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Welcome
Welcome to
Issue 18
of Islington
From Helen Bailey,
Chief Executive
Recycling is easy!
It has never been easier to recycle
in Islington so give it a go.
96 new mini recycling centres are now on
estates and by April every estate will have
a recycling point within a short walking
distance.
‘Green boxes’ have been distributed to all
street properties to make it easier to recycle
glass, paper, cans and cloth – just put out the
box on your doorstep on recycling day and
the council will collect your recyclables for
you.
Currently Islington recycles 7.3 per cent of
domestic waste. While this is a great
improvement on last year, everyone wants to
make ten per cent this year.
‘Recycling champions’ have visited homes to
promote recycling and over 4,500 residents
have pledged to recycle more this year.
Islington creates 65,000 tonnes of domestic
waste each year. The far more environmentally
friendly option is to use the facilities provided,
please don’t throw recyclable items in your
dustbin.
Welcome to the first edition of
Islington for 2004.
Many of us still have our new year
intentions to get fit or to learn a new
skill.
The new library and lifelong learning
centre in Blackstock road is for
absolutely everyone and the links with
City and Islington College mean that
library use can easily develop into
studying for fun or for qualifications.
You can also join the new gym at
Archway leisure centre or try the other
excellent facilities featured on page
10. If you are a smoker, you know that
the best thing you can do for your
health is to give up – see page 7 for
help and support .
Spring is coming and with it comes
spring cleaning. This issue
emphasises green and clean, thanking
those who clear up for us and
encouraging everyone to help. Please,
as you walk round the borough, put
your litter in a bin, or take it home and
do use the doorstep recycling service,
it is easy, convenient and
environmentally friendly. If you don’t
have a green box or a local recycling
point, please call Contact Islington on
020 7527 2000. Your every effort –
however small – will help.
Whatever you choose to do this year,
let me wish you the very best for 2004.
“
Recycling newspapers, cans,
jars and bottles is really easy –
I just put out my green box the
night before the collection. It
means my dustbin doesn’t
overflow – which benefits my
street as well as the
environment. I’m encouraging
the neighbours to do it, too.
”
Julie McNamee, Fairbridge Road
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For more information on the council’s recycling programme call Contact
Islington on 020 7527 2000.
Spring is
springing...
Early birds, like the blackbird and
song thrush, are already choosing
sites and building nests around
Islington – and birdsong is
noticeably increasing. Again, the
chiff-chaff, once a summer visitor
only, has spent the winter with us
and can now be heard in a number
of parks and squares.
2004 will see the launch of the borough’s
biodiversity action plans aiming to
encourage birds and other forms of
wildlife in habitats across Islington,
including the buildings, parks, school
grounds and the canal. Special attention
will be paid to threatened or declining
species, such as the house sparrow.
Charter Mark
Islington Council’s planning team has
been given top marks and a
government Charter Mark for the
second year running.
✆Planning information is
available on the council’s
website
www.islington.gov.uk or
call contact Islington on
020 7527 2000.
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