Lambeth Recycles

Not all heroes wear capes, and not all champions live on traditional streets, which is why the Street
Champions scheme has a new name, Neighbourhood Champions!

Neighbourhood Champions are serious about making their local areas cleaner, greener and
friendlier. They care about the street or estate they live on, and the people they share it with.

Neighbourhood Champions are encouraged to work with their neighbours, as well as the council
and its waste contractors, to carry out any activities that are focused on improving the environment
or bringing their communities closer together. By joining our Neighbourhood Champions scheme
you’ll be able to access support for all sorts of activities, from tackling litter and dog fouling, to
organising street parties or play street events.

Watch the videos to hear from some of Lambeth’s Neighbourhood Champions, and sign up to
become one at lambeth.gov.uk/neighbourhoodchampions.

Freshview is an initiative to bring your neighbours together for a day to improve your street, with
activities such as building planters for the pavement, painting front garden walls, or generally
tidying up.

The tools and materials to build the planters are provided by the council, who can also provide help to build them. The planters are particularly popular; they can help reduce litter and dumping by showing that the community cares about where they live, and Freshview days can be a great opportunity for neighbours to meet and get to know each other.

Watch the video to find out how easy it is to make a planter by reusing old scaffold boards, and arrange a Freshview for your local area at lambeth.gov.uk/freshview.

Did you know that 30% of the wrong items in Lambeth’s recycling is food, or food and drink
packaging that hasn’t been emptied or cleaned? While we’ve been spending more time at home
over the last year, recycling rates have risen in Lambeth. There are certain items we’re all pretty
confident about recycling, such as glass jars, tins, paper and plastic bottles, and there are those
that leave us rather confused.

Two things that should never end up in your recycling bin are food and drink. Recyclable items like
paper and cardboard are easily spoiled by food, drink and other liquids, and once contaminated,
they can’t be recycled and have to be discarded as rubbish. This wastes not only your recycling
efforts, but those of other residents in Lambeth too. That’s why we’re asking Lambeth residents to
Empty, Rinse, Recycle, Repeat to help us recycle even more!