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yesterday and it was a great opportunity to catch up with just some of the people who are continuing to develop the resource economy through recycling organics and redesign for reuse and repair to coincide with the lecture resource magazine also announced its highly anticipated annual hot 100 of influencers within the resource sector kit strange was a former winner of his inspirational work it was great to see iain gulland director of zero waste scotland heading up the this year s list i ve heard iain speak on a number of occasions about improvements to scotland s recycling infrastructure and his vision for and practical steps towards zero waste in a list that features such high calibre professionals and visionaries from across all sectors of the waste and resources industry you can imagine my delight when the top 10 was announced and i discovered i was featured at no 7 i d like to thank everyone who voted it feels an honour to be there and was a total surprise for me it represents the relevance of capturing peer to peer enthusiasm community based knowledge sharing and empowering people with new purpose and motivation to think differently about waste and i m chuffed to share the platform with my colleague rachelle strauss of my zero waste and national zero waste week who was listed at no 11 congratulations too to everyone listed i can t list the full 100 but the top 10 goes like this 1 ian gulland director zero waste scotland 2 emma marsh head of love food hate waste wrap 3 david palmer jones ceo sita uk 4 steve lee ceo ciwm 5 jonathan straight chief executive straight plc 6 janez potočnik european environment commissioner 7 karen cannard blogger the rubbish diet 8 dominic hogg director eunomia 9 ray georgeson chief executive resource association 10 liz goodwin ceo wrap in his lecture steve read indicated that consumers and citizens are often the missing stakeholders in the waste and resources sector and it is true for both the engaged consumer and the detached yet we are a vital ingredient that s needed to help the industry maximise its efficiency how much we understand the impacts and how we choose to use our bins has a direct influence on the country s economy i recognise that much of this depends on the media and i continue to strive to drive media interest develop audience engaging formats and push for greater aspirations among communities hearing of the immense commitment achievements and drive of people like kit strange and other professionals always increases my vigour to keep tickling people into increasing their support and contribution on the homefront huge thanks to everyone involved in organising yesterday s event it was a real pleasure to be there and i did my bit for food waste too thanks to the caterers and organisers for encouraging delegates to take away the leftovers in compostable containers a resource focused event at its very best posted by almost mrs average 0 comments labels kit strange memorial lecture resource magazine hot 100 email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday 30 december 2013 farewell 2013 and hello 2014 reflecting backwards and pondering forwards i hope you had a great christmas and are are looking forward to the new year if you haven t done so yet there s no better time to sign up for the rubbish diet challenge and make it your new year s resolution you ll be in great company with 100s of people signing up by the day thanks to the rubbish diet being the campaign of the week at money saving expert it s been an amazing year and probably one of the most difficult from which to choose a particular highlight january kicked off with wiltshire wildlife trust running the rubbish diet which saw great results from their dieters and resulted in meeting the fabulous bloggers who took part including sarah everyday life on a shoestring and jen make and mend year of course running all through the year was the enormous team effort to implement the rubbish diet in suffolk shropshire and powys as part of the nesta waste reduction challenge sadly we didn t win the 50k but it was brilliant to be one of the finalists and come out of the process with an established team a purpose built website and a radio production toolkit congratulations to the gleaning project which won a worthy project that helps rescue surplus produce from our farmers fields for distribution to charities and dotted throughout the various campaigns were great opportunities to visit places such as san francisco as part of the zero waste international alliance dialog to learn about how the city attains such a high recycling and composting rate at 80 and hear from practitioners from around the world about waste at different levels not just recycling but from a humanitarian perspective too whilst there i also had time to finally catch up with beth terry an old blogging friend and author of my plastic free life i ve known beth since 2008 so it was a wonderful chance to meet and hear her stories of how she s now influencing richard branson back in the uk i managed to meet our own plastic free hero ironically self titled polythene pam who has since created a new plastic free directory of tips and resources which you can find at http theplasticchallenge com there was no rest for the wicked even during the summer a call from itv brought an opportunity to trek to the north west to help the heap family reduce their waste to see their negativity towards recycling turn towards enthusiasm and determination was utterly brilliant they soon reduced their landfill by 95 when you catch the waste reduction bug and see what s possible it s proof that slimming your bin can really be contagious towards the end of the summer i had the chance to meet jen and grant more blogging pals from the clean bin project in canada and send them to several of my favourite zero waste hotspots for their uk film tour they had a great tour and if you haven t seen it yet the clean bin movie is one upbeat documentary about reducing rubbish that you really shouldn t miss the second half of the year brought even more excitement with rachelle strauss 6th national zero waste week building on the successes of last year if you took part and thought that was good just wait until you see what s planned for next september the last few months also saw waste professionals taking the rubbish diet challenge which brought an interesting focus on testing whether they could practise what they preach a highlight was viridor s dan cooke s tale of working out what to do with an old wetsuit and ciwm wales rebecca colley jones challenge of turning her unexpected offal leftovers into a haggis i hope they ll blog about them soon especially as an insider s view offers a fascinating perspective the bbc radio suffolk rubbish didn t win the ciwm communications campaign award but it was great to be in the finals here in suffolk presenter mark murphy s and i had loads of fun talking rubbish and listening to residents stories united in a single mission to reduce the county s waste that was a real highlight as was interviewing and recruiting our first bin doctor for a campaign further afield in harrow not to mention joining the board of trustees at reusefuluk so what s for next year with fantastic partners and a great team in place managing the rubbish diet joint venture i hope for the website and local engagement projects to go from strength to strength i m already looking forward to