At present, 88,000 homes in the borough – around 90% – are able to put out paper and glass for collection. The remaining residents have had to take their recyclable materials to a community recycling centre.
Barnsley is now sending the new vehicle out to the final 8,000 isolated and hard-to-access properties in the areas that couldn't be included when the scheme was originally launched in the summer of 2003.
The vehicle, is made from a Terberg body and lift and has an Iveco chassis. It is ten tonnes capacity grosse and is driven by coucil employees Sharon Hudson and operated by James Crossland, will mark the final stage of Barnsley's recycling roll out.
Councillor Margaret Morgan, cabinet minister for Environmental services said: “Over 70 tonnes of paper and 45 tonnes of glass are already collected in the borough each week. With this new team on board, we're working hard to further the culture of recycling in Barnsley.”
Paper collected in the borough is sent to UPM Shotton on Deeside, where it is turned into newsprint.
Claire Rock, from UPM, said: “Paper is one of the easiest things to recycle as it's dry and easy to store. As every suitable home in Barnsley now has a kerbside collection there is no excuse for the people of the borough not to start recycling today.”
Barnsley currently recycles 13% of its waste with a government set target of 18% for 2005/06.
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