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what all of our green waste in the royal parks tends to get composted, shredded and composted, then you reused in all of ourflower and shrub beds across all of the royal parks. we thought it would be a fitting tribute that all of these floral tributes would be used all across the royal parks. indeed in front of the flower beds in front of buckingham palace as well. the first step of sorting the flowers from the rest. a team of around a hundred volunteers carefully separates non—floral tributes. i am just cleaning up all of the bits of paper that had been left with all of the cards. all of the toys as well. i think one of the sweetest things is of boots and a little paddington bear. those items are taken aside and stored until it is decided how best to use them. for alessandra from battersea joining the volunteer effort helps to honour the queen's memory. i think the outpouring for the queen during this time has been so, so beautiful.
horse—drawn journey. what all of our green waste in the royal parks tends to get composted, shredded and composted, then you reused in all of ourflower and shrub beds across all of the royal parks. we thought it would be a fitting tribute that all of these floral tributes would be used all across the royal parks. indeed in front of the flower beds in front of buckingham palace as well. the first step of sorting the flowers from the rest. this will take weeks. a team of around a hundred volunteers carefully separates non—floral tributes. i am just cleaning up all of the bits of paper that had been left with all of the cards. all of the toys as well. i think one of the sweetest things little pair of boots and a little paddington bear. those items are taken aside and dried and stored until it is decided how best to use them. for alessandra from battersea joining the volunteer effort helps to honour
a week on from her majesty's funeral this fragrant shrine at green park will in turn give new flowers life after a fitting final horse—drawn journey. what all of our greenways in the royal parks tends to get composted, shredded and composted, then reused in all of our flower beds across all of the royal parks. we thought it would be a fitting tribute that all of these floral tributes would be used all across the royal parks. indeed in front of the flower beds in front of buckingham palace as well. the first step of sorting the flowers from the rest. a team of around a hundred volunteers carefully separates non—floral tributes. i am just cleaning up all of the bits of paper that had been left with all of the cards. all of the toys as well. i think one of the sweetest things was a little pair of boots and a little paddington bear. those items are taken aside and stored until it is decided how best to use them. for alessandra from battersea, joining the volunteer effort helps to honour the queen's memory. i think the outpouring for the queen during this time has been so, so beautiful. there is so much kind energy amongst the people here.
i couldn't not... i think i had to do it. the next step is carried out by two shire horses — heath and nobby. they appeared at the royal windsor horse show for the platinum jubilee earlier this year. they�*ll be pulling a flatbed dray — a traditional open cart. these shire horses are often seen helping to plough the land at the royal parks, helping to manage the windflower meadows. they�*re better for the environment than machinery, as they have less of an impact on the earth. but today they�*ve got a slightly different task — transporting the flowers on the next stage of their journey. a particularly memorable moment of the nation�*s farewell to the queen was her little pony emma looking on as the coffin passed. now an equine royal duty for these two — who weigh a tonne each — taking the flowers to kensington gardens to be composted. the royal family are really big on conservation and sustainability, and so are we as the royal park, so i think it�*s really great that
including coercive control and emotional abuse. for viewers in the uk — if you�*ve been affected by anything raised in that report, you can find help and support at bbc.co.uk/actionline. work is under way to remove the sea of floral tributes left in london�*s parks to honour queen elizabeth. tens of thousands of bouquets have been taken, fittingly, by horses to kensington palace gardens where they�*ll be used as compost, as luxmy gopal reports. an outpouring of grief and love for the queen. a carpet of flowers and tributes. a week on from her late majesty�*s funeral, this fragrant shrine at green park will in turn give new flowers life, after a fitting final horse—drawn journey. all of our green waste in the royal parks tends to get composted, shredded and then composted, and reused in all of our flower beds and shrub
work is under way to remove the floral tributes left in london's parks to honour queen elizabeth. thousands of bouquets have been taken to kensington palace gardens to be used as compost, as luxmy gopal reports. an outpouring of grief and love for the queen. a carpet of flowers and tributes. a week on from her late majesty's funeral, this fragrant shrine at green park will in turn give new flowers life, after a fitting final horse—drawn journey. all of our green waste in the royal parks tends to get composted, shredded and then composted, and reused in all of our flower beds and shrub beds across all the royal parks. and we thought it would be a fitting tribute that all of these floral tributes will be used all across the royal parks — indeed in front of the flower beds in front of buckingham palace, as well. the first step is sorting
us. just explain what's going to happen to these worries here. all of the green waste in the royal parks tends to get composted, shredded and then composted and reused in our flower beds and shrub beds across royal parks. it’s flower beds and shrub beds across royal pam-— royal parks. it's a huge volunteer effort, royal parks. it's a huge volunteer effort. what _ royal parks. it's a huge volunteer effort, what are _ royal parks. it's a huge volunteer effort, what are they _ royal parks. it's a huge volunteer effort, what are they doing? - royal parks. it's a huge volunteer effort, what are they doing? we l effort, what are they doing? , requested people effort, what are they doing? a requested people to take the flowers out of their wrappings and that really has been a success. it will have been able to see the flowers, read the cards, but more than that, it has been really successful. we've had so many members of the public helping us remove the wrappings as well. so all the volunteers in the royal parks charity helping remove the elastic bands, everything not biodegradable or recyclable so that we can shred and compost all of the green waste organically. it we can shred and compost all of the green waste organically.— green waste organically. it really is rather fitting, _ green waste organically. it really is rather fitting, isn't _ green waste organically. it really is rather fitting, isn't it, - green waste organically. it really is rather fitting, isn't it, that - is ratherfitting, isn't it, that these flowers, these tributes left after the queen step to honour her life will now be used to help
when the flowers are laid here there is no plastic wrapping that is because this will all be composted at some stage in the future in line with the royal family's green couldn't show that the new king charles the third, there is an air of sorrow of regret and of respect among people who have turned up here, there have been dozens of not hundred and they do tend to gather in a quiet remembrance, it's interesting, you speak to people who are in the balmoral state and have been over the past couple of days, they speak about the people on the estate themselves who walked with the queen, who were close to her. they say that it has had an impact on them in terms of the grief, and sense of loss they feel. different levels of grief i suppose in and around the balmoral state. the queen was so fond of this,
be real from things have to be a package to be transported and sold like these varies because this is small or this coffee because it will lose its aroma or. these cookies because they will crumble but there's the have to be this much and the have to be plastic you know there are alternatives to single use plastics like these now very stylish plates made out of palm leaves all these biodegradable trash bags sound also right but many of the alternatives are only nice products which makes them quite expensive. these cost me $0.50 per piece the plastic ones are much cheaper less than $0.10. so-called bioplastics only make up less than one percent of the market and bioplastics can only be composted on the very specific conditions not in your
martha: jon, thank you. seattle homeowners raising a major stink over a new city policy letting trash collectors snoop through their garbage to see if people are recycling properly. the lawsuit says inspections have gone too far and invasion of privacy. dan springer is live in seattle. dan, how is this policy work exactly? >> reporter: martha, this is so seattle. goes beyond just mandatory recycling. residents and businesses here in seattle are forced to compost their food waste. if they don't, they get warning. starting in january, could be hit with fines. trash haulers have essentially been deputized to determine if people are complying with the law says no more than 10% of the all the stuff in your trash barrel can be recycled or composted. if garbage guy thinks he failed to comply, he is supposed to tag your can. a group of seattle residents sued city says the policy invades privacy and there is no