West End Community Council

Tonight I attended the March meeting of the West End Community Council. The main item was a presentation by Janet Wade, who is the City Council's Recycling Projects Officer. She made a very interesting presentation about recycling and about how the council can improve on its work in this area. Dundee has been a forefront of recycling thanks mostly to the commitment of Labour councillors like the late Julie Sturrock. We now need to move forward and ensure that recycling improves in the city. In part this means finding innovative ways to recycle in flatted and tenemental properties. As Labour's Environment spokesperson in Dundee I am keen that Dundee remains at the forefront of recycling. This is good for our city, and good for the planet. The aim is to reach a situation where there is zero waste. It is worth taking a look at Zero Waste Scotland's website for some ideas about what can be done.

There was also a discussion about a range of issues which concern people in the West End.