London Borough of Hackney
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Details of trial
Collection start date:
17 September 2007
Collection frequency:
Bring site so n/a
Collection containers:
7 litre vented caddy plus 140 litre wheeled bins located close to the flats.
Description of trial area:
6,000 households in urban inner city high rise properties.
Liners provided:
Liners provided and distributed through community group
Support supplied by WRAP:
Purchase of caddies and liners. Purchase of wheeled bins. Staff and vehicle costs. Assistance with communication. Monitoring and Evaluation.
Collection vehicle used:
Farid Mirco - 7.5 tonne 5 cubic meter body
IVC facility being used and location:
Rocket system through East London Community Recycling Partnership (ELCRP)
Collections contractor:
ECT Recycling
Background information
Local authority size:
207,700 population. 95,483 households.
Existing food waste collection:
Yes, weekly kerbside from 51,000 low rise properties. Some weekly door step collections from high rise (5,000 households)
Existing garden waste collection:
15,000 households have free fortnightly collection of green waste using 240,180 and 140 litre wheeled bins
Refuse collection – frequency, and containers used:
Weekly using black sack, some wheeled bins (only around 8,000 households). Estate properties have paladin and eurobin communal bins
Recycling collection – frequency andcontainers used:
Low rise – weekly 55 litre box
Estates – 5,000 have weekly doorstep with reusable sack
5,000 have orange disposable sack weekly
