Not for profit organisation Doncaster Community Recycling Partnership (DCRP), which runs the scheme, revealed today that Doncaster Borough Council is planning to provide funding for it to continue after the year-long pilot is up in April 2003.
“Astounded”
Cliff Hamnett, DCRP operations manager, said that the level of response to the pilot had exceeded targets. “It's been brilliant,” he said. “We have really been astounded by the participation rate. Our target for the first year was to collect 800 tonnes, but we have fetched in 600 tonnes already, so we're well above target.”
DCRP began a year-long kerbside pilot for cans, paper, glass and textiles last April. It then opened a materials sorting depot in May, with the help of around 40,000-worth of SITA landfill tax credits and 4,641 from Corus Steel Packaging Recycling.
Compactor
In July, 13,379 of PRN funds from Corus went towards buying a second metal compactor and a conveyor belt, made by Advanced Recycling in Cornwall. This allowed for smoother running and avoided “double handling” – running aluminium and steel through the same machinery at different times.
At first, the collection served 11,000 households, and it has now grown to 18,000. Another 12,000 are planned in early 2003, and by 2005, DCRP hope to cover all 130,000 properties in Doncaster.
The Partnership's paper is sold to Cutts Brothers in Cheshire, glass goes to Berrymans and Rockware, textiles go to TC Textiles in Wakefield, Aluminium to Alupro and steel to Corus.
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