Improving recycling and waste sorting around Helsinki

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Hylätty - Ei ole kaupungin toimivallassa: Hello, and thank you for your proposal. Unfortunately your proposal will not proceed to voting.

Most of the ideas are not possible to execute through OmaStadi, because those are not something The City of Helsinki is responsible to do. For example recycling is operated through HSY, not by the City of Helsinki. Finland has very strict laws about food so these kind of places for people to share food are not possible or at least they are not easy to create. Neighbors can share food, but City can`t create an official system for giving food away without supervision. This kind of activity rather be arrange by some association, not by officials. Better cleaning and improving recreation zones for residents is not a temporary project, it should be a continuing process. It is not meaningful to execute these kind of actions only for short period. It is hard to clean the geese feces by any known method. The more effective method is to try to keep geese away from the recreation areas. City is already applying the permission to use dogs to evict geese from some most popular green areas.
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Improving recycling and waste sorting around Helsinki

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Helsingin yhteinen

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Ekologisuus - Kierrätys ja lajittelu

Julkaisuaika

27.02.2021

Ehdotus

Proper recycling is crucial for the well-being of city communities and is one of the main dimensions of sustainable development and circular economy (Sustainable Development Goals 2,3,6,11,12,13,14,15).

*Improving recycling and sorting of trash around Helsinki. Some people throw trash without sorting it to different types and mix it all up (maybe because they are not familiar with recycling rules, or can't read in Finnish, or even illiterate). Additional info materials with visuals in different languages are needed near recycling points and on info boards around the City. Moreover, additional training resources (e.g. website, online/offline workshops) might be helpful in educating people and improving the cleanliness of recycling points.
*Installing more recycling facilities (e.g. for bio waste, cardboard/paper, plastic) with instructions in public spaces such as transport stations, outdoor sports places, commercial centers..
*Creating 'police' for garbage control: recycling advisors in uniforms and with printed leaflets near the most problematic recycling points & areas (railway stations, parks)
*Organizing 'food bank' areas in e.g. local community centers where people could leave their extra food for others -> reducing food waste and supporting people in need
*Better cleaning of the areas where geese nest (complaints that it has become challenging to find a place e.g. for a family picnic in lots of parks and other green areas due to birds' excrements) -> improving recreation zones for residents.

Budgeting (advice from the City experts?):
-hiring a project coordinator for 1-2 years to develop an Action Plan
-website about recycling and waste sorting
-printed materials
-info boards near recycling points and around the City
-other costs depending on the Action Plan

# 'Neighbourhood Mothers' community proposal and ideas (Nicehearts ry): #