Street party waste appeal
The nation is getting ready to party as the
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations are quickly approaching.
The UK is set to see street parties taking place across the country as people celebrate 70 years under Queen Elizabeth’s reign.
However, jubilant Jubilee celebrations don't need to mean messy streets and excessive waste.
Everything usually used to execute the ultimate street party is usually singleuse or covered in plastic.
According to government estimates, around 1.1 billion single-use plates and 4.25 billion items of single-use cutlery (most of which are plastic) are used per year, with only 10% being recycled.
The government are aiming to phase out all avoidable plastic waste such as single use plates, cutlery, polystyrene cups, food and drink containers etc. – all of which are going to be used in bucket loads during the jubilee celebrations.
When planning a large celebration, the bunting, balloons, paper plates and single use cutlery all make for an easy clean up, however we encourage you to reduce, re-use and recycle where possible, no matter how large or small your celebration is.
As advocates for the Earth, we are trying to encourage people to reduce their impact on the environment by consciously being more eco-friendly and choosing more sustainable options.
Whether that be choosing cycling over driving, or switching out balloons for homemade bunting, every small change has the potential to make a huge difference.
Therefore we are sharing our tips on how to make our Jubilee celebrations more sustainable.
They include: using bamboo utensils which are a more eco-friendly
alternative, are compostable and degrade on their own; for your drinks, try to bring your own reuseable cups and try to encourage everyone to make their own food to bring along rather than purchasing prepackaged goods.
“Re-use and recycle where
possible during your celebration.”
Jorvik Tricycles, sent via email.