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Sikh temple spreads its message on recycling
WSN Network

Bexley: Bexley's Sikh community took centre stage at a House of Commons event to spread their recycling scheme to other Sikh communities. The Guru Nanak Durbar Gurdwara, Lower Road, Belvedere, has been hailed as the greenest in the UK due to its award-winning scheme.

More than 3,000 Sikhs in Bexley use the temple, not just for prayers but also for its free kitchens,which open seven days a week. All the kitchen waste was going into the general rubbish bins but now 80 per cent is recycled.

Its work was the centrepiece of the event organised jointly by Bexley Council, the UK Sikh All Party Parliamentary Group and London 21 Sustainability Network.

Bimla Lyall, vice president of Bexley's waste minimisation and recycling focus group, first took on the challenge of introducing recycling to the Gurdwara several years ago.

14 March, 2007 
 

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