On Sunday 13 September, local residential communities and partners came together at St John’s Waterloo for South Bank and Waterloo Eco Fest – a local celebration of sustainability, creativity and family fun.
Led by our Sustains Us programme, EcoFest is organised in collaboration with South Bank and Waterloo Neighbours (SoWN), Coin Street and other local partners.
This year’s Eco Fest was themed around how we can reduce waste with stalls showcasing practical ways to swap, share, repair, recycle and reuse locally.
In addition to opportunities to learn about energy-saving, retrofit, circularity and local waste and recycling services, there were also clothes and book swaps, a free clothing repair service, e-waste collections, plus lots of fun activities for families including sustainable arts and crafts activities and the Junk Orchestra sound garden.
Creating a community resource to help save waste locally
As part of EcoFest, attendees added to a growing map of local tips and tricks for reducing waste in the neighbourhood – including everything from shops that accept soft plastic recycling and locations of clothing banks to repair services, electrical recycling points and other useful community resources.
Sustains Us is collating these ideas to create a local resource to share with residents.
