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Clean up of River Lea

Councillor Jon Burke and staff from Hackney Council joined in an event to clean up the River Lea and fight the battle of plastics ending up in our seas. It was organised by Plastic Free Hackney with local groups, such as Lea Boaters, as part of a national beach and river clean on Saturday 28 October.

The litter picking took place across the Lea Canal, managed by The Canal Trust. They had a great turn out with 80 people despite the cold and collected over 100 bags of waste, an inflatable mattress, an iPad, few phones, three bikes, toy doll, shoes and a bed pan.

Give and Take

Come along to Hackney’s Christmas Give and Take Day – a festive bazaar without money!

Simply turn up on the day.

There’s a also a free drop-in repair session for electrical goods with Hackney fixers.

Items include: furniture – books – clothes – kitchenware – tools – plants – small electrical items

Give unwanted items 11am – 12pm

Give and take at the same time 12pm – 3pm

Sunday 18 November 11am – 3pm, Lauriston School, 55 Rutland Road E9 7JS

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Join the #ZeroWasteHackney challenge

The European Week for Waste Reduction runs from Saturday 17 to Sunday 25 November so we’re asking residents and businesses to join the movement against waste.

If you don’t recycle much, you can give food waste recycling a go. If you already recycle a lot, rethink the way you use single-use disposables and explore low-waste living such as swapping  shampoo bottles to soap bars or buying loose fruit and vegetables.

Small changes really can make a big difference.

Find out more 

Join the Plogolution!

Do you you want to play your part in making Hackney litter free, meet great people and get super fit outdoors at the same time?

Join the Plogolution team and ‘plog’ (run/walk and rubbish pick up) through East London. Starting at Victoria Park by the bandstand.

There are two routes available: a 2 mile walk and a 5k run, both of which will finish at Hackney Town Hall.

All equipment including gloves, rubbish bags and litter pickers will be provided.

Just turn up, get fit and have some fun cleaning up the local area.

Sign up here

Mayor’s Question Time

Would you like to put your questions on green issues directly to the Mayor? Then come along to the second annual Hackney Mayor’s Question Time, at the Town Hall on Monday, November 26, from 7pm to 9pm. Have your say and join the conversation about the borough.

It’s free to attend but space is limited.

Book a place

Power to Hackney

Hackney is tackling climate change head on and delivering on its commitment to be the cleanest and greenest council borough. Plans are underway to develop an Energy Company Delivery Board by early 2019.

Hackney’s energy company delivers on the urgent action required to reduce carbon and forms part of the journey towards using renewable energy across all functions by 2050.

The Council plans to utilise solar panels on 50% of Council-owned residential roof space.

It will also drive social change and support vulnerable residents with an estimated 9,700 households in Hackney suffering from fuel poverty.

Find out more

Save the date – London Upcycling Show 

The London Upcycling Show returns this November.  Expect practical workshops; repair, reuse and upcycling demonstrations; child-friendly activities and a furniture market full of upcycled gems.

There’s also an upcycling competition in which 25 north London residents will showcase their upcycled furniture to be judged by Ground Force’s Tommy Walsh, upcycling presenter and vlogger Georgina ‘Home Genie’ Burnett, ITV’s ‘Love your Home and Garden’ Kunle Barker and Upcycled Hour founder and ambassador Chris Billinghurst.

The London Upcycling Show will take place at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Town Hall, Forest Road, E17 4JF on Sunday 18 November 11am – 2pm.

Book here