Funds boost for recycling initiatives
HALTON Play Council and a national social care charity headquartered in Widnes have been awarded a share of £115,000 to help with recycling projects.
The money has come from the Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority ( MRWA) and Veolia Community Fund 19/20 which was set up to help support waste prevention, re-use and recycling initiatives.
Halton Play Council will deliver its Recycling For Craft Groups, with workshops for residents in sewing for clothes repair and alternations and crafts, to help increase re-use of unwanted items.
Community Integrated Care will use its share of the funds to recruit a waste prevention specialist.
A total of 11 organisations across the Liverpool City Region came through a two-stage process to clinch the funding which will give them the financial resource to deliver waste-reducing behavioural change projects across the area.
Programmes include cookery clubs to reduce food waste, community recycling hubs, sewing classes and craft clubs, a recycling guide, upcycling and restoration of unwanted furniture, clothes recycling and a school uniform exchange.
Project applications had to tackle one or more of the four priority household waste materials which have been identified by MRWA as key, namely food, plastics, textiles and furniture.
An analysis of waste in the Liverpool City Region highlighted that a greater amount of these materials could be re-used or recycled. Projects can also include other household waste materials, for example paper, card and metals.
Cllr Tony Concepcion, MRWA chair, said: “The best Community Fund projects are those that help deliver re-use and waste reduction messages directly to local residents – using groups’ expertise and on-the-ground knowledge of particular areas and the people who live there. I wish these projects all the best and look forward to seeing the impact they have.” ●