wiltshire wildlife trust bringing the challenge to their local projects for the second year running as well as the rubbish diet taking to the streets of harrow this january our harrow bin doctor debra is already in place working closely with our community engagement manager ali and has been talking rubbish with local community groups with most rubbish dieters having reduced their waste by 50 over the last 12 months i hope for much more of this in 2014 and i am very excited about where the rubbish diet will travel this year especially as more and more supporters sign up around the uk from a local perspective in my part of suffolk i want to continue to research and highlight the fantastic solutions that are being put in place by businesses and communities to reduce waste to empower those who want to follow suit there s lots of potential to connect interested individuals and organisations through a reuse culture alone my other focus is on the innovative motivating and entertaining aspects of waste reduction in a mission to bring a renewed vigour of interest in the topic to our tv screens showcasing the possibilities and realities of what can be achieved there is so much more that our media can do to empower the nation and highlight issues where it s needed too and as for industry i want retailers and brands to take an even closer look at the rubbish they sell us and in cases where hard to recycle plastic is used for cosmetic rather than protective reasons redesign it for easier recycling starting with something as simple as the ubiquitous plastic gift card would prove an instant hit if itunes can switch to a card based alternative hopefully other gift cards will follow there is so much more to tackle than small cards but i also believe that what we might perceive as small things are also worthy of attention there is great value to be had in not forgetting that old saying look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves attending to the tiny details can often lead to huge change i hope that that 2014 will bring more exciting stories and innovations that will inspire more change against the tide of government cuts and news that recycling rates that are flat lining both individual action and community support is going to be more important than ever i know my ambitions for next year are high as is my level of confidence in people s abilities to make a significant reduction in our country s waste but i also know that by thinking big and with the right support in place many things are possible so thank you to everyone who has made 2013 such a whirlwind of amazing waste busting adventures here s to whatever 2014 will bring happy new year posted by almost mrs average 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday 5 november 2013 bins can only get better a rubbish diet update hello remember me it s been a while since zero waste week but i am still here well here there and everywhere putting one foot in one foot out doing the hokey cokey and shaking it all about lots of great things have been happening in the world of the rubbish diet recently and to keep you in the loop here s a quick run down revamped website if you haven t seen the new website lately please do pop over to www therubbishdiet org uk where the team has been busy populating it with new stories as well as a growing list of top tips if you still haven t signed up to do the rubbish diet challenge now s a great time to see if you can have a go at slimming your bins by christmas what a great way to end the new year facebook page despite me being totally pants at facebook we now also have a facebook page thanks to the dedicated social media elves at rubbish diet hq that s the beauty of collaboration and teamwork do pop over and have a look it would be great if you could like it and invite your rubbish busting friends the more the merrier as they say more details at www facebook com therubbishdiet harrow rubbish diet it s with great excitement that i can announce that the rubbish diet is being rolled out in harrow west london and we have appointed a bin doctor to help make that happen debra alexis has already taken up the post and you can find out more about her here if you live in harrow and can help spread the word about the harrow rubbish diet challenge that s launching in january please do get in touch with debra awards competitions excitement is also building over the prospect of the ciwm awards this thursday where the bbc radio suffolk rubbish diet is shortlisted for an award in the media communications campaign category i m travelling down with presenter mark murphy and his production team that championed the campaign it would be brilliant to bring such a prestigious prize back to suffolk and celebrate once more the support and good work of all the participants hot on the heels of the awards is also next week s nesta interview where the team behind the rubbish diet joint venture will be making our final pitch for a 50k prize to invest in rolling out the diet in more communities around the uk imagine that it would be simply awesome it was our finalist position in nesta s waste reduction competition that funded the development of our website and the rubbish diet trials in suffolk shropshire powys so the chance to support even more communities would be an amazing opportunity scrapstoresuk not directly linked to the rubbish diet but still very important to me i have recently accepted an invitation to join the board of trustees at scrapstoresuk an umbrella organisation and charity that supports the work of scrapstores and resource centres which reuse surplus and waste resources from retailers and manufacturers as supplies for children s art crafts scrapstores are always looking for more suppliers of materials as well as volunteers more information at www scrapstoresuk org media representation and last but certainly not least having received an increasing amount of interest to contribute to media productions on both radio tv i have taken the huge step and signed with sue rider management a fantastic agency that is now working with me on some exciting developments while i swoon in awe at the agency s other clients i am doing my utmost to remain grounded between bouts of running around with great excitement at the prospect of even more rubbish adventures to come i think the words to use are watch this space i think the theme of this update is most definitely one of great excitement about all that s happening but amidst this i am naturally still keeping an eye on what s happening in the wider world of waste if only i d had time to blog after the rwm exhibition in september i d have applauded some of the great work that the co operative is doing to backhaul its recycling from the network of small stores to its distribution centres and as for ann summers the company s 50 shades of waste presentation was a real revelation and a very pleasant one at that and what about the latest news from tesco eh finally a supermarket publicly announcing their levels of waste in fresh produce and committing to reduce it and finally our itv family the heaps who were recently featured on tonight s throwaway britain are maintaining their slimmer bin at 95 of its former self now that really is great news i shall indeed be back soon with more thank you as ever for following and supporting the adventures of the rubbish diet and this almost mrs average you are lovely posted by 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