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Everything you wanted to know about recycling, but were afraid to ask!
Please find below a link to Sutton Council’s new video release ‘Everything you wanted to know about recycling, but were afraid to ask!’
Click on:- http://www.newsroomsutton.co.uk/?p=4099
Kind regards,
Nick Dovey, Communications Officer
London Borough of Sutton, Civic Offices, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton SM1 1EA
020 8770 5634
A Message from UKPN about Electricity Supply in Carshalton Central
Many local councillors have received this message today, 14th November….
“Dear Cllr Pollock,
UK Power Networks delivers the electricity to homes and businesses across London, including your ward of Carshalton Central, and it’s our job to make sure that the lights stay on.
Since 2010 we have reduced the frequency of power cuts by 42%, however we recognise that while power cuts are less frequent, when they do still occur they can be very worrying, especially to older people, people with chronic medical conditions or parents of very young children. That’s why we have set up a ‘Priority Services Register’ to enable us to identify vulnerable people quickly in the event of a power cut and get them the help they need.
You can find more about our free Priority Service Register, including information about who is eligible to register at: ukpowernetworks.co.uk/internet/en/power-cuts/priority-services-during-a-power-cut/
This winter we are keen to increase the number of people who are registered for help so we can provide the support they need quicker in case of a power cut. We are therefore asking for the help of local councillors to encourage constituents, who may be eligible for help, to join the Priority Services Register.
Do you or someone you know need extra help if there’s a power cut?
Join the Priority Services Register today ukpowernetworks.co.uk/prioritysupport
Although power cuts don’t happen very often when they do they can be worrying. UK Power Networks is the electricity network for London and it provides a ‘Priority Services Register’ for people who might need extra help in a power cut. Older people, families with very young children, and people with specific medical conditions are among the many people who are eligible to register for free support. You can find more details and register by visiting ukpowernetworks.co.uk/prioritysupport or calling 0800 169 9970.
I hope you will help us to help your constituents get the support they need and please do send me a copy of your newsletter if you include information about the Register, so we can share it as an example of good practice.
In the meantime, if you would like any further information about the Register or about UK Power Networks please do not hesitate to contact me.
Best wishes
Peter Kocen
Public Affairs Manager
Tel: 020 7397 7710 Mob: 07812 262 504 Twitter: @UKPNnews
Sutton prepares to remember
Sutton residents are being invited to commemorate Remembrance Day in the borough.
Sutton Council’s official Civic Act of Remembrance for Armistice Day marking the end of the First World War will take place in Trinity Square on Sutton High Street on Friday 11 November. The ceremony will begin at 10.30am with the Mayor of Sutton Cllr Richard Clifton, the Mayoress and the Deputy Mayors, Cllr Steve Cook and Cllr Nali Patel, in attendance. Members of the public are invited to attend and join in the observance of the two-minute silence starting at 11am.
The council’s Civic Offices will also be marking the two-minute silence. All staff and visitors to the building off the High Street will be advised when it starts and ends so they can observe it with respect.
Cllr Ruth Dombey, Leader of Sutton Council, said:
“Armistice Day is a chance for us to pause and remember all of those who made sacrifices serving their country. A century ago young men and women of this borough were prepared to give up their lives for freedom and we must never forget their courage. I invite everyone who can to join us on Friday and honour the sacrifice made by these brave servicemen and women on our behalf.”
The Day of Remembrance is held nationally each year on the nearest Sunday to 11 November. The year Remembrance Day Services will be held throughout the borough on Sunday 13 November, with the main Civic Service being held at Holy Trinity Church, Maldon Road, Wallington. The service to remember those who gave their lives for us in serving our country starts at 10.30pm, with the Mayor and Mayoress both in attendance, as will members of the Royal British Legion and the Boys Brigade.
There will also be a service of remembrance by the War Memorial in Manor Park. The 10.30am service to formally pay tribute to all those who have given their lives in the service of this country will be conducted by the Rev. Justine Middlemiss, Rector of St Nicholas Church in Sutton.
Members of the Royal British Legion, the Scouts, Guides, Beavers, Sutton Police Cadets and the Boys Brigade will be present, and Sutton Music Service is sending a young trumpeter to play ‘The Last Post’.
Wreaths will be laid at the War Memorial by the Manor Park Friends Group, Sutton Local Committee and the Sutton & Cheam Rotary Club.
At Trinity Church in Cheam Road, Sutton the Remembrance Day service starts at 10.30am and is led by the Rev Dr David Dickinson. The preacher will be the Rev Dr William Beaver, Chaplain to the Light Cavalry, Honourable Artillery Company in the City of London.
