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Updated: 22:30 31-May-2003

Cally Timebank's First Recycle Pick

 On Saturday 17 May 2003, the Caledonian Road & Barnsbury Timebank in association with Islington FoE, held their first recycling-litter pick event. The aim of the event was to collect litter from streets around Freightliners Farm, Westbourne Estate and Caledonian Road Estate in Barnsbury. Seven people turned up at for the 10:00am start at Freightliners Farm and we assigned different people to specific types of waste. Every who participated earned at least two callies, the timebank�s currency. With this they were able to each obtain an energy efficient compact fluorescent lightbulb which will save many pounds off their electricity bills in the months and years to come.

When we finished we weighed the different material and some of us took the stuff to recycling bins in Islington and Camden.

During the two-hour event we collected the following amounts of these types of waste:

Waste typeAmount (kg)
Cardboard5.32
Paper0.68
Plastic Bottles1.46
Plastic0.74
Cans2.06
Glass2.3
General Waste8.5

We are hoping to hold another such event on Saturday 7 June. It could take place in a different area of Islington and start slightly later in the day. If you are interested in participating or have any suggestions please call Kirsty Burns on 020 7 700 0486 or e-mail [email protected].

I will shortly be adding some photos taken during the event to this web page.

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