Hanover resident Tea Meneghetti was so fed up with the lack of recycling opportunities in Brighton and Hove she banded together with friends and got the backing of Hanover Action to petition the city council.
SO far over 3,000 people have signed the petition more than twice as many as are needed to force councillors to discus the matter.
The petition notes that Brighton and Hove compares unfavourably with other councils across the country, both in terms of how much gets recycled and the opportunities for recycling. Indeed many residents are not even clear what they can and can’t recycle through the council.
It calls for Brighton and Hove City Council to:
♦ Collect Food waste
♦ Encourage people to recycle by collecting it more frequently
♦ Recycle more plastics
♦ Provide more information about how to recycle and promote recycling
Tea said: “We are bowled over by the huge public response and want to thank the 3,000 fellow residents that support our call for the council to get its act together. When people move here or visit they are shocked by how limited the recycling is here. We are encouraged that when our petition is debated, the Greens said they will put amendment supporting food waste collection, wider collection of plastic and more frequent collections and we ask that the other parties support this too.”
Ian MacIntyre, Chair of Hanover Action added: “Many councils nowadays collect food waste, and make recycling easier than waste by collecting recycling more often, Brighton and Hove is getting left behind and given scientists dire environmental warnings, the council needs to do all it can to reduce waste and increase recycling as a matter of urgency”
To sign the petition, click here:
Supporters of the petition will be outside Hove Town Hall today, October 18 with Placards and banners at 3 pm for photos and to lobby councillors before the meeting.
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