Bristol BIDs announce that the city’s recycling rate has gone up by 29%

Bristol BIDs announce that the city’s recycling rate has gone up by 29%

Posted on: 22 Apr 2024

Today is Earth Day and Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in Bristol are ahead of the curb for reaching Earth Day targets for 2040.

 

This year’s Earth Day theme is ‘Plastics vs. the Planets’ and businesses all over Bristol are playing their part to reduce waste. Bristol City Centre and Redcliffe & Temple BIDs are central to these efforts, hosting various projects to help the industry take practical steps towards a greener future.

 

Learn more about the BID's sustainability projects on the Redcliffe & Temple BID and Bristol City Centre BID websites.

 

 

Earth Day’s target is a 60% reduction in plastics production by 2040, uniting people and businesses in taking action. This ambitious goal aligns with the BID's wonderful achievements, with businesses increasing their recycling rates by 29% since 2018 through its Waste Management Partnership.

 

This partnership has seen Bristol City Centre BID collaborate with waste reduction experts Veolia. Since it began, contract prices have been frozen and recycling rates have almost doubled, going from 34% to 63%.

 

The BIDs are working alongside the council to reduce vehicle movements and they established a Cargo Bikes for Business scheme in February, encouraging businesses to use Cargo bikes to transport goods, rather than lorries and vans.

 

Earth Day 2024 calls for the phasing out of single-use plastics, and Redcliffe & Temple’s Bring Your Own Lunchbox initiative aims to do this by encouraging Temple Quay and Finzels Reach Market customers to bring along reusable lunch boxes to reduce single-use plastic containers.

 

The BIDs have also created two wildflower meadows alongside Avon Wildlife Trust. The variety of the flowers provides nectar and pollen for a wide variety of pollinators, helping to reverse the worrying decline in biodiversity. The BIDs have also added over 50 colourful planters around Bristol, adding greenery and colour to our wonderful city!

Find out more about the BID's sustainability projects on the Redcliffe & Temple BID and Bristol City Centre BID websites.

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Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.