Greens have praised this year’s Pride as being the “best yet” for recycling facilities at the party in Preston Park.
 
Ward councillor Amy Kennedy said:
“Well done to all at Pride for really going to extra mile this year to encourage party-goers to recycle.
 
"It was great to see so many recycling points with separate bins for glass, cans and plastics, which people were clearly happy to use.
 
“This was the best year yet for trying to improve sustainability at Pride, so hats off to all involved for setting a new standard for waste management at the city’s events.”
 
Pride is the city's biggest outdoor event.  After Green calls for action on how waste and recycling is dealt with at all the city's major events, the Council is now working on a sustainable event management system for outdoor events, with the aim of achieving British Standard BS8901: Sustainable Event Management in 2011.
 
As Chair of the Culture, Tourism & Enterprise Overview & Scrutiny Committee, Cllr Kennedy has requested an update on sustainability at events in the city, which will be tabled at the CTEOSC meeting on the September 30.

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