Episodes

Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
Louise and Tim speak to Gareth Rollngs of West Sussex County Council about working with UK Harvest in an alternative approach to food waste, diverting viable food away from waste and putting it to good use. Nominated for an Award for Excellence in 2024, the initiative is a community food hub rescuing thousands of tons of surplus food.
#ukharvest #foodwaste #westsussex #simplerrecycling #recycling

Thursday Dec 19, 2024
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
Tim talks to Dale Rowbotham of Stockton on Tees Borough Council to discuss the choices facing councils implementing new collection services. As Simpler Recycling rolls out across the country many councils are making choices about what containers to use, how to separate various waste streams and which vehicles are best for collections in different parts of their area. #stockon #wastecollection #foodwaste #bins #recycling #simplerrecycling #kerbsider

Friday Aug 09, 2024
Friday Aug 09, 2024
Tim sits down with Matt Boulter of Dorset Council to discuss his experiences as seven small districts became the large unitary authority it is now, via a waste partnership along the way!
There's loads of interesting information about how this rural authority collects and processes waste, and how it has taken residents along a journey to more modern waste and recycling services.
#dorset #wastecollection #foodwaste #bins #recycling #simplerrecycling #tradewaste

Monday Jul 08, 2024
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Tim and Louise met David Maidman of Canterbury Environment Company to discuss his long experiences as a senior manager in wast services, including most recently in setting up and running a new Local Authority Trading Company. Find out about the pros and cons of different waste collection management structures and how the industry must adopt to imminent changes of Simpler Recycling, plus the general expectations of a modern recycling service. #canterbury #wastecollection #foodwaste #bins #recycling #simplerrecycling

Monday Jun 10, 2024
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Tim and Louise sit with Sally Rose of Cheshire East Council and explore how they created a garden waste subscription service which is financially sustainable with a high quality customer experience. Simpler Recycling will require further development of the food waste provision in Cheshire East.
With the current commingled food and garden waste system, how will that be implemented? #gardenwaste #cheshireeast #wastecollection #foodwaste #bins #simplerrecycling

Monday May 13, 2024
Monday May 13, 2024
Tim and Louise talk to Neil Taylor, Technical Support Officer at Aberdeen City Council about how they have created a service which works for residents with communal bins as well as those with kerbside collections. #gardenwaste #aberdeen #wastecollection #foodwaste #bins #rfid

Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Tim and Louise talk to Ben Jones of London Borough of Harrow about how digital communications can transform waste and recycling services for residents.

Monday Mar 18, 2024
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Tim and Louise talk to Hailey Cluff of Lampton Recycle 360 about food waste collections and how the waste industry can attract new recruits.

Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Tim and Louise talk about how to market a new garden waste service, get the right price for it and build a service that works beyond the first year.

Friday Jan 20, 2023
Friday Jan 20, 2023
Tim and Louise talk about paid for garden waste services and how permits reduce lost revenue and make services more accessible.

What's It About?
There is a climate emergency, a labour shortage and endless delays to policy decisions. Oh, and no money.
Your mission, whether you like it or not, is to make waste services better.