{"id":4785,"date":"2014-09-01T12:12:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T12:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/?p=4785"},"modified":"2023-11-13T11:51:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T11:51:25","slug":"jane-street-bristol-celebrates-zero-waste-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/?p=4785","title":{"rendered":"Jane Street, Bristol celebrates Zero Waste Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zero Waste Week<\/a>, now in its seventh year, is currently taking place in the United Kingdom between 1st and 7th September 2014.<\/p>\n

The aim of Zero Waste Week is to “an opportunity to reduce landfill waste & save money<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

The theme of this year’s event is “One More Thing<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

Jane Street in Redfield, Bristol, shows in the picture below just what can be achieved with “One More Thing<\/em>” in Zero Waste Week, in this case, one more instance of fly-tipping!<\/p>\n

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Image courtesy of Amy Harrison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As part of the campaign to clear up Easton and Lawrence Hill wards (under the #tidybs5<\/a> moniker. Ed.<\/em>), I recently attended a meeting with Marg Hickman<\/a>, my local councillor, and council officers (news passim<\/a><\/em>). At that meeting I was informed by the officers that the problem of fly-tipping in Jane Street had disappeared since a local mafrish<\/em> – a caf\u00e9 used for chewing khat – had closed down following the UK’s outlawing of khat<\/a>. Obviously the council officers concerned hadn’t bargained for the persistence of Bristol’s filthy fly-tipping community!<\/p>\n

Besides alerting @BristolCouncil via Twitter<\/a>, fly-tipping can be reported to the city council by:<\/p>\n