Currently, visitors generate a large volume of mixed packaging waste e.g. lined/waxed card & plastics contaminated by food and don’t place waste in correct bins to allow recycling. We will work with entrepreneurs and visitors to increase circular economy using 3 processes concurrently for max impact:
1) Adopt point of sales solutions e.g. locally made compostable packaging, & re-use schemes
2) Incentivise visitors through gamifying waste disposal e.g. reverse vending and interactive bins
3) Optimise street and business waste collection e.g. compacting smart bin and collection technologies, and for business waste services to explore new circular business opportunities to repurpose paper/card for e.g. pet bedding
By motivating behaviour change to re-use & recycle and optimising waste management, we will increase recycling of SUP/aluminium making savings on energy recovery of €39,833,04/yr, and reduce waste vehicle journeys by 95850 miles saving €669,365.79. Carbon footprint reduced by 287.55 tonnes.
