After I moved into my London flat in Bayswater, my property manager showed me where I can dispose my waste in the area and I received a booklet after setting up my council tax payment from City of Westminster and there is only one page recycling guide.
The guide was not very detailed at all and it applies more to homeowner instead of tenants live in flats or mansion block as we need to use the community bins for trash and recycling. Because it contains so little information in just two pages, you can go one more step further to go on the website to learn more about it. There are no instructions about composting at all or anything related to how to deal with food waste.
Comparatively, recycling guide in Japan is so much more detailed. It has detailed instructions on how to separate recyclable materials and prepare them for collection, also the specific collection location and time. The category of recyclables and waste is more detailed as well. Based on their post-consumption use, waste are categorized into different types and allocated different collection time, location and pick up frequency.
I recalled my trip to Tokyo, my first impression was that it is the cleanest metropolitan that I have ever been to. And I had to quickly learn about the way they recycle and dispose waste because you will not find trash can on the street in public space. They take all waste home and properly dispose them. Recycling has been integrated into their life and ritualized as part of their daily routine. Can we achieve something similar with how we manage our waste and recycling in City of Westminster?
RCA Graduate diploma 2019 