Sutton Council launches recycling campaign to sort fact from fiction
Sutton Council has launched a recycling campaign explaining what can and cannot be recycled, and to sort out recycling fact from fiction.
The campaign seeks to clarify which items should go in the brown waste bin or the green recycling bin – for example, disposable coffee cups cannot be recycled, but their lids and sleeves can be.
The council is also seeking to dispel some recycling myths by encouraging borough residents through social media to ask the experts their questions about recycling.
Before launching the campaign, more than 300 Sutton residents were interviewed to assist in understanding borough recycling behaviours.
Sutton Council is working with borough primary schools to run a series of recycling workshops that will be led and delivered by young people.
Sutton residents have also been involved in the project, putting forward ideas and visiting the material recycling facility in Crayford, Kent to see first-hand how the recycling process works.
Graham Catt, a Beddington resident who went to the material recycling facility, said:
“We all need to be careful what we put into the green bin. It surprised me just how much unwanted material, such as plastic bags, had to be removed by hand, at great time and expense.”
Cllr Jill Whitehead, Chair of the Environment and Neighbourhood Committee at Sutton Council, said:
“We know that people in Sutton want to do the right thing when it comes to recycling, and it’s our job to make it as easy as possible for them to do this. This is the message at the heart of our campaign. Encouraging people to recycle more is all part of our One Planet Sutton vision for Sutton, where people lead happy and healthy lives with a fair share of the Earth’s resources. Sutton Council has committed to becoming a One Planet Borough by 2025.”
Sutton Council successfully bid for funding from the Department of Communities and Local Government and the London Waste and Recycling Board to help residents waste less and recycle more.
Sorting out recycling fact from recycling fiction
Myth: All my recycling ends up getting thrown away with the rubbish anyway.
Not true. We know the lorries that collect your recycling and rubbish look the same but your recycling is collected in a separate lorry than the rubbish. Your recycling is taken to a Waste Transfer Site in Beddington before being placed onto large freighter trucks and delivered to a Materials Recycling Facility (MRF). At the MRF recycling is sorted by machines and people by material type (i.e. paper, aluminium) and then bailed. Then it is sent to reprocessors to be recycled into new products.
Myth: There is no point recycling, it doesn’t make a difference.
Recycling stops tonnes of rubbish being buried in landfill. In the UK, recycling saves about 10-15m tonnes of carbon emissions a year – the equivalent of taking 3.5m cars off the road. Recycling costs less than sending waste to landfill so it helps to reduce the costs of waste management in Sutton.
Myth: You can only recycle paper a few times.
Fibres in paper start to break down after they have been recycled five or six times, but the material can still be used to make egg cartons, packaging, loft insulation, paints and even new road surfaces.
Myth: Recycling metal uses more energy than extracting the raw material in the first place.
Recycling aluminium cans saves up to 95 per cent of the energy needed to make new cans from fresh raw material. The energy saved in not having to make just one aluminium can from scratch is enough to power a TV for three hours. Every tonne of new aluminium made creates four tonnes of waste, whereas a tonne of recycled aluminium creates no waste.
Myth: Recycled glass is worse quality than other glass.
Glass can be recycled endlessly without any loss of quality.
Recycling Top Tips
- Remember to wash, squash and take the lids off your plastic bottles before you recycle them.
- Keep a container for recycling right next to the bin at home, so recycling becomes an easy option.
- Buy goods made from recycled materials – this is great for the environment and for encouraging people to recycle more.
Bus station boost for West Croydon
A new bus station in West Croydon has been officially opened by London’s Deputy Mayor for Transport Val Shawcross.
The station, which cost £4.5m, has been completely rebuilt, making it more spacious and accessible, with new customer information, improved lighting and security, and extra seating.
The station will serve 25 bus routes and 150 buses an hour at peak times, with 23,000 passengers able to use it every day.
Val Shawcross said: ‘I’m delighted that West Croydon has a new bus station to be proud of. This new safe and accessible station will be a real boost to the town centre, improving journeys for tens of thousands of passengers every single day, continuing the regeneration of the area.’
Government awards Sutton Council £300,000 to support development of the London Cancer Hub
Sutton Council has been awarded £300,000 by the Government to support the London Cancer Hub Partnership.
The Cabinet Office has announced that the London Borough of Sutton is to receive £250,000 for the 2016-17 financial year to support delivery of the London Cancer Hub, a proposed 20-hectare campus that, when completed, would be the second-largest life-science cluster in the world. The award is part of the One Public Estate (OPE) programme and is on top of £50,000 of initial development funding already allocated by the Government.
