Unused Olympic's medications and food & drink NOT being recycled.

JThat second paragraph should have read '' LAnguishing on an interns .....''

But on second thoughts, '' Anguishing '' is just as good.

LizaTarbucksAu tie and everyone who had taken time to email their MPs, and also AMs ( Assembly Members ) if living in Wale, thank you for your efforts.

I haven't had any replies to my mails yet, but hope they won't be anguishing in an intrtn's desk instead of going to the top of the MP's In Tray.

Things in the M/net site re this subject, instigated by LizaTarbucksAuntie, are more advanced. There's good news about Camilla firm Kidsape ASKING for beds after ParaGames.

Asking is one thing, but getting them is another

Hope she gets them.

Maybe it's simply a case of '' Too many chiefs ....etc''

Bloody frustrating that wr haven't had anyone from Locog posting on here, maybe they're all away in Rio by now.

. Wonder if they got over there on. '' The Bandwagon. '' ?.

It seems to be OK to send them to Africa - on the face of it that looks like double standards, but someone is benefitting. From what I have heard of the amount of counterfeit/contaminated/diluted drugs on that continent, these surplus ones will be welcomed.

Intercare won't take certain things - controlled drugs for instance - and Movicol, for some reason.

I've e-mailed my local MP and given my thoughts on this,lets hope the necessary charities can make good use of anything they may be offered to stoop this waste of foodstuffs at least,I do think that medicines won't be passed on though thinking it may be correct it may be EEC rules of some sort.

Result! - hopefully!

...ahhh! just spoke to Harry from Intercare.

He's asked for all the links and information.
They have a big presentation this afternoon which I guess i why he's been a bit busy!

Hurrah! something might happen a bit more..

Nothing from anyone....even Medicare who I contacted yesterday.

Am feeling really defeated

bombismum

Please keep us informed on your replies from Tessa Jowell and Harriet Harman please. Actually up-date us in a while full stop, good points raised.

LizaTarbucksAuntie, I 'm sorry but I can't use the twititon link, have tried to loads of times, but to no avail.seems I need a Twitter account, is that right?

Have had my email to Har/ HARMAN & Tessa Jowell acknowledged so far, but no actual solid reply yet.

Has anyone had any interest from any of the Locoq Committee, Legacy Team or their MP's ?

I can't understand why over 1,000 mattresses are also deemed non recyclable. It just doesn't make sense. As far as I know, hotels etc don't use mattresses once for each guest before ditching them and supplying new ones for new guests, doh!

The more I hear about similar excesses, the more I feel as though I'm living in a parallel universe.

- no, I didn't think you, personally, had invented it lizatarbucksauntie!

hi Anagram, I didn't invent the word - with you all the way on the annoyance, but if it helps...

After some investigation I've discovered that the term is years old - just shows how up-to-date I am with modern meeja!

Didn"t realize what u meant

Log on to the blue twitition above and it tells u all about it

It's not Twitter I'm objecting to in this case - just the invention of a new word which sounds silly!

nag we know your aversion to twitter . I have signed.

I'm sorry, I know this is a good cause, but 'twitition'?

Morning - you can also sign this twitition if you would like to,

many thanks for all the supoprt

Twitition

Well LizaT's Auntie.

In shall contact my on MP and AM today, I live un Wales so get two representatives, one in Westminster & One in cardiff at thevWelsh Assembly.

As there are big rugby and other games at the Millennium Stadium every week, probably similar shortsighte policies on recycling are practiced.

Shall post when I have any replies.

Tessa Jowell and Tammi Grey-Thompson have shown interest, maybe woman will lead the way in this one too through our pressure.

Come on Gransnetters, let's speak up for fairplay in real life as well as in the Games. !

Thanks everyone, Intercare was the charity Mum suggested at the Olympics. It's not just the medicines, but the dressings and the fact that after each event nothing was re-used despite a clear re-use/donate policy in the Olympic waste strategy.

apparently Dame Tanni GreyThompson picked it up fro Twitter and a couple of Jounalists are interested but everything helps so anything you can do to to keep the issue alive at the moment gratefully appreciated.

Thanks.

Yes Pogs you are right, it was and is Tessa Jowell, oops!

Have emailed her now, but HH may do something to help?

Had anyone contacted their MP about this?

Sorry to butt in but was it not Tessa Jowell not Harriet Harperson?

Thanks ANNOBEL fir the Harriet Harman link, I have emailed her, asking her to check out this and the Gransnet site, and also asking for a reply.

Harriet Harman, easily found on Google:

Harriet Harman MP
House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA

Fax: 0207 219 4877

[email protected]

Thanks for the link to the original posting on Mumsnet, Lizatarbucksauntie.
And thanks elegran for posting the link for inter are.org.uk.

IF unused food was not recyclable due to possible '' tampering'', M & S and other supermarkets would not be the principle donors providing food to homeless shelters in the UK.

Drugs and dressings are acceptable overseas, and presumably the UK, ( re '' inter--care.org.uk) under the guidelines set out in the WHO's ( World Health Organization) 1999 Geneva Guidelines).

The document on waste strategy which sets out the aspiration for re using surplus items. You can find it under '' waste'', etc

. This is copied from the Mumsnet thread which has been posted by LizaTarbucksAuntie here previously.