As a Waste Minimisation Officer, Abi Fantin is part of the team keeping our streets clean. Even as a relatively new part of the Council, she was recognised for her great contributions.
Abi appeared in our video of nominees and people who made nominations, which you can see below:
Hi, Abi! How is life as a Waste Minimisation Officer? We understand that you’ve had a busy first year...
My role involves supporting residents, businesses and communities across Sefton to reduce waste and increase recycling rates across the Borough as well. I’ve been involved in lots of exciting projects this year, mainly the Sacks To Bins project.
We’ve been focusing on the Derby ward in Bootle, transferring around 1,300 houses from weekly sack collections to alternate weekly collections for bins.
That’s a big deal! It must have been nice to be recognised by your team after that.
I appreciate all the support I’ve had and it’s great to have the recognition. I think that working in a really supportive team within the Waste Management and Street Cleansing team has been great – especially two of my managers, Kevin and Michelle, who have been very heavily involved in working with me this year.
Now you’ve been here a while, what are you enjoying about being part of the Council?
I think that the best thing about working for Sefton Council is the trust, the support for training opportunities and also being able to be quite flexible and independent in my role.
There’s lots of opportunities and I’m really enjoying my day-to-day role at Sefton.