Issue - meetings

The Board received a report setting out issues relating to faith and recycling including the barriers certain communities face in fully utilising recycling services and how faith infrastructure could be used to overcome these barriers and improve participation rates to help meet challenging recycling targets. A more targeted approach would potentially allow the tailoring of service provision to the needs of faiths, based on approaches used in other authorities such as the community communication campaign used by Hackney focused on the Hasidic Jewish community.

John Wood from St Ann’s Church, Tottenham confirmed that recycling and the environment were currently high on the agenda of denomination and faith groups, although it was advised that engaging black majority faiths might prove challenging. It was proposed that a small, targeted pilot project be developed, recognising where possible the importance of a focus on youth education in relation to recycling. 

RESOLVED:

·      That the Chair, John Wood and Better Haringey Programme Manager scope a pilot project and develop a project plan including identification of clear targets, to be submitted for approval by the Board at the December meeting.