The One Public Estate (OPE) is a pioneering initiative delivered in partnership by the Cabinet Office Government Property Unit (GPU) and the Local Government Association (LGA). It provides practical and technical support and funding to councils to deliver ambitious property-focused programmes in collaboration with central Government and other public sector partners.
The London Cancer Hub is a partnership between the London Borough of Sutton and the Institute for Cancer Research (ICR), with supporting partners The Royal Marsden, the Greater London Authority and the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The proposed new global centre for cancer research, diagnosis and treatment will specialise in cancer research, treatment, education and enterprise, and provide development space for biotech, pharma, and software and technology companies.
The London Cancer Hub is planned to be located on the Sutton site of the ex-Sutton Hospital, The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and The Royal Marsden in Belmont and Epsom and St Helier’s hospital in Sutton. The site would double the space available for world-class cancer research, deliver a wide range of state-of-the-art scientific facilities and substantially increase the rate of discovery of new treatments and their availability for cancer patients.
Cllr Ruth Dombey, Leader of Sutton Council, said:
“We are delighted that the Government recognises the importance of the London Cancer Hub for the rest of the country and has allocated £300,000 of One Public Estate funding for its development. Should it come to fruition, the Hub’s pioneering cancer research and care work has the potential to put Sutton and the UK at the forefront of cancer research worldwide. It would be a huge boost to the local and national economy, providing new business opportunities that will create thousands of employment and training opportunities.”
Lord Porter of Spalding, Chairman of the LGA, said:
“With half of councils across the country now taking part in the One Public Estate programme, local government is demonstrating real leadership in its communities, unlocking land to provide the homes and jobs that people need, helping services to work better together, and bringing in money while generating savings for the future. The proposed total transformation of the site in the south of Sutton borough would see inward investment in excess of £1bn over the lifetime of the London Cancer Hub project. More than 13,000 new jobs are expected to be created in Sutton – 7,000 life-science, clinical and support staff, and another 6,200 in the site’s construction.
Heathrow Decision – Tom Brake MP asks for your views
Hamish —
I am sure that by now you will have heard the long-awaited and controversial Government announcement to approve a third runway at Heathrow.
The controversial issue of expanding the UK’s airport capacity is not new and has been subject of intense debate for many years.
A public consultation will now be held on the effects of airport expansion, followed by the Government’s final decision next year.
That’s why for this month’s epoll, I want to know whether you are in favour of expansion at Heathrow, Gatwick or no expansion in London and the South East.
Supporters of expansion at Heathrow argue that without increased airport capacity at Heathrow, the UK will lose out on business competitiveness and struggle to compete with other international airports like Paris and Amsterdam. They say that a third runway would boost jobs, bring the biggest benefits to the wider economy and offer the best connectivity to London.
Supporters of Gatwick, on the other hand, argue that this option does not pose the complicated legal challenges facing Heathrow and would be deliverable by 2025. The project would be entirely privately-funded, unlike Heathrow expansion, and guarantee that air quality levels would remain with the current legal limits.
Those who do not want to see any expansion in London and the South East have raised serious concerns about air quality and noise pollution if there are an estimated 260,000 extra flights a year over London. They also warn of the negative environmental impact on London and the damage to local communities as a result of the demolition of homes, increased traffic on the M25 and the possible astronomical price tag of the whole project to the taxpayer. Some have also expressed concerns at the overheating of the London and South East economy and the failure to invest in other regions and regional airports.
So, for this month’s epoll, I want to know whether you are in favour of ‘Heathrow’, ‘Gatwick’ or ‘No Expansion’:
Click the link above to vote or simply reply to this email with the words ‘Heathrow’, ‘Gatwick’ or ‘No expansion’.
Please do include any comments you wish to make – I will take them all into account and respond to as many as possible.
Regards,
Tom Brake MP
PS. I want to know what you think about airport expansion – click here.
Tom Brake MP’s message on Parking
 Tom Brake MP Hamish — Parking is one of the biggest challenges facing our area. Sutton has the 6th highest level of car ownership and use in London, and therefore suffers from traffic congestion and a shortage of appropriate parking in many areas across the borough. To show the scale of the problem, approximately 320 requests for minor parking arrangements covering 228 streets across the borough were made last year. This is reinforced by a recent boroughwide survey of local residents where parking came out as one of the three most important issues. For those reasons, I am pleased that Sutton Council has prioritised this issue and recently published the Council’s new parking strategy. In the past, parking schemes were considered and rolled out in an ad-hoc way with the unwanted consequence of simply pushing the problem onto surrounding roads. The new strategy will be more cohesive, borough-wide, evidence-driven and with a well thought out 5 year delivery plan. It will be built into the wider plans for the borough and focus particularly on areas known as traffic attractors and generators – St Helier hospital, local schools, train stations and town centres. The specific details are yet to be determined but in these areas parking schemes like Controlled Parking Zones (CPZ) will be considered and local residents will be consulted. In the coming years, it is inevitable that we will need to reduce our dependency on cars and use other sustainable modes of transport – public transport, walking, cycling etc. I am are aware that because South London currently lags behind other parts of London when it comes to public transport, many residents are often forced to use their cars. That’s why securing better local transport links has always been one my top priorities. In these difficult financial times for local authorities, fixing our parking problem will not be easy and will take some time, but I can reassure you that I will work with local residents, businesses and Councillors to ensure a strategy is implemented which creates sustainable and fairer parking for all. Best wishes, Tom Brake MP |
News from Calladoodles Shop, High Street, Carshalton
Carshalton’s Calladoodles Brings ‘Hygge’ to Your Home!
