Meet the ambassadors, committed to a clean borough Residents have told us that they want to live in a place that is clean and pleasant and Newham Council has been looking at ways of achieving that. We know that one of the areas we need to improve is our recycling rate which is among the lowest in London. One of the measures approved by councillors earlier this year to help improve recycling in the borough was the introduction of a Visiting Team, a group of ambassadors for the council to engage with our residents about our comprehensive waste services, including how to to recycle properly. Armed with a pile of information
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leaflets and their clipboards, in their high-visibility vests, the team are a valuable tool in our mission to keep the borough clean. Since April this year they have been knocking on doors, identifying problems, listening to you, motivating you to recycle and answering your questions about our services. The team have seen residents in Manor Park, Green Street, East Ham, Plaistow and, most recently, West Ham, making more than 60,000 visits in the
six months since April. Stratford is next on their list and the team will soon turn their attention to blocks of flats and schools and community groups in the borough. Supervisor of the team is Nafisa Vali who was part of the council’s CCTV team and has experience of monitoring the issues around fly-tipping. Nafisa said: “Our aim is to speak to residents and give them information about bulky waste collections and the