SKIPS
Beach litter reducing according to Cromwell’s research
CROMWELL Polythene annually participates in beach cleaning and litter surveying activity on behalf of the Great British Beach Clean, and to mark Recycle Week (23 September – 29 September).
A team of 10 volunteers from Cromwell Polythene, which supplies products for the capture and containment of recyclables, took to their local beach at Filey on the North Yorkshire coast on 14 September. The aim of their annual litter pick is to champion sustainability and community recycling best practice.
In total, 346 items were collected, using sustainable litter clearance hand tools from Helping Hand Environmental. The litter, which had an approximate weight of 16kg, came from two beach sections of 500 metres each.
Levels of litter were recorded across the same predefined items as last year’s
survey, covering 11 main types: plastic/ polystyrene, rubber, cloth, paper and cardboard, wood (machined), metal, glass, pottery/ceramics, sanitary waste, food, and miscellaneous waste.
James Lee, managing director of Cromwell Polythene said: “We were pleased to see that the scale of littering has reduced compared to previous years’ analyses. It’s very encouraging that people are showing concern for the environment and the impacts that our actions have.”
Biffa-backed Skoup service measures the cost of ‘binertia’
‘PAY-as-you-throw’ waste collection service Skoup has been launched for rubbish items that are too big or unusual for regular roadside collection. Customers can order a Skoup skip, van or bag collections by visiting the Skoup website. Collected items will be processed by Biffa.
To mark the launch and gauge pent-up demand, Skoup placed a skip in a street in Solihull and filmed what happened next. The Skoup skip was filled within just three hours.
Research by Skoup indicates that homes and business are wasting space and
The data collected at Great British Beach Clean events is shared with the International Coastal Clean-up (ICC), contributing to a worldwide report on litter levels. MCS also analyses the data and uses the results to raise awareness of pollution and tackle it at source in the UK.
money on storage for bulky items that they’ll never use, such as sofas, filing cabinets, old equipment and general junk that can’t be recycled at the kerbside.
The data also found that the average home is wasting six square feet of living space, storing rubbish because the items are too large or too difficult to recycle or dispose of. The scale of this waste at national level is reaching startling proportions. Collectively, the national “waste of space” in UK homes amounts to 3,444 acres of living space, equivalent to the entire floor space of 164,000 average sized UK houses, 1,722 football pitches or 10 Hyde Parks.
“If you replicate what we did with this experiment nationally, it’s clear that there are thousands of skips’ worth of rubbish that UK homes are desperate to get rid of, not counting the extra waste that they tolerate,” said George Pearce, Commercial Development Manager, who is leading the national launch of Skoup.
“Many of us wish that we had more space in our homes and businesses, and often we overlook the rubbish that has literally become part of the furniture.”
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