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Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation review – the perennial fight against domination by Moscow

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On 24 February 2022, Russian tanks entered Ukraine from Belarus. Their goal was to seize Kyiv. Armoured columns moved openly, trundling through a landscape of forest and swamp. The Kremlin assumed a quick victory. The plan came dramatically unstuck in Bucha, a pleasant commuter town 15 miles from the Ukrainian capital. A group of volunteers took to the barricades. They included a musician from an academic orchestra, a family therapist who taught…

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PROJECT PAGE

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Policy - food packaging

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Skip day (but who pays?)
Tip your sh*t day - all dump and then MCC collect?
Trash parties?
[transactional?]

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there are factors at the micro, meso and macro level. How do we ensure we appreciate and move between these levels in our proposed causes/solutions?

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(Helen Holmes: UMRI fly tipping project)

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(Helen Holmes: UMRI fly tipping project)

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(Helen Holmes: UMRI fly-tipping project)

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(Helen Holmes: UMRI fly-tipping project)

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anything on cultural & psychological attitudes of those most likely to be fly-tipping?

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Local-wise - launch program - 30th March - v4

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the large 1100 litre containers are easily contaminated with general waste & don't work well for recycling

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should we give more 'grey' bin space to residents & not expect them to recycle?

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pages on the Synergistics site

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Actions

We propose to work with local stakeholders, via the MCC 'Team Around the Neighbourhood' (TAN) for Hulme / Moss Side / Rusholme (the location of UOM main campus). We will address some very practical and topical 'local grand challenges' - bundles of systemic problems beyond simple analysis or solution:

Fly tipping & endemic waste / pollution culture:

Street safety / security: fragmentation vs cohesion

Cost of living crisis: local livelihood / public services gaps

For each of these, the Local-wise approach can be the key to moving forward. And with its visual thinking / cognitive mapping methods, we can look beyond the normal boundaries of fields or departments:

further upstream causes & downstream effects of the problem;

wider extended community of stakeholders, their interactions & agendas;

deeper layers of value (social, technical, economic, environmental, policy, culture etc)

Why do this? Overall we think there is great potential for 'doing things better' -

each of these 'local grand challenges' shows typical barriers, inertias, knowledge gaps, skills and resources gaps etc;

to move beyond the gaps, towards potential synergies and collaborative action ('co-production'), we need ways of mapping (just as a map helps to plan a journey), and 'co-design';

this project is a small pilot and demonstration of an inter-connected 'knowledge co-production' platform to follow.

Outcomes

The expected benefits and outcomes include:

for policy-makers / service providers: mobilize research knowledge to address 'local grand challenges';

for researchers / knowledge managers: explore & learn from the complexity of 'local grand challenges', with knowledge co-production & participatory research methods.

More on www.manchester.ac.uk/synergistics/city-wise-urban-loop/

Source: Deeper-City: Collective-Intelligence-and-the-Pathways-from-Smart-to-Wise
30th March 1300 - (lunch from 1230 )
Aims of the launch:

1. Introduce the Local-wise approach

2. Explore how this can address 'local grand challenges' -

3. Explore how policy can learn from research, and/or research learn from challenges on the ground.

(1130 - coffee / lunch )

1200 - introductions

1210 - Local-wise overview - challenges & methods

1220 - what do we know & how? - invited presentations

1245 - case studies in Hulme / Moss Side / Rusholme (sub-groups)

1315 - discussion & ways forward

1345 - close & refreshments

To register please contact joe.ravetz@manchester.ac.uk

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We propose to work with local stakeholders, via the MCC 'Team Around the Neighbourhood' (TAN) for Hulme / Moss Side / Rusholme (the location of UOM main campus).

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Fly tipping is the illegal dumping of items. If your waste is fly tipped, by you or by someone else on your behalf, you could face a £400 fixed penalty notice or an unlimited fine. You are fly tipping if you leave items: beside street bins and recycling banks. on the floor of communal bin areas.

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What is fly tipping?

Fly tipping is the illegal dumping of items. If your waste is fly tipped, by you or by someone else on your behalf, you could face a £400 fixed penalty notice or an unlimited fine.

You are fly tipping if you leave items:

beside street bins and recycling banks

on the floor of communal bin areas

outside closed recycling centres and charity shops

anywhere that isn't a registered waste facility or container

Your waste, your responsibility.