Snuggle up Scandi style this autumn… award-winning card & gift shop Calladoodles is celebrating the latest Nordic trend, ‘hygge’ – the art of achieving happiness and the biggest Danish export since Lego!
Hygge (pronounced ‘hoo-gah’) is said to make homes nicer and people happier through comfort and relaxed living, surrounding yourself with things you love and embracing all the little luxuries and special moments that make life great.
Think warm, woolly socks, hot chocolate, roaring fires, time with family & friends… cosiness!
Carshalton High Street’s unique concept store, which recently relaunched its online presence with sensational photography, creating glossy magazine-style aesthetics, platforms the very best of British handpicked gifts, for you, your family, friends and home. Specialising in gifts and cards, alongside bang-on-trend fashion and accessories, the beautiful bricks-and-mortar outlet also offers high-quality homeware, shabby-chic furniture and stylish décor, while its state-of-the-art website brings the current market must-haves, along with inspirational ideas for designing and accessorising your living space, direct to your home.
With a focus on styling and visual merchandising, the stunning new website at www.calladoodles.co.uk offers striking illustrative examples of how you can create a beautiful environment to live in, representing the latest trends and creating some new ones, too!
The website is dedicated to showcasing the store’s mainstream and original one-of-a-kind products displayed in the home (and outdoor) environment, maximising their visual impact and thereby fostering fresh ideas for injecting style into your own abode.
The impressive imagery attracts established and new customers alike, drawn to the creative ‘combining’ ideas, which are cleverly designed to imaginatively liven up your living space and bring breathtaking harmony to the home. With its eye-catching, online magazine feel, the newly-launched website achieves all the appeal of a glossy magazine brand, oozing cutting-edge Calladoodles’ sense of style and inspiring customers with the dedicated team’s own energy and enthusiasm for their products and the environment around them.
The trendsetting store’s manager and photographer, Kate Luscombe, conceived the website’s show-stopping visual merchandising and recently carried out a wonderful ‘hygge’-themed photoshoot with Calladoodles’ Casting Call competition winner for the October blog.
‘We’re all about hygge this season,’ says executive manager, Clare Callanan, who is at the helm of a talented team. ‘Our books on the Scandinavian concept are literally flying off the shelves and we’re stocking up on all sorts of hygge-style, feel-good products, such as fluffy scarves, mitts and bed socks from AURA QUE, which are going down a storm!’
Last year, Calladoodles was honoured with the award for ‘Best Non-Specialist Independent Retailer of Greeting Cards – South’ at the prestigious Retas awards in recognition of its comprehensive card collection. Whatever the occasion, Calladoodles has it covered.
What’s more, community-led Calladoodles has a fascinating, inspirational success story behind it…
The trendsetting ‘business that brought handmade to the high street’, empowers local and national independent designers, artists and publishers by providing them with a launchpad for their work. It has rocketed from its humble beginnings as an indoor market to a raved-about, leading-edge store, which weathered the economic downturn and has set standards in the small-business sector.
As pioneering businesswomen flying the flag for female entrepreneurship, the executive manager and her mother co-founded the company and are supported by an all-girl team.
Calladoodles is all about the community and is on a mission to promote its all-important ‘shop the high street’ message, too.
With exciting expansion plans in the offing, Calladoodles is set to grow. The company aims to open more stores and the team is passionate about emulating the community ethos they have so proudly established, elsewhere. The store already manufactures its very own brand of cards, wrap, tags and bags and, in further developments, plans to produce its very own fairtrade products, which will be ethically made in a village in Nepal.
In the meantime, get ‘hygge’ with it… head to Calladoodles and get your hands on some hygge-style happiness for YOUR home.
‘It’s set to be THE trend this autumn and winter,’ Clare continues. ‘So, don’t miss our hygge-themed window displays for inspiration and visit us in store for much, much more!’