The West Sussex-based authority said its statistics show that the quantities of recycling for January, February and March 2020 are “significantly higher than the same period in 2019”.
Additionally, the quality of the recycling collected has “dramatically improved with no recycling loads being rejected for poor quality in the month of March, meaning that everything residents have put in their blue-topped bins will be reprocessed into new items”.
Best-performing
Last year, Horsham achieved recycling rates of 53.5% fin 2019, Defra statistics show. This makes it the best-performing district in West Sussex.
Horsham says it has kept recycling collections running as normal since the outbreak began via its in-house waste collection team although household waste and recycling centres in the county have shut.
Thanks
Environment, recycling and waste councillor for Horsham, Philip Circus said: “My thanks go out to all out residents who have increase their levels of recycling despite the difficulties they are facing during these troubling times.
“The recent results are all the more impressive as the recycling has improved in terms of both tonnage and quality. We already have a very good track record for recycling, so to build on this is excellent.
“Quantities of recycling for January, February and March 2020 are significantly higher than the same period in 2019”
“I am really proud of what our residents have achieved and would ask them to keep up their good work.”
The council is now urging residents to find ways to reduce their waste during the crisis, such as at-home composting.
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