The new scheme, which will start next month, will be extended during 2003 to its 53,000 households and builds on the council's existing recycling service.
The projected 53% recycling level is based on data gathered through trials last year which would mean that Horsham would see a 29% decrease in the amount of waste being sent to landfill.
Alex Gander, waste policy, planning and partnerships officer for Horsham, said: “We will be operating a fortnightly collection of green waste with card and providing every household with an additional wheeled bin for this purpose. The scheme's introduction is being funded by a DEFRA grant of 1.36 million which is being used mainly for the purchase of wheeled bins and the provision of an additional standard RCV with a bin lift.”
The green waste will be taken to Olus Environmental Ltd in nearby Henfield for which Olus charges a gate fee for the material to be composted in open windrows. Costs of the scheme have not been revealed but the gate fee is believed to be around the 20 a tonne mark. Olus already receives green waste from five CA sites in West Sussex.
Olus director Dave Ansell said: “We will be using windrows and are also planning indoor windrows in large barns with the provision of biofilters.”
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