Making things last: Upcycling, Repairing, and Sharing in your Community

Overview

Whether you are upcycling, sharing, repairing, renting, or reusing, your actions help build stronger, more connected communities, spark creativity, and help others save money. Even if waste reduction isn’t your primary focus, your experiences can inspire others and shape future support for these initiatives.

This survey is for individuals, charities, and community groups. If you are a business, we are running a separate engagement exercise.

There are many ways people and community groups are already making a difference:

• Renting instead of buying: Borrowing, leasing or renting items so they can be reused

• Using materials wisely: Using leftover, surplus, or recycled materials to create something new

• Giving things a second life: Repairing things to make things last for longer

• Sharing with others: Making the best use of household items, food, clothes, and other stuff through sharing platforms

Your views, stories, and feedback will help us better understand the current practices, but also support reuse, repair, and sharing initiatives in local spaces and community hubs. They will also help us shape Hackney’s upcoming Circular Economy Strategy and Action Plan to reduce the impact of consumption on the climate crisis.

As a thank you for sharing, you’ll be entered into a draw to win one of five veg boxes worth £20 from Growing Communities. To be entered into the draw, please provide your contact details at the end of this survey.

If you want to contact the Climate Team on this subject, email us at greenerhackney@hackney.gov.uk