Hackney Council is conducting a trial of mixed recycling collections using orange bags in Cazenove Ward.  The bags replace the familiar green box, and the recycling is sorted at an MRF (Material Recycling Facility) rather than at the kerbside.  

We have concerns that the quality of the material will suffer and there will be more rejections, and we've written to the council's recycling officer to ask about our concerns.…

Hackney is in danger of losing out under the "Green Deal" and we need to warm up our communities in preparation for next year's launch if we are to get our fair share of the funding available.

A presentation from ACE (Association for the Conservation of Energy) at the Greener Hackney event on 15th October outlined details of how the "Green Deal" is expected to work from 2012.

The "Green Deal" which is currently going through parliament will enable private firms to…

The Greener Hackney event on 15th October was introduced by local MP Meg Hillier, cabinet member for sustainability Sophie Linden and Kathryn Johnson of Sustainable Hackney.  

Sophie Linden hopes that this will be the first of many such events, the beginning of a partnership with the council, and reiterated the council's political commitment to the Climate Change…