Lauren hosts the last episode from October scrutiny week at Manchester City Council. Together with the bright and beautiful, wise and wonderful, Chloe, Jackie and Simon, we take a look at Manchester’s wild side.
In this episode:
- Simon introduces Manchester City Council’s (MCC) biodiversity strategy.
- How will MCC increase biodiversity while national government start a bonfire of environmental standards? [3:15]
- The spaces in between – creating urban wildlife corridors [5:08]
- How much will MCC do, and what can we do as individuals to help? [8:43]
- Tree Action Plan and all those poor unwatered saplings [12:29]
- Waste, recycling and street cleansing update [18:28]
- Fly tipping ignored and councillors don’t believe BIFFA monitoring results [22:43]
- Something cool! Renew Hub and shops [26:14]
- Renew GM Ebay Shop
- Note from Simon – also check out Freegle, Nextdoor and similar services (that are ACTUALLY affordable).
- Stupid rules and restrictions at the tip prevent people recycling [30:58]
- Corny outro and recycling puns [33:04]
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- MCC’s Biodiversity Strategy (2022 – 2030) pdf 107kb
- Renew GM Ebay Shop
- MCC’s Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee – landing page
- Watch the meeting on Vimeo
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