Civic Centre’s green boost!
Published Wednesday 24th November 10 in Council - news and information releases news
Plants can flourish and the air will be cleaner thanks to a successful new food waste recycling scheme within Southend’s Civic Centre.
Between Friday 24th September and Tuesday16th November the experimental scheme produced 499kg of compost and cut 561.6kg of potential carbon emissions from landfill.
The 1,248kg yield of food waste collected from the building in Victoria Avenue was equivalent to the combined weight of 18 average-sized people.
Calculations also show that the reduction in potential carbon emissions as a result of the scheme was the equivalent of taking 61 cars off the town's roads for a day.
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council's Executive Councillor for Corporate Support Services, Councillor Andrew Moring, said: "This is an excellent start for the scheme.
"We hope it will continue in a similarly productive manner and that its impact will encourage other corporate organisations and businesses to follow suit.
"It is entirely separate from the highly popular domestic blue bin food waste collection scheme now being undertaken throughout the borough by Southend residents.
"The success of the blue bin scheme prompted calls from Council staff, members and others, for a food waste collection opportunity at the Civic Centre.
"We enlisted the assistance of a company called Paper Round and these encouraging results show what a positive impact the scheme is already having. on the environment."