The two organisations joined forces earlier this year to encourage more local residents to recycle their green garden waste. Gateshead will be releasing a report this month on the waste that was dealt with through the scheme.
” Thanks to the support of Homebase, we have been able to reach Gateshead residents when they were preparing to do some gardening “
– Councillor Joe Mitchinson, mayor of Gateshead
Through the scheme, residents shopping at Homebase on Team Valley for gardening equipment were reminded to recycle their garden waste using the council's new “Green-it” scheme.
Those that joined up were entered into a prize draw to win gardening equipment and vouchers for Homebase. First prize was a lawn mower, while second prize was a hedge trimmer.
Since the Green-it scheme was introduced, the council has delivered over 47,000 new green wheeled bins in the borough. The bins are collected fortnightly and turned into compost and soil improver.
Councillor Joe Mitchinson, mayor of Gateshead, said: “The North East was recently highlighted as having the lowest recycling rate in the country and we are extremely keen to ensure that we continue to remind people why and how to recycle their rubbish using the household wheeled bins, boxes and recycling banks we provide.
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“Thanks to the support of Homebase, we have been able to reach Gateshead residents when they were preparing to do some gardening, to remind them to use their Green-it bins,” he added.
Gateshead council has a recycling target for 2005/06 of 18%, likely to rise to 20% for 2007/08 once the government consultation on new targets is completed. In 2003/04 12% of the council's household waste was recycled.
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