online is an easy way to help keep Havering clean, as your report goes direct to the people responsible for taking action on the issue you raise.
You can report the following online:
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