You have a legal Duty of Care to ensure your household waste is disposed of correctly. You can be prosecuted even if your waste is fly tipped by someone else on your behalf. If it's your waste, it's your responsibility. Always use a registered waste carrier to collect your waste. Find a registered waste carrier in your area on the Environment Agency's website.

Hiring someone to remove your waste

Follow the S.C. R. A. P code before you hire someone to remove your waste:

Suspect all waste carriers. Don't let them take your rubbish until they provide proof of registration. Note their vehicle's registration plate.

Check that a waste carrier is registered on the Environment Agency's website.

Refuse any unexpected offers to have your rubbish taken away.

Ask how your rubbish will be disposed of - seek evidence of this.

Paperwork must be obtained: a proper invoice, waste transfer note or receipt, including a description of the waste being removed and the waste carrier's contact details.

How do I report fly tipping?

If you see fly tipping or witness someone fly tipping please report it to the council.
Report fly tipping in Bolton Report fly tipping in Bury Report fly tipping in Manchester Report fly tipping in Oldham Report fly tipping in Rochdale Report fly tipping in Salford Report fly tipping in Stockport Report fly tipping in Tameside Report fly tipping in Trafford

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Let's S.C.R.A.P fly tipping - Recycle for Greater Manchester

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What is fly tipping? Fly tipping is the illegal dumping of items. If your waste is fly tipped, by you or by someone else on your behalf, you could face a £400 fixed penalty notice or an unlimited fine. You are fly tipping if you leave items: beside street bins and recycling banks on the...

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gated alleyways with resurfacing etc - can cost £20,000 each plus staff time - sometimes the fly tipping returns

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This session is mainly focused on the problems & challenges in Hulme-Moss-Side-Rusholme.  A follow up session in June will focus more on responses and ways forward.

·       Case study A is on the fly-tipping / illegal waste problem, endemic in many parts of HMSR:  from experience there is a complex set of causes and effects.

·       Case studies B-D are open for discussion:  likely options would include – community safety / policing: cost of living crisis:  young people’s mental health: low traffic neighbourhoods.

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cause of contention & ill feeling between residents & council - www.itv.com/news/granada/2020-02-17/manchester-residents-ask-for-council-tax-refund-because-of-fly-tipping

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is there a link between distance to recycling depot & level of fly tipping??

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some think this place is a 🤬 dump anyway

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the effects of austerity not only on public services but on trust in society

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is there an ideal combination fo CCTV / gated alleys / community planting - but planting needs maintenance which often tapers off

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rubbish has a negative effect on house prices & rental values, so it would be in landlord's interest to cooperate??

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what would it cost to put a skip on every affected street / block?

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the timeline shows the effect of Covid-19 lockdown

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however the cost of clean up (if done commercially ) is far greater than the disposal fees

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for builders / commercial operators the disposal fees are high so there is big incentive for fly tipping

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for residents it may appear to be costly to take stuff to the recycling depot (do they know about MCC collection scheme?

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community clean up is great if we can get over the threshold of social cohesion

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posters might have a negative effect

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is the whole economy based on a spiral of buy-use-discard?  what about the talk of circular economy?

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are these the 'uncontactable' and if so how to reach them??

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is our society locked into a cycle of rapid low quality buy-use-dump ?

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some impacts of fly-tipping - vermin, insects, foul smells, danger to kids & the vulnerable

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some social groups are done over by the system and will do anything as an act of resistance

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some entrepreneurs are very keen to make some money by illegal tipping

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some social groups (for whatever reason) lack trust & commitment to their neighbours & neighbourhood

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3-4 main social groups - a) willing to recycle if facilities are there  b) could be persuaded by peer pressure etc, (c) unwilling / unable to recycle or manage general waste (d) highly transient student population

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how could it / should it get back into the waste management system?

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fly-tipping seems to be a combined problem of physical waste management, social - economic - cultural conditions, and a policy context while aiming for 'circular economy' has many side-effects

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when GMWDA in 2017 reduced the size of 'grey' bins for landfill - some recycled more - others could not get all waste into a 90 litre bin per fortnight, so rapid increase in unmanaged waste

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where does all this stuff come from?

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PROJECT LAUNCH 
30th March 1300-1445 - with lunch 
AGENDA 
Aims of the launch: 
-	Introduce the Local-wise approach & pilot platform
-	Explore how this can help to address ‘local grand challenges’ – 
-	Explore how policy can learn from research – and – research learn from challenges on the ground. 

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IT'S A PROBLEM

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Local-wise - project overview - JR - 16-02-23