Street parties -avoiding waste

[TheTruthisOut]

Street parties can present a challenge to those seeking to avoid plastic and reduce landfill.

Last year, the Friern Road street party managed to achieve zero waste by using only compostable materials. Other than glass bottles going into the recycling bin, everything went into the brown bins.

We used two companies, Vegware and Little Cherry, which supplied fully-compostable plates (made from wheat fibre pulp), cutlery, "glasses," napkins and balloons. We spent about ?150 catering for 120 people. We retrieved most of the cutlery which with washing and storing in a dark place, has lasted another year. This has reduced the cost for this year's party to just over ?80.

At the end of the party, just sweep everything into the brown bin. This includes all left-over food. The only caveat here is to prevent people who have brought their own (non-compostable) items putting them into the brown bin. We labelled the bins so that the binmen would know that the contents were all compostable.

[Zig-Zag]

Well done! Great achievement

[Hoopoedi]

A commendable example of what can be done with a little forward thinking and a co-operative community! Well done indeed.