\n Litter picking champion and Stroud District councillor Gill Thomas is pleased that the Five Valleys Shopping Centre will introduce separate bins for recyclables and organic waste (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Thomas, who added that she wanted to chat to the centre owners about ways to reduce single-use packaging, said: \u201cThough better bin provision makes recycling easier, bin capacity has its limits in our throwaway culture.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We need to reduce waste at source by reusing wherever possible and moving away from single-use items.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Thomas said she was encouraged to see that the centre sends cardboard and waste oil for recycling, and that traders, who generate the majority of waste in the centre, are taking responsibility by segregating waste, using recyclable paper cups, card takeaway boxes, and bamboo\/wooden cutlery.\n<\/p>\n
\n She hopes to meet with the centre management to propose that they ask all the traders to sign up to the Voluntary Code of Practice for Food on the Go\n<\/p>\n
\n “Few, if any, businesses are following these guidelines across the country, never mind the county,” Cllr Thomas added.\n<\/p>\n
\n “If there was a blanket policy across the Five Valleys Shopping Centre it would be an excellent opportunity for the shopping centre to be seen to be leading the way with a clear benchmark on this issue, and supporting the work being done at Stroud District Council.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIf traders in the centre adopted the recommendations of the Code, waste could be cut dramatically at source, helping to set Stroud on its way to becoming the county\u2019s environmental champion.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I\u2019d love to chat to the centre owners about possible ways to reduce single-use packaging, too.\n<\/p>\n
\n “All these things would show that responsible, sustainable business is not only possible, but also profitable.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson for the Five Valleys Shopping Centre said: “We are committed to doing everything we can to recycle responsibly across the Five Valleys Shopping Centre.\n<\/p>\n
\n “At present, all the waste collected from the centre is sorted and recycled wherever possible through our waste management partners, Grundon.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We also separate and bale all cardboard, send waste oil away for recycling, and encourage our traders to use recyclable packaging wherever possible.\n<\/p>\n
\n “As part of our ongoing sustainability efforts, we\u2019re also looking into introducing separate bins for recyclables and organic waste within the centre as the next phase of our waste management plan.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Our goal is to make it even easier for our visitors and tenants to recycle effectively on site.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We appreciate the community\u2019s interest and support as we continue improving our environmental initiatives.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Five Valleys Shopping centre in Stroud says it is working to improve recycling at the site. Currently…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-272958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}